Day 1: Entebbe to Murchison Falls, with a stop at a rhino sanctuary where Uganda is rebuilding a population from zero.

Day 2: Morning game drive on the northern bank for lion, elephant and Rothschild’s giraffe, then an afternoon boat to the base of the falls, where the entire Nile forces through a seven-metre gap.

Day 3: A hike to the top of the falls, then the long transfer begins toward the far northeast.

Day 4: Arrive in Kidepo Valley, tucked against the South Sudan and Kenya borders — one of the wildest, least-visited parks on the continent.

Day 5: Full day in Kidepo’s Narus Valley, with species found nowhere else in Uganda.

Day 6: A second Kidepo day, with a visit to a Karamojong community (on fair, agreed terms).

Day 7: Fly Kidepo to Entebbe (the drive is very long; flying is the sane option).

Day 8: Departure.

Day 1: Fly Nairobi to Samburu in the arid north. Afternoon drive along the Ewaso Ng’iro river, where wildlife concentrates in an otherwise dry landscape.

Day 2: Full day looking for the northern specialists — Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, Beisa oryx and Somali ostrich, none of them found in the southern parks.

Day 3: Transfer south to a Laikipia conservancy. Afternoon drive on private land where off-road and walking are permitted, unlike the national parks.

Day 4: Morning at a rhino sanctuary that protects both black rhino and the last surviving northern white rhino, with time to learn how the conservancy funds its anti-poaching work. Afternoon walking safari.

Day 5: Final drive, then fly back to Nairobi.

Day 1: Fly Nairobi to Samburu. Afternoon river drive for the arid-country specialists.

Day 2: Full day in Samburu, tracking leopard along the riverine forest and the Special Five on the plains.

Day 3: Transfer to a Laikipia conservancy. Afternoon walking safari on private land.

Day 4: A day given to conservation up close — a rhino sanctuary and, at one site, a sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees (a refuge, not a wild population, and described as such).

Day 5: Continue to the Lewa landscape, a conservancy whose tourism revenue directly funds its anti-poaching and community programmes.

Day 6: Drive to Meru, the remote park made famous by the Born Free lioness Elsa, and now recovered from decades of neglect.

Day 7: Full day in Meru’s varied country of rivers, doum palms and open savanna.

Day 8: Final drive, then fly back to Nairobi.

Day 1: Fly Dar es Salaam to Selous (Nyerere). Afternoon boat safari on the Rufiji River — hippos, crocodiles, and extraordinary birds.

Day 2: Morning game drive, afternoon walking safari in the Selous riverine forest.

Day 3: Fly Selous to Ruaha. Afternoon drive in the Great Ruaha River corridor.

Days 4–5: Full days in Ruaha. Morning and afternoon drives with the guide. Focus on wild dog, elephant herds, and the park’s exceptional lion prides.

Day 6: Morning game drive, afternoon fly to Dar es Salaam.

Day 1: Fly Dar es Salaam to Ruaha. Afternoon drive.

Days 2–4: Ruaha National Park. Game drives, walking safari, African wild dog tracking.

Day 5: Fly Ruaha to Selous (Nyerere National Park).

Days 6–7: Selous — boat safari, game drives, and walking in the riverine forest.

Day 8: Fly Selous to Mafia Island.

Days 9–10: Mafia Island — whale shark snorkelling (October–March), diving Chole Bay, traditional dhow sailing.