East Africa

Tanzania

Regions in travel priority order:

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Photo: zaratours.com)

The Great Migration, Serengeti National Park (Photo: shoalhavensolosisters.com.au)

Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Photo: greenglobaltravel.com)

1. Northeast Tanzania

- - Mount Kilimanjaro
  - Serengeti National Park (location of The Great Migration; known for cheetah, giraffe, zebra, African Cape buffalo, wildebeest, warthog, and vulture)
  - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Zanzibar (Photo: getaway.co.za) — Stone Town, Zanzibar (Photo: getaway.co.za)

Spice market in Stone Town, Zanzibar (Photo: travelnotesonline.com)

2. Zanzibar

- - Stone Town/Mji Mkongwe, Zanzibar

Palace of Husuni Kubwa - the — Palace of Husuni Kubwa – the “Great Fort”, Kilwa Kisiwani (Photo: daigletours.com)

Fish market, Dar es Salaam (Photo: bryannaplog.com)

3. Southeast Tanzania

- - Dar es Salaam (de facto national administrative capital; national judicial capital)
  - Kilwa Kisiwani

Chimpanzee, Gombe National Park, (Photo: mzungumemoir.wordpress.com)

4. Northwest Tanzania

- - Gombe National Park (Jane Goodall study site – wild chimpanzees)

Ruaha National Park (Photo: astreambeyond.wordpress.com) — Lions, Ruaha National Park (Photo: astreambeyond.wordpress.com)

5. Southern Highlands

- - Ruaha National Park (known for lion, African wild dog, giraffe, and ostrich)

6. Central Tanzania

- - Dodoma (national legislative capital)

Kenya

Historic Provinces:

Amboseli National Park (Photo: authenticeastafrica.wordpress.com)

Masai Mara National Reserve (Photo: sasscer.wordpress.com)

1. Rift Valley

- - Amboseli National Park
  - Masai Mara National Reserve (location of The Great Migration; known for lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, rhinocero, giraffe, zebra, African Cape buffalo, wildebeest, warthog, and vulture)

Nairobi National Park (Photo: tenaconnections.com)

Nairobi (Photo: blog.urbanadventures.com)

2. Nairobi

- - Nairobi (national capital)
  - Nairobi National Park

Mount Kenya National Park (Photo: silverbirdsafari-africa.com)

Tsavo West National Park (Photo: tishfarrell.com)

3. East Kenya

- - Mount Kenya National Park
  - Tsavo West National Park

4. Coastal Kenya

- - Mombasa (national second city)
  - Tsavo West National Park
  - Shimba Hills National Park

Arawale National Reserve (Photo: focuseastafricatours.com)

5. Northeast Kenya

- - Arawale National Reserve

6. Nyanza

- - Lake Turkana and Sibiloi National Park

7. Central Kenya

- - Aberdare National Park

8. West Kenya

- - Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya)

Uganda

Regions:

Rwenzori National Park (Photo: zooraugandasafaris.com)

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (Photo: jewelsafaris.com)

1. Western Uganda

- - Rwenzoris “Mountains of the Moon” in Rwenzori National Park
  - Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  - Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (adjoining Kenya’s Volcanoes National Park)
  - Queen Elizabeth National Park
  - Kibale Forest National Park

2. Northern Uganda

- - Kidepo Valley National Park
  - Ajai Game Reserve

3. Eastern Uganda

- - Mount Elgon National Park (Uganda)

4. Central Uganda

- - Kampala (national capital)
  - Ssese Islands

Rwanda

- - Kigali (national capital)
  - Volcanoes National Park (mountain gorillas)

Hippopotami, Rusizi National Park (Photo: hotelclubdulac.com)

Burundi

- - Gitega (national capital)
  - Rusizi National Park