Road notes from East Africa
Permits, park fees, seasons and road conditions for driving yourself through Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Kenya Solo Safari: Self-Drive Guide for Travelling Alone
Solo safari is one of East Africa's most rewarding travel experiences — the freedom to stop when you want, stay as long as a sighting holds, change plans…
Uganda Self-Drive 7-Day Circuit: Kampala, Murchison, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi
A 7-day Uganda self-drive safari circuit connecting Kampala with Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is the…
Rwanda Genocide Memorial: Visiting Kigali and Regional Sites
Understanding Rwanda's 1994 genocide against the Tutsi is inseparable from understanding modern Rwanda — the country that exists today, its politics, its…
Tanzania Serengeti Migration Crossing Points: Mara River Guide
The wildebeest river crossing is the most dramatic wildlife spectacle in East Africa — half a million animals attempting to cross the Mara River's…
Uganda Bwindi Impenetrable Forest: Complete Visitor Guide
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is Uganda's most celebrated protected area — a 321 sq km tract of ancient montane forest in southwestern Uganda that…
Kenya Amboseli National Park: Kilimanjaro Views and the Big Tusker Elephants
Amboseli National Park sits at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro on Kenya's southern border with Tanzania — a 392 sq km park of open, short-grass plains, seasonal…
East Africa Malaria Prevention: Medications, Mosquito Avoidance and Risk Zones
Malaria remains the most significant health risk for visitors to East Africa — Plasmodium falciparum malaria (the most severe form) is endemic across Uganda,…
Uganda Chimpanzee Tracking: Kibale vs Budongo vs Kyambura Gorge
Uganda offers chimpanzee trekking at three distinct locations — Kibale Forest National Park in the west, Budongo Forest in the northwest (adjacent to…
Tanzania Tarangire National Park: Elephant Super-Herds and Baobab Landscape
Tarangire National Park holds more elephants per square kilometre during the dry season than any other protected area on Earth — the Tarangire River is the…
Kenya Tsavo West National Park: Mzima Springs, Shetani Lava Flow and More
Tsavo West National Park is the more scenically dramatic of the two Tsavo parks — 9,065 sq km of broken lava country, ancient volcanic cones, palm-fringed…