Mountain Climbing & Hiking
Nearly every visitor to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area comes for a single destination: the crater floor and its extraordinary wildlife density. Far fewer realize that the […]
Somewhere between the parking area at Bisoke’s trailhead and the higher slopes where mountain gorilla families range, a narrower path breaks off through the bamboo toward […]
Running roughly 227 kilometers along the eastern shore of Lake Kivu, from Rubavu in the north to Rusizi in the south, the Congo Nile Trail takes […]
Most visitors who make the journey to Nyungwe Forest National Park come for one of two headline experiences: chimpanzee trekking through dense montane rainforest, or the […]
Beneath the farmland and forest edges just outside Musanze town, a network of volcanic tunnels stretches for several kilometers underground, carved not by water erosion like […]
Rising to 4,507 meters above sea level, Mount Karisimbi towers over every other point in Rwanda, its summit frequently wrapped in cloud and, on genuinely clear […]
A Park Best Known for Gorillas, Worth Knowing for Its Trails Kahuzi-Biega National Park’s reputation rests almost entirely on its eastern lowland gorillas, the world’s largest […]
East Africa’s Best Mountain Biking Trails Most visitors experience East Africa through a windscreen, watching the landscape slide past from a safari vehicle’s pop-top roof hatch. […]
East Africa’s Best Rock Climbing Destinations Climbers tend to discover East Africa’s rock almost by accident, arriving for gorilla trekking or a Serengeti safari and stumbling […]
East Africa’s Best Caving and Spelunking Sites Caves rarely make it onto a first-time visitor’s East Africa checklist, which is precisely what makes them rewarding for […]
Combining Gorilla Trekking With a Kilimanjaro Climb Combining gorilla trekking with a Kilimanjaro climb pairs two of East Africa’s most iconic bucket-list experiences into a single, […]
Combining Gorilla Trekking With Mount Nyiragongo Hiking Combining gorilla trekking with a hike up Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most active volcanoes and home to […]