Road notes from East Africa
Permits, park fees, seasons and road conditions for driving yourself through Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Rwanda Lake Kivu: Kayaking, Congo Nile Trail and the Floating Islands
Lake Kivu — 2,700 sq km of deep mountain lake (maximum depth 480 m) on the DRC-Rwanda border at 1,460 m altitude, flanked by volcanic hills — is one of…
Tanzania Serengeti Beyond the Migration: Year-Round Wildlife Value
The Serengeti wildebeest migration — 1.5 million wildebeest, 250,000 zebra, and 500,000 Thomson's gazelle completing an annual 1,200 km circular route through…
Kenya Watamu Marine National Park: Turtle Nesting, Coral and Whale Shark
Watamu Marine National Park — 10 sq km of protected coral reef on Kenya's north coast, 105 km south of Malindi and 20 km north of Malindi Airport — is the…
Uganda Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary: White Rhino on Foot and Uganda's Only Rhinos
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary — a 7,000-hectare private rhino sanctuary 120 km north of Kampala on the Kampala-Murchison Falls highway, managed by Rhino Fund Uganda in…
East Africa Overland Route: Nairobi to Cape Town via Tanzania 90 Days
The Nairobi-to-Cape Town overland route — the East and Southern Africa overlanding circuit completed by truck-based group trips (organised by specialist…
Uganda Mountain Gorilla Conservation: Threats, Victories and the Future
The mountain gorilla's extraordinary population recovery — from fewer than 250 individuals in 1981 to over 1,063 today — is Africa's most celebrated…
Kenya Diani Beach: White Sand, Ocean Adventures and South Coast Safari Base
Diani Beach — 30 km south of Mombasa on Kenya's south coast, a 17 km arc of white coral sand backed by palm trees and baobabs, fronted by a shallow lagoon…
Tanzania Pemba Island: Unspoilt Diving, Clove Plantations and Local Culture
Pemba Island — 67 km north of Zanzibar, 988 sq km of steep, hilly terrain covered in clove and coconut plantations — is the Indian Ocean island that…
Uganda Entebbe: Lake Victoria, Botanical Garden and the Gateway City
Entebbe — the peninsula city on Lake Victoria's northern shore, 37 km southwest of Kampala and the location of Uganda's only international airport — is a…
Kenya Private Safari Conservancies: How They Work and Why They Matter
Kenya's private wildlife conservancy model — pioneered in the Masai Mara ecosystem from 2005 onwards — has become East Africa's most replicated and most…