Einstein Four countries. One rift valley.
They are not interchangeable. Permits, terrain, drive times and seasons differ enough that the right answer usually depends on how many days you have.
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Uganda
Roughly half the world's remaining mountain gorillas live here, alongside the highest primate diversity in East Africa and a permit price well under Rwanda's.
Uganda safaris -
Rwanda
The shortest distance between an international arrivals hall and a mountain gorilla anywhere on earth. Two and a half hours of tarmac from Kigali to the trailhead.
Rwanda safaris -
Tanzania
The migration is not an event you book. It is a herd moving on grass and rain, and the whole trip is built backwards from where they will be.
Tanzania safaris -
Kenya
The reserve holds the crossings. The conservancies hold everything else: off-road driving, night drives, walking, and five vehicles at a sighting instead of forty.
Kenya safaris