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.
Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda)
Mountain-gorilla trekking on the Virunga volcanoes — Dian Fossey's legacy.
🗓 Best: June–September; December–Februa…Nyungwe Forest National Park
Montane rainforest — chimpanzees, Colobus superbands and a canopy walkway.
🗓 Best: Year-roundAkagera National Park
Big-Five savannah park — Rwanda's recently reintroduced lions and rhinos.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberLake Kivu
Rift-Valley lake beach towns — Rubavu, Kibuye, Rusizi.
🗓 Best: Year-roundKigali Genocide Memorial
Rwanda's most important memorial — the 1994 Genocide museum and burial site.
🗓 Best: Year-roundKarongi (Kibuye)
Scenic lakeside town on Lake Kivu — peaceful shoreline, memorial sites and island-hopping by boat.
🗓 Best: Year-round (June–September & De…Congo Nile Trail
227 km multi-day hiking/biking route along Lake Kivu from Rubavu to Rusizi.
🗓 Best: June–September (dry season for …Mount Bisoke
3,711 m volcano with a perfect crater lake at the top — the best day-trek in Volcanoes NP.
🗓 Best: June–September, December–Februa…Mount Karisimbi
Rwanda's highest peak at 4,507 m — a demanding 2-day summit with snow at the top.
🗓 Best: June–September, December–Februa…Dian Fossey Grave & Karisoke Research Camp
Hike to the former research camp and burial site of the mountain-gorilla pioneer.
🗓 Best: June–September, December–Februa…Nyamata Genocide Memorial
A former Catholic church preserved as it was found after 10,000 refugees were killed inside in 1994.
🗓 Best: Year-roundMurambi Genocide Memorial
Former technical school with preserved remains — one of the most difficult memorials to visit.
🗓 Best: Year-roundKing's Palace Museum (Nyanza)
Re-creation of the pre-colonial royal palace with the long-horned Inyambo cattle tradition.
🗓 Best: Year-roundEthnographic Museum (Huye)
Rwanda's best museum — seven galleries covering geology, crafts, culture and history.
🗓 Best: Year-roundIby'Iwacu Cultural Village
Reformed-poachers cultural village — community-run Rwandan heritage experience at the foot of the volcanoes.
🗓 Best: Year-roundLake Burera & Lake Ruhondo
Twin volcanic lakes at the foot of the Virunga volcanoes — Rwanda's most photographed landscape.
🗓 Best: June–September, December–Februa…Gishwati-Mukura National Park
Rwanda's newest national park — a reforested montane rainforest with chimpanzees and golden monkeys.
🗓 Best: Year-round (drier June–Septembe…Nyabarongo River & Wetlands
The most distant source of the Nile — wetlands, birding and the Nile's southernmost headwaters.
🗓 Best: Year-roundRubavu (Gisenyi)
Lake Kivu beach town with black-sand beaches, hot springs and DRC border views.
🗓 Best: June–September, December–Februa…Camp Kigali Memorial
Memorial to the 10 Belgian UN peacekeepers murdered in 1994 — a short, moving stop in central Kigali.
🗓 Best: Year-round