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East Africa

The continent's most productive wildlife country — the Serengeti, the Mara, Bwindi's gorillas, the Rift Valley — tied together by short flights and shared languages.

About East Africa

Why we plan here.

East Africa is the region most safaris are modelled on. Tanzania and Kenya hold the migration. Rwanda and Uganda hold the gorillas. The lakes and volcanoes of the Albertine Rift stitch the two halves together.

We plan across the region as a single canvas — a week in the Serengeti, two nights in the Mara, a gorilla trek in the Virungas, a finish on Zanzibar. Flights are short, lodges are mature, and the guiding tradition runs deep.

East Africa is the continent's most productive wildlife country. The Serengeti, the Mara, Bwindi's gorillas, the Rift Valley — all tied together by short flights and shared languages. This is the region most safaris are modelled on. Tanzania and Kenya hold the migration. Rwanda and Uganda hold the gorillas. The lakes and volcanoes of the Albertine Rift stitch the two halves together. We plan across the region as a single canvas. A week in the Serengeti. Two nights in the Mara. A gorilla trek in the Virungas. A finish on Zanzibar. Flights are short — you're never more than a couple of hours from the next camp. Lodges are mature, the guiding tradition runs deep, and the logistics are second nature to us. Dust hangs over the plains at first light. Chimps call from the forest canopy at Bwindi. The air thins as you climb the Rift Valley escarpment. This is not a collection of separate countries. It's one landscape, stitched together by generations of guides who know the dirt roads, the airstrips, and the seasons by heart.