Where to go
Discover East Africa,
one place at a time.
Browse destination guides, see what makes each place special and find safaris that actually visit it. Choose a country below to narrow your search.
Hidden gems
Skip the crowds
Quieter alternatives our guides love — same magic, fewer minibuses.
Tanzania
Kilimanjaro
africa's highest summit, climbed on foot from coffee farms to glacier ice
Tanzania
Ngorongoro Crater
a collapsed volcano with a whole ecosystem living on its floor
Tanzania
Serengeti
endless plains, granite kopjes and the migration's year-round loop
Rwanda
Volcanoes National Park
bamboo slopes, golden monkeys and gorillas on the virunga volcanoes
Tanzania
Zanzibar
spice farms, stone town lanes and warm water over white sand
Uganda
Kibale Forest
chimpanzees calling through tall rainforest near uganda's crater lakes
Tanzania
Lake Manyara
spring-fed forest and a soda lake below the rift valley wall
Tanzania
Hidden gem
Lake Natron
a blood-red soda lake below the maasai mountain of god
Uganda
Hidden gem
Murchison Falls
the nile bursting through a rock gap, with savannah and shoebills below
Rwanda
Hidden gem
Nyungwe Forest & Lake Kivu
chimps, canopy walks and slow lakeside days in rwanda's far west
Uganda
Queen Elizabeth National Park
hippo-crowded channels, tree-climbing lions and craters below the rwenzoris
Tanzania
Tarangire
baobab country where elephant herds gather along a dry-season river