East Africa

Tanzania

Regions in travel priority order:

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Photo: www.colettecoleman.com)
The Great Migration, Serengeti National Park (Photo: shoalhavensolosisters.com.au)
The Great Migration, Serengeti National Park (Photo: shoalhavensolosisters.com.au)
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Photo: greenglobaltravel.com)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Dodoma (Photo: tourist-destinations.com)
Dodoma (Photo: tourist-destinations.com)

6. Central Tanzania

      • Dodoma (national legislative capital)

Kenya

Historic Provinces:

Amboseli National Park (Photo: authenticeastafrica.wordpress.com)
Amboseli National Park (Photo: authenticeastafrica.wordpress.com)
Masai Mara National Reserve (Photo: sasscer.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 National Park (Photo: tenaconnections.com)
Nairobi (Photo: blog.urbanadventures.com)
Nairobi (Photo: blog.urbanadventures.com)

2. Nairobi

      • Nairobi (national capital)
      • Nairobi National Park
Mount Kenya National Park (Photo: silverbirdsafari-africa.com)
Mount Kenya National Park (Photo: silverbirdsafari-africa.com)
Tsavo West National Park (Photo: tishfarrell.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)
Arawale National Reserve (Photo: focuseastafricatours.com)

5. Northeast Kenya

      • Arawale National Reserve
Traditional fishing boats, Lake Turkana, Sibiloi National Park (Photo: ajkenyasafaris.com)
Traditional fishing boats, Lake Turkana, Sibiloi National Park (Photo: ajkenyasafaris.com)

6. Nyanza

      • Lake Turkana and Sibiloi National Park

7. Central Kenya

      • Aberdare National Park
Mount Elgon National Park (Photo: ajkenyasafaris.com)
Mount Elgon National Park (Photo: ajkenyasafaris.com)

8. West Kenya

      • Mount Elgon National Park (Kenya)

Uganda

Regions:

Rwenzori National Park (Photo: zooraugandasafaris.com)
Rwenzori National Park (Photo: zooraugandasafaris.com)
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (Photo: jewelsafaris.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

Mountain gorilla, Volcanoes National Park (Photo: traversingafrica.com)
Mountain gorilla, Volcanoes National Park (Photo: traversingafrica.com)

Rwanda

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

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

Burundi

      • Gitega (national capital)
      • Rusizi National Park