A general guide to safari health: yellow fever rules, vaccines and malaria prevention for East Africa.
Read StoryThe best time to visit East Africa, matched to what you want to see, season by season.
Read StoryHow fit you really need to be for gorilla trekking, and how to prepare for the terrain and altitude.
Read StoryA clear breakdown of what an East African safari costs, part by part, and where the real savings are.
Read StoryOne visa for Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda: what it covers, how to apply, and the first entry rule that catches travellers out.
Read StoryWhat a Uganda gorilla permit covers, what it costs, which Bwindi sector to choose, and how far ahead to book.
Read StoryRwanda’s first community-owned lodge, eight stone cottages three kilometres from the Volcanoes park headquarters.
Read StoryA private sandy beach outside Gisenyi, and the place a Rwanda trip slows down after the trekking.
Read StoryTwenty two rooms in a working tea plantation on the edge of Nyungwe, Africa’s oldest montane rainforest.
Read StoryNine solar-powered tents under palms and fig trees on the shore of Lake Ihema, inside Akagera.
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