Ruwenzori Mountains National Park Ruwenzori Range, mountain range bordering Uganda and Congo (Kinshasa); the range is thought to be the “Mountains of the Moon” described by the 2nd-century-AD geographer Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus). The mountains were…

Nairobi Capital City Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to “place of cool waters”, a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the…

Mt Kilimanjaro: Trekking Mt Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and…

Lake Turkana Turkana is known in the local language as ng’turkana. Some place names in the country are attributed to the language of the Pokot and Samburu peoples, representing a tradition in…

Entebbe sits on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake. The town is situated in Wakiso District, approximately 34 kilometres (21 mi) south of Kampala, Uganda’s capital and largest city. The metropolis is located on…

Arusha National Park is located in Arusha. Arusha, formerly Northern Region administrative region is located in northern Tanzania, East Africa. It is bordered on the northeast by Kenya. The Serengeti Plain lies in…

Uganda was described by Winston Churchill as the “Pearl of Africa” for its exceptionally beautiful landscape and diverse plant and animal life. The climate supports the ecosystem perfectly as a…

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country found in the Eastern part of Africa. It shares borders with Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo,…

Known for her amazing tourism destinations and producing some of the fastest runners in the world, the Republic of Kenya is one fascinating country. Kenya covers an area of about…

The great migration is a spectacular wonder of the world where almost two million wildlife trek for over 1800 miles as they migrate within the Serengeti and Maasai Mara ecosystem.…