Best Cities to Visit in East Africa: East Africa is truly a lively region for tourism boasting beautiful nature, exceptional and diverse culture, and history, and interesting cities. Regardless of whether you are interested in exploring the Kenya and Tanzania coastlines or flying to Uganda, Rwanda, and more, East Africa has it all for the tourist. Below is a list of some of the East Africa’s most recommended cities.
Nairobi, Kenya
Better acknowledged as the ‘Green City in the Sun,’ Nairobi Kenya’s capital and largest city is an active city that tourists visiting Kenya cannot afford to miss. The city has great boasts of having a post-modern city center with restaurants, a shopping mall, art galleries, and beautiful hotels. A short drive away from Nairobi, there is Nairobi National Park, with Rhinos, giraffes, lions leopards, etc, with a bird-watching game drive. The suburb of Karen also has great area attractions such as the Giraffe Centre for hand-feeding Rothschild giraffes from an elevated platform. Nairobi is also an excellent base from which to explore other Kenya’s other popular National Parks & Reserves.
Stone Town, Zanzibar
Stone Town is an ancient harbor city of Zanzibar and also a part of the World Heritage Site. Exploring its a winding, twisting, very narrow streets one discovers the ornate wooden doorways, the active spice and fruit markets, Arab, Persian, and Indian architecture, and the imposing Anglican Christ Church Cathedral built on the site where the slave market used to be. Spend your evenings dancing to taarab tunes in various beach restaurants, all the time enjoying the adrenaline of the setting sun over the Indian Ocean. Stone Town and particularly the nearby areas are famous for spice tours, the Jozani forest, or white sandy beaches like Nungwi.
Kampala, Uganda
Relatively small and full of friendly people, clean and safe, Uganda’s capital city is situated on the hills and has many cultural, culinary, and tourist attractions. They can include; the Namirembe and Lubiri gardens, among others. The number one tourist destination is Kasubi Tombs, a world heritage site that has housed Buganda kings’ tombs since 1881. Take a city tour to observe the Gaddafi Mosque or Lubaga or Rubaga Cathedrals for a vision of the extended city of Kampala. Adrenaline junkies and lovers of nature have no reason to not go for the downhill bike rides or even the zip lines, ropes, quad-biking, and kayaking further afield of the city.
Kigali, Rwanda
Rwanda’s capital city Kigali has transformed from a tragic scene of a genocide and a violent history to one of the friendliest, cleanest greenest, and safest cities in Africa with plans to make the city resilient to climate change by the year 2050. The big skies and little valleys are found around Kigali and have idealized view spots which one can look at from the hills. Some of the best things to do in the country include visiting the following tourist sites: Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre and Nyamata Church Genocide Memorial and the Musanze Caves. Visit Akagera National Park to discover wildlife life or track the challenging mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. When it is time to take a rest from the various sights, samples of the world-class hotels, restaurants, bars, clinics, spa, golf courses, and nightclubs among needs in Kigali city.
The cultural, natural, and warm-hearted nature of the Best Cities to visit in East Africa makes you to yearn for more. You can apply this list of top urban destinations in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda to create an extraordinary genuine experience for discovering this beautiful area. East Africa has every kind of trip solution for your interests and it isn’t long until you get back to eating, exploring nature, and seeing the cultural and historical sites and wildlife.
