Ethiopia & East Africa · office in Gondar · Open daily · 8:00 - 18:00 (East Africa Time)
East Africa
The very best of the mountain gorilla experience — misty rainforests, a quarter of the world's gorillas, and the 'Pearl of Africa'.
Uganda is one of only three countries where you can trek to meet wild mountain gorillas, and it protects the largest population of them on Earth — in forests that inspired the name 'the pearl of Africa'.
Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a profound wildlife encounter: hours of tracking through dense rainforest, ending in the presence of a silverback and his family, just metres away.
Beyond the gorillas, Uganda offers chimpanzee tracking in Kibale, the great wetlands of Murchison Falls, and the scenic crater lakes around Fort Portal.
Mist-covered rainforest home to the world's largest mountain gorilla population.
The primate capital of East Africa, famed for chimpanzee tracking.
The Nile thundering through a dramatic rock cleft.
Most travellers arrive through Addis Ababa's Bole International Airport, then fly or drive north. We arrange every flight, transfer and road leg as part of your itinerary.
Read the transport guideDomestic flights link the capital with Gondar, Lalibela, Axum and Bahir Dar across the northern circuit.
We arrange airport and hotel transfers as part of every itinerary.
The northern circuit can be driven between sites by private 4x4, which we arrange for you.
Trek mountain gorillas in Bwindi — the world's premier gorilla destination.
Track chimpanzees through Kibale's rainforest.
Stand at the thunderous Murchison Falls on the Nile.
Experience dense, bird-filled rainforests unlike anywhere else in Africa.
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Meeting the mountain gorillas
Trek misty rainforest for close encounters with mountain gorillas — in Uganda's Bwindi and Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, on one seamless journey.
Murchison Falls, the Nile and the gorillas of Bwindi
The complete Pearl of Africa — boat safaris and giraffes at Murchison Falls, then gorilla trekking in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Ethiopia's remarkable endemic wildlife — giant troops of gelada baboons, the rare wallia ibex, the endangered Ethiopian wolf — plus the birds and big game of the lowlands.
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Ethiopia is a world birding destination — highland endemics and the majestic lammergeier in the Simien and Bale, and rift valley lakes alive with herons and flamingos.
Learn moreModerately. It means 1–6 hours of rainforest hiking on muddy, steep trails. Reasonable fitness and walking shoes are enough — guides and porters support you throughout.
Gorilla permits are limited and sell out in the high season. We recommend securing them at least 3–4 months ahead of travel.
Most travellers combine this destination with another — the northern circuit, the Danakil, the Omo Valley or beyond. See which places fit your route.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the crown of the Ethiopian highlands — the 'Roof of Africa' — where sheer escarpments fall thousands of metres.
The 'Camelot of Africa' — an imperial city of castles, churches and a rich royal history in Ethiopia's northwest highlands.
Home to the extraordinary rock-hewn churches of Lalibela — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Africa's great pilgrimage destinations.
Send us an inquiry and we'll help you build the perfect itinerary — tours, timing and logistics included.
