Road & Route Guides
Detailed road guides, driving distances, route conditions and driving tips for East Africa.
How to Cross the Kenya Tanzania Border by Hire Vehicle: Namanga Gate Guide
Crossing from Kenya into Tanzania — or Tanzania into Kenya — by hire vehicle is a straightforward but document-intensive process that requires advance…
Nairobi to Samburu National Reserve Self-Drive: The Nanyuki Route and Driving Guide
Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya is one of the most distinctive wildlife destinations in East Africa — a dry riverine habitat along the Ewaso Nyiro…
Rwanda to Akagera National Park Self-Drive: Route, Fees and the Big Five Reintroduction Story
Akagera National Park in eastern Rwanda is one of Africa's most remarkable conservation restoration stories. Largely overrun by human settlement in the 1990s…
Arusha to Ngorongoro Crater Self-Drive: Entry Fees, Descent Permit and Road Guide
The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world's great wildlife spectacles — a 260-square-kilometre caldera at 1,800 metres elevation that contains one of the…
Nairobi to Lake Nakuru Self-Drive: Flamingos, Rhino and the Rift Valley Road
Lake Nakuru National Park is the closest major safari destination to Nairobi — 160 kilometres northwest via the Rift Valley escarpment road, taking 2.5 to 3…
Kigali to Nyungwe Forest Self-Drive: The Southern Road and the Canopy Walk
Nyungwe Forest National Park is one of Africa's oldest and most biodiverse rainforests — a 1,019-square-kilometre montane forest in Rwanda's southwest that…
Arusha to Serengeti Self-Drive: The Route Through Ngorongoro and What to Expect
The drive from Arusha to the Serengeti is one of the great overland journeys in Africa. In 335 kilometres you pass through Tarangire's elephant-dense acacia…
Kampala to Kibale Forest: The Fort Portal Road and the Chimpanzee Approach
Kibale Forest National Park contains the highest density of primates of any African forest — thirteen species including a habituated chimpanzee community that…
Arusha to Tarangire National Park Self-Drive: Route, Fees and the Elephant Strategy
Tarangire National Park is Tanzania's most underrated safari destination. While international visitors concentrate on Serengeti and Ngorongoro, Tarangire…
Nairobi to Masai Mara Self-Drive: The Route, the Roads and the Arrival Strategy
The Masai Mara is the most visited national reserve in Kenya and the site of one of the world's great wildlife spectacles — the wildebeest migration that…