Destinations
Wildlife, best time to visit, and the lodges we recommend across East Africa's finest parks, reserves, and coastlines.
Kenya
Maasai Mara
Home to the Great Migration and some of Africa's highest concentrations of lion and cheetah.
Kenya
Amboseli
Open plains beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, with some of the largest elephant herds left in Africa.
Kenya
Samburu
A dry, rugged reserve along the Ewaso Nyiro River, home to species found nowhere else in Kenya.
Kenya
Tsavo
Kenya's largest protected area, known for its red-dust elephants and vast open wilderness.
Kenya
Lake Nakuru
A soda lake ringed by cliffs, known for flamingos and a fenced rhino sanctuary.
Kenya
Ol Pejeta
A private conservancy in central Kenya and the last home of the world's two remaining northern white rhinos.
Kenya
Diani Beach
White sand and coral reef on Kenya's south coast, a short drive from Mombasa.
Tanzania
Zanzibar
Spice plantations, Stone Town's old streets, and beaches along the Indian Ocean.
Tanzania
Serengeti
Endless plains that carry the wildebeest migration for most of the year.
Tanzania
Ngorongoro Crater
A collapsed volcanic crater holding one of the densest concentrations of wildlife in Africa.
Uganda
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Dense, ancient forest in southwestern Uganda and one of the last strongholds of the mountain gorilla.
Rwanda
Kigali
Rwanda's capital, a clean and orderly city, and the usual starting point for gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park.