Destinations across East Africa
From the Maasai Mara to the Rift Valley, the Swahili coast to the Mountains of the Moon. Filter by country below.
Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Kenya's flagship reserve — the northern extension of the Serengeti and stage of the Great Migration.
🗓 Best: July–October (migration); Dec–F…
⛅ 31°
★ 7 tours
Samburu National Reserve
Arid northern frontier reserve famous for the 'Samburu 5' and the Ewaso Ng'iro river.
🗓 Best: June–October; December–MarchAmboseli National Park
Iconic elephants in front of Mt Kilimanjaro — the classic Africa postcard.
🗓 Best: June–October; January–February
⛅ 21°
★ 8 tours
Lake Nakuru National Park
Ramsar wetland famous for flamingos, rhinos and Rift Valley viewpoints.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberTsavo East National Park
One of the world's largest wildlife reserves — famous red-dust elephants and the Yatta Plateau.
🗓 Best: June–October; January–FebruaryTsavo West National Park
Volcanic landscapes, Mzima Springs hippos, and rhino sanctuary.
🗓 Best: June–October; January–FebruaryChyulu Hills National Park
Green rolling volcanic hills — Hemingway's 'Green Hills of Africa'.
🗓 Best: June–OctoberMeru National Park
Born Free country — the reserve where Joy Adamson raised Elsa the lioness.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberAberdare National Park
Misty mountain forest, waterfalls and tree-hotel game viewing.
🗓 Best: July–MarchSolio Ranch
Private sanctuary with the highest rhino density in Kenya.
🗓 Best: Year-roundOl Pejeta Conservancy
Home of the last northern white rhinos and Africa's largest black-rhino sanctuary.
🗓 Best: Year-roundOl Jogi Conservancy
Exclusive Laikipia private conservancy — rhino rescue, big cats and low-volume safaris.
🗓 Best: Year-roundSamburu Reteti Elephant Sanctuary
The first community-owned elephant sanctuary in Africa.
🗓 Best: Year-round
☁ 22°
★ 8 tours
Mount Kenya National Park
UNESCO-listed equatorial snow peak — Africa's second-highest mountain.
🗓 Best: January–February; July–SeptemberMount Elgon National Park
Ancient shield volcano straddling Kenya and Uganda, with elephant caves and caldera trekking.
🗓 Best: June–OctoberHell's Gate National Park
Kenya's only park where you can cycle, walk and rock-climb among wildlife.
🗓 Best: Year-roundLake Naivasha
Freshwater Rift Valley lake — Crescent Island walking safaris, hippos and birders' paradise.
🗓 Best: Year-roundRift Valley Viewpoint
Iconic escarpment overlook — vast volcanic valley floor stretching to the horizon.
🗓 Best: Year-roundThomson's Falls (Nyahururu)
A 74m waterfall on the Ewaso Ng'iro — classic Kenya road-trip stop.
🗓 Best: Year-roundNairobi National Park
Big-Five savannah within sight of the Nairobi skyline.
🗓 Best: Year-round
☁ 21°
★ 4 tours
Giraffe Centre Nairobi
Hand-feed endangered Rothschild's giraffes on the outskirts of Nairobi.
🗓 Best: Year-round
☁ 19°
★ 2 tours
Karen Blixen Museum
The 'Out of Africa' farmhouse beneath the Ngong Hills.
🗓 Best: Year-roundNational Museums of Kenya (Nairobi)
Kenya's national museum — paleontology, cultures, and Kenyan art history.
🗓 Best: Year-roundDiani Beach
White-sand coral beach — kite-surfing, diving and Colobus monkeys.
🗓 Best: July–October; January–FebruaryMombasa
Kenya's 2,000-year-old port city — Swahili culture, Fort Jesus and the Old Town.
🗓 Best: Year-roundFort Jesus Mombasa
UNESCO-listed 16th-century Portuguese fort guarding Mombasa's old harbour.
🗓 Best: Year-roundLamu Old Town
UNESCO-listed Swahili island town — no cars, just dhows and donkeys.
🗓 Best: July–October; January–MarchWatamu
Turquoise coral-reef marine park — turtles, dolphins and the Mida Creek mangroves.
🗓 Best: July–October; January–MarchGede Ruins
The 12th-century ruins of a mysterious Swahili city swallowed by forest.
🗓 Best: Year-roundHell's Kitchen (Marafa Depression)
A technicolour eroded canyon of pink, orange and white sandstone outside Malindi.
🗓 Best: June–OctoberMambrui
Sleepy Swahili fishing village at the mouth of the Sabaki — dunes, dhows and birdlife.
🗓 Best: Year-roundShimba Hills National Reserve
Only Kenya home of the sable antelope — coastal rainforest within sight of the sea.
🗓 Best: July–OctoberRusinga Island
Lake Victoria island — Mbita causeway, Thomas Mboya memorial and Suba culture.
🗓 Best: Year-roundMfangano Island
Lake Victoria island with ancient rock art and the Abasuba community.
🗓 Best: Year-roundTakawiri Island
Tiny palm-fringed Lake Victoria island — a Kenyan castaway experience.
🗓 Best: Year-roundRuma National Park
Kenya's only home of the roan antelope — remote, rarely visited, Lambwe Valley.
🗓 Best: June–OctoberKakamega Forest
Kenya's only tropical rainforest — Congo Basin relict with endemic birds and monkeys.
🗓 Best: Year-roundLoisaba Conservancy
A 23,000-hectare Laikipia conservancy with private wildlife viewing, horseback and mountain-bike safaris.
🗓 Best: Year-roundIl Ngwesi Community Conservancy
Maasai community-owned conservancy with a famous eco-lodge — 100% profits stay with the community.
🗓 Best: June–October, January–FebruaryShaba National Reserve
Joy Adamson's final home — the 'third sister' of Samburu and Buffalo Springs reserves.
🗓 Best: June–October, January–MarchKericho Tea Country
Rolling green tea fields of western Kenya — home to the world's finest black tea.
🗓 Best: Year-round (dry July–March)Thika Coffee Country
Kenya's historic coffee belt — Karen Blixen's original estate and the Chania Falls.
🗓 Best: Year-roundBomas of Kenya
A living cultural village showcasing traditional homesteads of Kenya's 44+ ethnic communities.
🗓 Best: Year-roundDavid Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Elephant and rhino orphanage inside Nairobi National Park — visit the babies during the 11am feeding.
🗓 Best: Year-round (11am daily public f…Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park
Kenya's finest coral reef — dolphins, turtles, and some of the best snorkelling in East Africa.
🗓 Best: October–MarchTiwi Beach
Quieter, family-friendly alternative to Diani — same coral beach, half the crowd.
🗓 Best: December–March, July–October