Safari Journal

Safari Activities

Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda

Gorilla trekking in Rwanda takes place in Volcanoes National Park, where visitors hike into the Virunga mountains with rangers to spend one hour with a…

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Golden Monkey Trekking in Rwanda

Golden monkey trekking in Rwanda takes place in Volcanoes National Park, where visitors walk into the bamboo zone at the foot of the Virunga volcanoes to…

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Rwanda National Parks

Gishwati Mukura National Park

Gishwati Mukura National Park is Rwanda's fourth and smallest national park, covering roughly 34 square kilometres across two separate forest blocks on…

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Game Drive Safaris in Rwanda

Game drive safaris in Rwanda take place in Akagera National Park, the country's only savannah reserve, covering 1,122 square kilometres along the…

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Chimpanzee Trekking in Rwanda

Chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda happens mainly in Nyungwe Forest National Park in the southwest, where visitors hike out before dawn with rangers to find…

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Uganda National Parks

Bwindi Forest National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda holds roughly half the world's mountain gorillas and is the leading gorilla trekking destination…

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Birding in Rwanda

Birding in Rwanda produces around 700 recorded species in a country the size of Wales, including 29 Albertine Rift endemics found in a narrow band of…

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Plan Your Trip

Best Time to Visit Rwanda

The best time to visit Rwanda is the long dry season from June to mid September, when trekking trails are firmest and game viewing in Akagera is…

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Kenya National Parks

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park covers 392 square kilometres in southern Kenya on the Tanzanian border, directly beneath Mount Kilimanjaro. It is best known for…

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