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34 entries
Destination
The green cathedral, and the mountain gorillas who live inside it.
Chimpanzees, twelve other primates, and one of the loudest dawns on the continent.
Where the Nile narrows to seven metres, and the savannah opens to the horizon.
Crater lakes, the Kazinga Channel, and the tree-climbing lions of Ishasha.
Uganda's most remote park, and the one most travellers regret missing.
The Mountains of the Moon, and the high valleys most travellers never see.
Three volcanoes, one gorilla family, and the golden monkeys of the bamboo zone.
Twenty-nine islands, no hippos, and the quietest mornings in southern Uganda.
Where the world's longest river begins, and where it can be felt at first hand.
The arrival chapter, the botanical gardens, and the lake at sunset.
Safari
An hour with a family of mountain gorillas, designed with care.
First light in the Kibale rainforest, with the loudest neighbours on the continent.
Lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and the rhino at Ziwa.
Thirteen primate species and the densest forests in East Africa.
From the source at Jinja to the thunder at Murchison.
The people who carry Uganda forward — kingdoms, kitchens, music and craft.
Seed to cup, with the families who grow Uganda's coffee.
For travellers returning to the land they come from.
A quieter honeymoon, in the country that surprises travellers most.
Guide
A short, beautifully written guide to planning your first journey.
Everything we tell our travellers in the week before they walk into Bwindi.
A quiet guide for travellers returning to the land they come from.
Lake-edge lodges, hidden islands, and the gorilla forest at first light.
Seed to cup with the families who grow Uganda's coffee.
Journal
Savannah is only one chapter of the story.
Two extraordinary countries. Very different ways of experiencing Africa.
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and beyond. How to combine countries without turning a journey into a checklist.
The honest answer: it depends on how you want to travel, where you want to go and what you want the journey to feel like.
A reflection on stillness, written at sunrise from a wooden dhow above the source.
On fabric, identity, and the women who keep the patterns alive in the hills above Mbarara.
Two days in the coffee country of Mount Elgon with a third-generation grower and her family.
A piece written for a Boston-born guest preparing for her first journey to her grandmother's village.
A morning in Bwindi with the rangers who know every silverback in the impenetrable forest by name.
A short essay on the slow craft of composing a single trip, and why nothing in our studio is pre-packaged.