Best Tourism destination in East Africa

Best Tourism destination in East Africa

Best Tourism destination in East Africa : East Africa is considered as the tourism hub in Africa because of a number of tourist attractions that can be found in the different countries of the region. East Africa caters for the different tourist types with a number of destinations and attractions that can be seen. The region is famous for its wildlife that can be seen in the different national park in Rwanda, Uganda, kenya and Tanzania that have a number of attractions like the endangered mountain gorillas that can be seen in volcanoes national park in Rwanda, mgahinga national park, amazing culture, museums, capital cities, traditional foods that has attracted a number of tourists to visit the region.

 Among the different countries in the region with the different destinations, there are a few destinations that are considered the best tourism destinations in east Africa and these include the different national park within the different east African countries that have a lot to offer to ensure that you have the most memorable experience in east Africa. Among the different national parks in East Africa, every park has a unique feature that will make your east African safari quite rewarding.

Bwindi impenetrable national park

Bwindi impenetrable national park is among the best tourism destinations in east Africa that will offer a number of rewarding attractions. The park is famous for housing half of the world’s endangered mountain gorillas of which there are more than 23 habituated gorilla families giving the chance to a number of tourists interested in watching the behaviour of the primate species to take part in gorilla trekking in the four sectors of the park namely; Buhoma, Ruhija, Nkuringo and Rushaga. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park will give you the chance to visit the habituated family and in the process you will spend one hour with the primates observing their different characteristics in the park like their feeding patterns, how they co-exist with one another  where you will get to see the adult females in the group grooming the young ones and infants, you will see how they construct their nests among other rewarding attractions in the park for an amazing experience.

Interesting about Bwindi impenetrable national park making it one of the best tourism destinations in Uganda is the fact that you can also get to take part in gorilla habituation which is also an important aspect during your gorilla trekking experience in Uganda. To differ from Gorilla trekking in Uganda which involves tourists tracking the habituated gorilla families, gorilla habituation on the other hand involves tourists taking part in the habituation process of the gorillas.

Gorilla habituation involves tourists accompanying a group of researchers that are training the gorillas to get accustomed to human presence in order for gorilla habituation to be carried out. During the activity, you will get authentic experiences of the wild species getting trained as you see how they react toward their training sessions before they get ready to get used to human presence for an amazing experience in the park. Other rewarding attractions that can be seen while you take part in the different activities in Bwindi impenetrable national park include; the Batwa an indigenous group of people that were formerly forest people with unique cultural values  that you will get to see by taking part in the Batwa  trail experience, you will also get to see a number of bird species and primates species like the back and white colobus monkey, dent’s monkey, Hamlyn’s monkey which makes Bwindi impenetrable national park one of the best tourism destinations in east Africa.

Masaai Mara National Reserve

Masai Mara National Reserve is among the best destinations in east Africa Kenya, the reserve is famous for the wildebeest migrations which includes over 1 million wildebeest migrating from the Serengeti region to Masaai mar national park running away from the different climatic conditions in Serengeti. The migration makes the park one of the best tourism destinations to visit because of the rewarding views that you’ll get to see during their transfer from one park to another.

During the migration, you will get to see a number of wildebeest, other animal species like the zebras, gazelles, Uganda kobs, migrating from the Serengeti region to the southern part of Masai Mara in search of rains, pastures and many more. During the migration, you’ll have the chance to see how the wild animal co-exist and interact with one another and among the most anticipated event is watching the survival tactics of the wildebeest and other animals away from the crocodiles in the Mara River that they cross to visit Masaai Mara national reserve.

The park is also a home to a number of animal species including the big five animals that is the rhinoceros, the African elephant, the buffalo, the leopard and the lion which is one of the few parks with all the big five animals in East Africa that you will also get to see when you take part in a number of activities in Maasai Mara national park like the game drives, hot air ballooning among other rewarding activities that will give you the opportunity to see a number of rewarding attractions like bird species like Merlin, black kite, white tailed kite, vultures, marabou storks, long crested eagles, ostriches, reptiles like the  monitor lizards, the tortoise, terrapins, lizards like the afro-tropical ground gecko, tropical house gecko, black necked spitting cobra, forest cobra and many other attractions during your kenya safaris.

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Serengeti national park in Tanzania is also among the best tourism destinations that will ensure that you will have an amazing experience during your east African safari. Just like Masaai Mara national park, Serengeti national park is famous for the wildebeest migration that happens annually which has attracted a number of tourists to visit the park in order to have the chance to see the different attractions within the park for an amazing experience.  The park has a number of attractions that will cater for the different needs of the different types of tourists for instance the rewarding views of mountain Kilimanjaro the highest mountain in Africa, , the numerous bird species like the pelicans that can be seen during the game drives, the hot air balloon experience  in the park among other activities that make Serengeti national park one of the best tourism destinations in Africa.

VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK

Volcanoes national park is also famous for the mountain gorillas that you will get to observe by taking part in gorilla trekking in Rwanda which will help you understand their behaviour in the park. interesting about the park is the fact that it is a home to the virunga mountains namely; mount sabyinyo, mount Gahinga, mount karisimbi, Bisoke and mount Muhabura that you can get to hike to access the habituated golden monkey troops that you will also get to understand when you participate in golden monkey trekking, you will also get to see the Karisoke research station that was established by dian fossey to protect and research the endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda.