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.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
UNESCO forest with half the world's mountain gorillas.
🗓 Best: June–September; December–Februa…Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Virunga volcanoes crossing — gorillas and golden monkeys on the Rwanda border.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberKibale National Park
The primate capital of Africa — 13 primate species including chimpanzee trekking.
🗓 Best: June–September; December–Februa…Queen Elizabeth National Park
Ishasha tree-climbing lions, the Kazinga Channel and crater-lake country.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberMurchison Falls National Park
The 'world's most powerful waterfall' — the Nile blasted through a 7-metre gap.
🗓 Best: December–February; June–Septemb…Source of the Nile — Jinja
Where the White Nile flows out of Lake Victoria — Uganda's adventure capital.
🗓 Best: Year-roundKazinga Channel
Africa's largest concentration of hippos and Nile crocs on a 40-km natural channel.
🗓 Best: Year-roundRwenzori Mountains National Park
The legendary Mountains of the Moon — glaciated equatorial peaks.
🗓 Best: June–August; December–FebruarySemliki National Park
Sempaya hot springs and the only Congo-Basin lowland rainforest in East Africa.
🗓 Best: June–September; December–Februa…Kidepo Valley National Park
Remote Karamoja frontier park with huge buffalo herds and dramatic Narus Valley.
🗓 Best: December–February; June–AugustSipi Falls (Kapchorwa)
A trio of waterfalls on the flanks of Mt Elgon — Uganda's signature coffee country.
🗓 Best: December–MarchMount Elgon National Park (Uganda)
Ancient shield volcano with cave paintings, giant caldera and mountain elephants.
🗓 Best: June–August; December–FebruaryLake Bunyonyi
Africa's deepest lake of 29 islands — the 'Switzerland of Africa'.
🗓 Best: Year-roundLake Mburo National Park
Uganda's smallest savannah park — zebras, impala and endemic papyrus birds.
🗓 Best: Year-roundSsese Islands
Archipelago of 84 Lake Victoria islands — beaches, forests and cultural roots.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberCrater Lakes of Fort Portal
Emerald-rimmed volcanic crater lakes hidden in tea country.
🗓 Best: Year-roundKaramoja (Ik people)
Remote Karamoja highlands — home of the Ik, Karamojong and vast open landscapes.
🗓 Best: Year-roundKasubi Tombs (Kampala)
UNESCO-listed royal burial site of the Buganda kings.
🗓 Best: Year-roundNamugongo Martyrs Shrine
Uganda's most-visited pilgrimage site — memorial to the 1886 Uganda Martyrs.
🗓 Best: Year-roundUganda Museum & Old Kampala Mosque
Kampala cultural loop — national museum plus the 17,000-worshipper Gaddafi Mosque.
🗓 Best: Year-round