Stretching from Lake Victoria to the Indian Ocean, the Southern Kenya – Northern Tanzania (or SOKNOT) transboundary area extends some 134,000 km2 about the size of the combined country areas of Austria and Switzerland. Covering the Maasai Mara-Serengeti, Amboseli-Kilimanjaro and Tsavo-Mkomazi sub-landscapes including the communal lands that connect them, the landscape is famous for its variety of internationally renowned and iconic conservation areas. These include the, three UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Kilimanjaro), a Ramsar Site (Lake Natron), a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (Amboseli), four important bird habitats (Lake Natron, Loita, Amboseli, West Kilimanjaro) as well as 39 community conservancies and three WMAs and the seventh wonder of the world
(Mara-Serengeti). These reflect its extraordinary biodiversity and tourism value. The landscape is home to millions of wild animals including threatened and endangered species such as elephant, black rhino, lion, cheetah, hirola and African wild dog. The annual wildlife migrations between Masai Mara and Serengeti are among the largest worldwide and a main tourist attraction.