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Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda each need a different plan.

Kenya can connect mountains, safari and coast. Tanzania changes with the northern circuit, Kilimanjaro and the season. Uganda asks you to plan around forests, primates, the Nile and the Rwenzori. Start with the country, then compare the regions that give it its character.

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Destination guides across East Africa.

Browse by country and experience, then open each guide for access, seasons, places to stay and the journeys that connect the region.

Riverside grassland and woodland in Katavi National Park

Tanzania

Katavi National Park

Katavi is western Tanzania's great savannah wilderness: seasonal floodplains, woodland and remaining water that reshape the dry-season safari.

4 nights recommended

Dry-season landscape and distant hills in Ruaha National Park

Tanzania

Ruaha National Park

Ruaha is a large, rugged park of river lines, baobab slopes and long horizons where fieldcraft matters more than a hurried checklist.

4–5 nights recommended

Sunset over the Rufiji River in the protected landscape now forming northern Nyerere National Park

Tanzania

Nyerere National Park

The Rufiji River gives Nyerere a safari rhythm that moves between channels, lakes, woodland and open floodplain.

3–5 nights recommended

Stone Town waterfront on Zanzibar

Tanzania

Zanzibar & Tanzania Coast

Zanzibar works best as a Swahili island journey—Stone Town, tides, reef and coast chosen for the traveller—not as a generic beach extension.

5–8 nights including Stone Town and coast recommended

Lake Tanganyika and the forested Tanzania shoreline

Tanzania

Western Tanzania Safaris

Western Tanzania combines remote savannah with forested mountains and Lake Tanganyika, but the logistics demand time, flexibility and careful sequencing.

8–12 nights for Katavi and Mahale; longer when adding Gombe or another circuit recommended

Sunset over the Rufiji River in the protected landscape now forming northern Nyerere National Park

Tanzania

Southern Tanzania Safaris

Nyerere and Ruaha offer two different southern safaris: river and floodplain in one, baobab slopes and a wilder dry-country rhythm in the other.

7–10 nights across two parks; at least 3 nights in each recommended

Semuliki National Park

Uganda

Semuliki National Park

Lowland Congo-basin forest, Sempaya’s steaming springs and exceptional birding below the western face of the Rwenzori.

Two nights for Sempaya and a serious forest morning; three nights for a more specialist birding programme and slower western circuit. recommended

sipi falls uganda

Uganda

Mount Elgon & Sipi Falls

Ancient volcanic highlands, the great Mount Elgon caldera, Sipi’s waterfalls and coffee country in Uganda’s quieter east.

Two or three nights for Sipi and the lower slopes; four to six trekking days for a considered mountain journey, depending on route and objective. recommended

river nile at jinja

Uganda

Jinja & the Nile

Jinja, the upper Nile and a responsible guide to rafting, kayaking, boat journeys, town life and the many meanings attached to the river’s source.

Two nights for one principal river activity and time in Jinja; three nights for a slower mix of rafting, paddling, boat time and town. recommended

lake Mburo national park

Uganda

Lake Mburo National Park

Zebra, eland, acacia woodland, wetlands and guided walks in a compact park that rewards a slower stop between Kampala and the south-west.

One to two nights as a deliberate small-park experience or a well-paced break between Entebbe and south-western Uganda. recommended

Kidepo Valley National Park

Uganda

Kidepo Valley National Park

Remote valleys, granite ranges, dry-country wildlife and Karamoja’s immense horizons—Uganda’s most expeditionary savannah park.

Three to four nights after arrival. The distance deserves two full game-drive days and time to understand both Narus and Kidepo valleys. recommended

queen Elizabeth National park

Uganda

Queen Elizabeth National Park

A guide-led safari through crater country, the Kazinga Channel, Kasenyi plains, Kyambura Gorge and Ishasha’s fig-tree country.

Three nights for Mweya/Kasenyi and the Kazinga Channel; four or more if including Ishasha or Kyambura without compressing the route. recommended