01Where to go
Four countries, one journey
East Africa runs from the gorilla forests of the Albertine Rift to the Serengeti plains and the Indian Ocean. Rwanda is where we are based and where we operate day to day; Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are the neighbours worth crossing a border for.
02East Africa
East Africa
Rwanda
Mountain gorillas, rainforest and savannah in a country you can cross in a day
Our home country, and the most compact safari itinerary in East Africa: gorillas in the Virungas, chimpanzees in Nyungwe, Big Five plains in Akagera and an inland sea between them.
5 to 10 days5 destinations
East Africa
Uganda
Half the world's mountain gorillas, and the Nile leaving Lake Victoria
The greenest country in the region and the richest for primates: gorillas in Bwindi, chimpanzees in Kibale, tree-climbing lions in Ishasha and the Nile forcing itself through a seven-metre gap at Murchison.
7 to 12 days6 parks & regions
East Africa
Kenya
The Mara, the Rift Valley lakes and the country the word safari came from
Open plains and very high predator density: the Masai Mara and its river crossings, elephants under Kilimanjaro at Amboseli, rhino conservancies at Laikipia, and a coastline to finish on.
7 to 12 days6 parks & regions
East Africa
Tanzania
The Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and a mountain you can walk up
The largest wilderness in East Africa: the Serengeti and the migration that circles it, a caldera holding its own ecosystem, Kilimanjaro, and Zanzibar at the end of the road.
8 to 14 days7 parks & regions
03In depth
Where to go in Rwanda
Our home country, and the most compact safari itinerary in East Africa: gorillas in the Virungas, chimpanzees in Nyungwe, Big Five plains in Akagera and an inland sea between them.
Northern Province
Volcanoes National Park
Rwanda's gorilla country: bamboo and hagenia forest climbing the flanks of five volcanoes, home to habituated mountain gorilla families and golden monkeys.
2 to 3 nights
Western Province
Nyungwe National Park
A vast montane rainforest in Rwanda's southwest, holding thirteen primate species, a canopy walkway suspended above the trees, and waterfalls at the end of long forest trails.
2 to 3 nights
Eastern Province
Akagera National Park
Rolling acacia savannah, papyrus swamp and a chain of lakes along the Tanzanian border — the only place in Rwanda to see lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and leopard.
2 to 3 nights
Western Province
Lake Kivu
One of the African Great Lakes, held between steep green hills on the Congolese border — islands, fishing boats, lakeside towns and the country's best place to stop moving.
2 nights
Kigali City
Kigali
Rwanda's capital, spread across a series of ridges and valleys — the arrival point for almost every trip, and a city worth more than the night most itineraries give it.
1 to 2 nights
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