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Places to visit in East Africa

National parks, mountains, lakes, coasts, cities and heritage sites, each with a full guide: official fees, the best months, how to get there and who to travel with.

30 places for culture & heritage

A mountain gorilla feeding on leaves in Bwindi Impenetrable ForestNational park

Southwestern Uganda, Uganda

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Ancient rainforest and almost half of the world's mountain gorillas.

Entry US$40 · EAC UGX 20,000
The Virunga volcanoes rising above farmland near MgahingaNational park

Southwestern Uganda, Uganda

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Three volcanoes, mountain gorillas and golden monkeys.

Entry US$40 · EAC UGX 20,000
Golden savanna and distant mountains in Kidepo Valley with grazing buffaloesNational park

Northeastern Uganda (Karamoja), Uganda

Kidepo Valley National Park

Uganda's most remote and dramatic wilderness.

Entry US$40 · EAC UGX 20,000
Giant groundsels on the moorland of Mount ElgonNational park

Eastern Uganda, Uganda

Mount Elgon National Park

An ancient volcano with one of the world's largest calderas.

Entry US$35 · EAC UGX 15,000
The main Sipi waterfall dropping over a high cliffWaterfalls

Eastern Uganda, Uganda

Sipi Falls

Three waterfalls on the green slopes of Mount Elgon.

Guide & costs inside
Boiling water spouting from the female hot spring at SempayaNational park

Western Uganda, Uganda

Semuliki National Park

A slice of the Congo Basin with boiling hot springs.

Entry US$35 · EAC UGX 15,000
Lake Bunyonyi's islands and terraced hills under a blue skyLake

Southwestern Uganda, Uganda

Lake Bunyonyi

A highland lake of islands and terraced hills.

Guide & costs inside
Kampala's skyline of office towers and green hillsCapital city

Central Uganda, Uganda

Kampala

Uganda's capital of hills, markets, faith and nightlife.

Guide & costs inside
The thatched Muzibu Azaala Mpanga tomb house at KasubiHeritage site

Central Uganda, Uganda

Kasubi Tombs

The royal burial ground of the Kabakas of Buganda.

UNESCO listed
A wildebeest leaping into the Mara River during the migrationNational reserve

Southwestern Kenya, Kenya

Maasai Mara National Reserve

Big cats, open plains and the Great Migration river crossings.

Guide & costs inside
Elephants in Amboseli's swamp grass below Mount KilimanjaroNational park

Southern Kenya, Kenya

Amboseli National Park

Big-tusked elephants beneath Mount Kilimanjaro.

Entry US$90 · EAC KES 1,500
Reticulated giraffes crossing the Ewaso Ng'iro River in SamburuNational reserve

Northern Kenya, Kenya

Samburu National Reserve

Dry-country wildlife along the Ewaso Ng'iro River.

Guide & costs inside
A tall waterfall dropping into forest in the AberdareNational park

Central Kenya, Kenya

Aberdare National Park

Misty highland forest, waterfalls and Treetops.

Entry US$70 · EAC KES 800
Nairobi's skyline at duskCapital city

Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi

East Africa's hub of museums, food and wildlife on the doorstep.

Guide & costs inside
Turquoise water and coral islets at WatamuMarine park

North Coast, Kenya

Watamu & Gede Ruins

Coral gardens, Mida Creek and a lost Swahili town.

UNESCO listed
Dhows sailing in the Lamu channelHeritage town

North Coast, Kenya

Lamu Old Town

East Africa's oldest living Swahili town, with no cars.

UNESCO listed
Panorama of the Ngorongoro Crater floor from the rimConservation area

Northern Tanzania, Tanzania

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

A wildlife-filled volcanic crater and the Maasai highlands.

Entry US$70.80 · EAC TZS 11,800
Olduvai Gorge with its eroded red rock pillarArchaeological site

Northern Tanzania, Tanzania

Olduvai Gorge

A cradle of humankind between Ngorongoro and the Serengeti.

UNESCO listed
The entrance to the Old Fort in Stone TownHistoric town

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Stone Town, Zanzibar

A Swahili trading town of carved doors and narrow lanes.

UNESCO listed
The long white sand of Vumawimbi Beach, PembaIsland

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Pemba Island

Zanzibar's green island of cloves, forests and deep reefs.

Guide & costs inside
Red ochre human and animal figures in a Kondoa rock shelterRock art

Central Tanzania, Tanzania

Kondoa Rock-Art Sites

Ancient paintings on the rock shelters of the Masai escarpment.

UNESCO listed
An aerial view of the Kigali Convention Centre and its gardensCapital city

City of Kigali, Rwanda

Kigali

Rwanda's green, hilly capital: museums, markets and food.

Guide & costs inside
The thatched royal palace at the King's Palace Museum in NyanzaMuseum and royal palace

Southern Province, Rwanda

King's Palace Museum, Nyanza

A royal palace, a 1930s king's residence and long-horned Inyambo cattle.

Guide & costs inside
The entrance to the Ethnographic Museum (Musée National du Rwanda) in HuyeMuseum

Southern Province, Rwanda

Ethnographic Museum, Huye

Rwanda's finest collection of traditional life, crafts and history.

Guide & costs inside

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