East Africa

Old montane rainforest in the south-west, with chimpanzees and very large colobus troops.

Fourteen thousand square kilometres of grassland, where the migration spends most of the year.

A quiet capital spread over hills, and the place to understand 1994 before you travel any further.

A collapsed volcano with a floor of grass and thousands of large animals living inside it.

A large freshwater lake with no crocodiles, hippos or bilharzia, so you can actually swim in it.

Baobabs and very large elephant herds, two hours from Arusha.

Rwanda’s only savannah park: lakes, swamp and plains, two and a half hours east of Kigali.

Tanzania’s largest park, in the south, with almost no other vehicles in it.

Highland churches, extreme landscapes and endemic wildlife — a travel country, not a safari country.

River and lake country in the south, best seen from a boat.