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Travel Blog

An anniversary trip carries a different emotional weight than a honeymoon or a first-time safari, and the best East African camps have started designing packages that […]
Saying vows with a view of the Serengeti’s endless grassland, or on a Zanzibar beach with the tide going out behind the altar, has become a […]
The window for a proper babymoon is narrower than most other kinds of travel, both medically and logistically, which makes destination choice matter more here than […]
There is a meaningful difference between a fly-in safari, which typically means hopping between parks on scheduled light-aircraft routes, and a genuine private jet safari, which […]
Most of East Africa’s luxury reputation rests on its safari lodges, but the coastline running from Kenya’s south coast down through Zanzibar holds a genuinely strong […]
Packing for a family safari involves a fundamentally different calculation than packing for an adult trip, since a toddler’s needs, a school-age child’s needs, and a […]
A single East African country can fill two weeks easily, but the region’s real luxury travel secret is how well its countries combine. Kenya’s open plains, […]
Tucked into Uganda’s southwestern corner, where the borders of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo meet among a chain of dormant and active volcanoes, […]
Travelers usually come to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park with one animal in mind, and it is not hard to guess which one. But Uganda’s smallest national […]
Crowds are rarely the reason anyone avoids Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, since even at its busiest this corner of southwestern Uganda sees a fraction of the […]
Gorilla trekking is unlike almost any other wildlife experience in Africa, and first-timers consistently arrive with a mix of excitement and a long list of questions […]
How to Prepare Physically for Gorilla Trekking Tour operators tend to describe gorilla trekking as suitable for anyone with “moderate fitness,” a phrase vague enough to […]