Road notes from East Africa
Permits, park fees, seasons and road conditions for driving yourself through Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Tanzania Lake Manyara National Park: Tree-Climbing Lions and the Rift Valley Escarpment
Lake Manyara National Park (325 sq km on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, 130 km west of Arusha) is one of northern Tanzania's most underrated parks —…
Rwanda Golden Monkey Tracking: Bamboo Forest Encounter in the Virungas
Golden monkey tracking in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park is one of East Africa's most underrated wildlife experiences — and at USD $100 per person (a…
Kenya Masai Mara Wildebeest Crossing Guide: How to Position and Wait
The Masai Mara wildebeest river crossing — tens of thousands of wildebeest stampeding through the Mara River's crocodile-filled water in a churning, chaotic…
Uganda Lake Bunyonyi: Crater Lakes, Canoe Trips and a Remote Highland Retreat
Lake Bunyonyi ("place of many little birds" in Rukiga) is one of Uganda's most beautiful lakes — a deep (44 m — the second deepest lake in Africa after Lake…
Tanzania Serengeti Wildebeest Migration: Month-by-Month Calendar
The Serengeti wildebeest migration (approximately 1.5 million wildebeest, 500,000 zebra, and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle moving in a broadly clockwise annual…
Uganda Bwindi Impenetrable Forest: The Different Trekking Sectors Compared
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is divided into four distinct trekking sectors, each managing different habituated gorilla families and providing a…
East Africa Overland Route: Kampala to Nairobi to Arusha Full Drive Guide
The overland route from Kampala (Uganda's capital) through Nairobi (Kenya's capital) to Arusha (Tanzania's northern circuit gateway) — a total of…
Rwanda Volcanoes National Park: Complete Gorilla Trek Preparation Guide
A Rwanda gorilla trek requires more specific preparation than most East Africa wildlife experiences — the physical demands (steep volcanic terrain at…
Kenya Ol Pejeta Conservancy: Rhino, Wild Dog and the Last Northern White Rhinos
Ol Pejeta Conservancy (360 sq km, on the Laikipia Plateau 20 km west of Nanyuki town) is Kenya's largest black rhinoceros sanctuary and the site of the…
Tanzania Ngorongoro Crater: The Complete Self-Contained Ecosystem Guide
The Ngorongoro Crater — a collapsed volcanic caldera 600 metres deep and 19 km across, in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area of northern Tanzania — is one of…