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Tourism · East Africa

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.

12 places for gorillas & primates

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
Lions resting in a tree in Queen Elizabeth National ParkNational park

Western Uganda, Uganda

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Kazinga Channel, crater lakes and tree-climbing lions.

Entry US$40 · EAC UGX 20,000
An alpha male chimpanzee sitting on the forest floor in KibaleNational park

Western Uganda, Uganda

Kibale National Park

East Africa's primate capital: 13 species and about 1,500 chimpanzees.

Entry US$40 · EAC UGX 20,000
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
A northern white rhino grazing at Ol PejetaPrivate conservancy

Central Kenya (Laikipia), Kenya

Ol Pejeta Conservancy

Big Five, chimpanzees and the last northern white rhinos.

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Adult male chimpanzees feeding in a fig tree in MahaleNational park

Western Tanzania, Tanzania

Mahale Mountains National Park

Wild chimpanzees on forested mountains above Lake Tanganyika.

Entry US$94.40 · EAC TZS 5,900
A pebble beach on Lake Tanganyika at Gombe Stream National ParkNational park

Western Tanzania, Tanzania

Gombe National Park

The chimpanzees Jane Goodall made famous.

Entry US$118.00 · EAC TZS 11,800
A mountain gorilla mother with her infant on her back in Volcanoes National ParkNational park

Northern Province, Rwanda

Volcanoes National Park

Mountain gorillas and golden monkeys on the Virunga volcanoes.

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Forested hills and valleys of Nyungwe National ParkNational park

Southwestern Rwanda, Rwanda

Nyungwe National Park

Ancient montane rainforest, chimpanzees and a canopy walkway.

Entry US$100 · EAC RWF 10,000
A visitor and an RDB guide looking out over the Gishwati forestNational park

Western Province, Rwanda

Gishwati-Mukura National Park

Rwanda's newest park: restored forest, chimpanzees and golden monkeys.

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