The Rift Valley, Indian Ocean coast and the great safari landscapes. Country guides for Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and their neighbors.
Tall acacias with pale trunks stand over green grass on the wooded shore of Lake Naivasha.
Destination

Naivasha

City in Kenya.
Aug 21, 2026
A man leads a donkey loaded with woven panniers and boxes along a paved street in Lamu.
Destination

Lamu

Town on Lamu Island, Kenya.
Aug 21, 2026
Painted wooden fishing boats lie moored at a Lake Victoria landing beach, an egret on one bow.
Destination

Kisumu

City in Kenya.
Aug 21, 2026
Brightly printed dresses hang along a shop wall below corrugated roofs in Mombasa Old Town.
Destination

Mombasa

City in Kenya.
Aug 21, 2026
Office towers rise on the horizon beyond an unbroken canopy of forest trees in Nairobi.
Destination

Nairobi

Capital city of Kenya.
Aug 21, 2026
Two bulls lock horns in a maize field as a crowd of spectators watches in Kakamega.
Destination

Kakamega

Human settlement.
Aug 21, 2026
Carved wooden drums with hide heads stand on bare red earth, one of them painted with the Burundian flag.
Destination

Burundi

Burundi holds no World Heritage site, ten nominations still waiting, and one inscribed tradition: the ritual dance of the royal drum.
Aug 14, 2026 · 2 min read
A weathered Italian-era bank building with trilingual signage stands over parked cars in Asmara.
Destination

Eritrea

A modernist city built as a colonial capital, inscribed together with the unplanned neighborhoods the planners did not design.
Aug 13, 2026 · 2 min read
White salt crust meets dark volcanic rock at the edge of Lake Assal in Djibouti.
Destination

Djibouti

No World Heritage site, ten nominations filed in 2015 and still waiting, and a system of oral customary law that is inscribed.
Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
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