Rural

You can find Akagera National Park in northwest Rwanda, right on the border with Tanzania.

The park features three very different ecosystems: the lakes (Shakani and Ihéma) and swamps along the Akagera River; the classic African savanna with its trademark acacia trees and open-plains big game, reminiscent of more well-known parks in Kenya and Tanzania; and breathtaking montane landscapes.

Amboseli National Park was created in 1974 to safeguard the area's distinctive environment and was given UNESCO World Heritage status in 1991. Amboseli had been given to the Maasai as the Southern Reserve back in 1906, but it was restored to local authority as a wildlife reserve in 1948.

Arusha National Park, harbouring Mount Meru, Ngurdoto caldera and offering trekking and hiking opportunities.

Buffalo Springs National Reserve named after an oasis of clear water at its western end, is a wildlife protected area in central Kenya established in 1948 to protect the endangered Gravy’s zebra

Ethiopia offers a rare cultural experience. Ethiopia's touristic attractions include diverse landscapes and the historical sites of ancient civilizations

Western Tanzania's 13-kilometer-long Gombe National Park borders Lake Tanganyika. The park covers 56 square kilometres, including a 100-meter coastline strip. It became a nature reserve in 1943 and a national park in 1968. Its altitudes are 773–1,500 metres (Mitumba).

Katavi National Park, Tanzania's third-largest national park, was established in 1974. Katavi and the nearby Rukwa Game Reserve form one eco-system. The northwest-southeast 125 km2 area is 960 metres is the altitude limit.

Offering some of the most stunning scenery of any protected area in Uganda, Kidepo Valley National Park is hidden away in a lost valley in the extreme northeast of Uganda.

Kilimanjaro National Park gets its name from Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), located barely three degrees south of the Equator, is Africa's tallest peak and the world's highest single-standing mountain. Kilimanjaro will be one of your greatest travel experiences, with its farmed lowlands of Moshi, misty rainforests, moorland dotted with huge lobelias, rocky and desolate lunar vistas of the higher slopes, and, to top it all off, the perpetual snow fields at Kibo mountain.

A first for tropical flowers in Africa, Kitulo National Park was created in 2005 due to its botanical significance.

Lake Nakuru National Park, established in 1961, is renowned for its millions of flamingos. With 188 sq km of protected land, it has a manageable terrain accessible by car, dotted with over 550 plant species, and prominent hills like Enasoit, Honeymoon, and lion hill ridge. However, a previous fire and 2011 floods have altered the park's ecosystem. The integration of Euphorbia tree species is restoring balance.

Maasai Mara National Reserve, famous for the great Wildebeest Migration is a conservation area in Narok, Kenya, it borders the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.