Routes blogs

Amboseli rewards you with elephant herds beneath Kilimanjaro — but the experience is more complicated, and more rewarding, than most safari brochures suggest. Here's what to actually expect, season by season.

Ethiopia is one of Africa's most underrated safari destinations, combining dramatic highland scenery, endemic wildlife found nowhere else on Earth, and living cultures that reframe what a wildlife journey can be. Here's everything you need to know before you go.

Choosing Uganda's parks is the easy part. Knowing which order to visit them in — and why it matters — is what separates a good Uganda safari from a great one. This is the itinerary logic guide.

Rwanda packs three entirely different ecosystems into a country you can cross in a day — savannah, montane rainforest and Afroalpine volcano slopes. This is the full destination overview for travellers planning a Rwanda safari in 2027, with detail on Akagera, Nyungwe and the Virunga foothills that goes well beyond gorilla logistics.

Zimbabwe is one of Africa's most rewarding safari destinations — unhurried, genuinely wild, and still underestimated. Here's everything you need to know before you go in 2027.

Zambia combines some of Africa's most unspoiled wilderness with the raw power of Victoria Falls — and most visitors still barely scratch the surface of what's here. This guide covers the top parks, wildlife highlights, best travel seasons and realistic costs to help you plan a trip worth every hour of the journey.

Discover how to visit Victoria Falls: the best viewpoints, when to travel depending on water levels, must-do activities, the Zambia or Zimbabwe side, and safari combinations.

Not sure which Tanzanian park to prioritise on your first safari? We break down the northern circuit options by what kind of traveller you actually are — because 'they're all amazing' is not useful advice.

Fourteen days, an open mind, and no idea whether to book Kenya or Tanzania — this guide is built for exactly that moment. We walk you through the one decision that unlocks everything else.