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Tandem Paragliding in the Virunga Foothills Rwanda’s volcanic northwest offers a backdrop few paragliding destinations anywhere can match: the Virunga chain’s five peaks, Karisimbi, Bisoke, Sabyinyo, […]
Beneath East Africa’s Rift Valley, the same tectonic forces that pushed up the Virunga volcanoes and carved out the region’s deep lakes also heat groundwater to […]
Africa after dark reveals a genuinely different cast of characters, leopards hunting with far more confidence than their shy daytime presence suggests, hyenas moving in loose, […]
Some of East Africa’s most rewarding terrain resists a single mode of transport: hills too steep and remote for a boat alone, water crossings too wide […]
Ranking fear is an inherently subjective exercise, since what terrifies one traveller barely registers as a passing thrill for another, but after covering East Africa’s full […]
There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over East Africa once the sun drops behind an escarpment or a volcano ridge, and it is […]
Pulling off a proposal is stressful enough at home. Doing it in the middle of a national park, with a guide, a driver, wind direction, wildlife […]
A shared infinity pool overlooking a valley is a wonderful thing, but it is not the same as stepping out of bed at sunrise and lowering […]
A game drive built entirely around an adult’s pace, adult questions, and adult attention spans rarely holds a child’s interest for long, no matter how spectacular […]
Long before East Africa became known for safari vehicles and bush planes, the region moved on rails. The old Uganda Railway, built by the British at […]
Most people picture a safari when they think of East Africa, but the same stretch of coastline that gave the region its centuries-old trading ports also […]
At the very top of East Africa’s safari market sits a small tier of camps charging two thousand dollars a night and considerably more, figures that […]