Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale Forest
In the last great rainforest of western Uganda, nearly a hundred chimpanzees move through the canopy — and for one hour, you are allowed to walk among them. A destination feature from our Signature Experiences series The forest closes in slowly. First the light dims to a soft green, then the road noise fades, then …
The Big Five: Five Encounters That Define a Safari
Lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino. Each is an experience in its own right, and finding all five in Kenya is the safari traveller’s grand prize. A destination feature from our Signature Experiences series There is a moment on every safari when the engine falls silent and the guide raises a hand. Somewhere in the …
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The Great Migration River Crossing
Once a year, in one of the last great wildlife spectacles on earth, millions of animals stand at the edge of a river and must decide whether to cross. A destination feature from our Signature Experiences series Before the first animal moves, there is silence. Behind you, the plains of the Maasai Mara run gold …
Mountain Gorilla Trekking
In the bamboo slopes of the Virunga volcanoes, fewer than a thousand mountain gorillas remain in the wild — and here, for one silent hour, you sit among them. A destination feature from our Signature Experiences series The climb is steep and the air thin, and then, without warning, your guide raises a fist and …
The Great Migration
This is not a single spectacle but a circuit without end — over a million and a half wildebeest walking a great clockwise loop across the Serengeti, chasing rain that has not yet fallen. A destination feature from our Signature Experiences series Stand on the Ndutu plains in February and you will not see a …
The Ngorongoro Crater
A world within a world: an enclosed caldera the size of a small city, holding twenty-five thousand animals who have never once needed to leave. A destination feature from our Signature Experiences series From the rim at dawn, before the mist has burned off, the crater floor is barely visible — just a pale, shifting …
Face to Face with the Mountain Gorilla
Deep in an ancient, misty forest, you will sit within a few metres of one of the rarest animals on Earth. And it will look back at you. A destination feature from our Signature Experiences series You will not hear the gorillas before you see them. What you hear first is your own breathing, the …