Cycling

Cycling through Hell's Gate among zebra and giraffe, or around Lake Mburo and the crater lakes of western Uganda. One of the few places on earth you can ride through a national park.

  • Where we run itHell's Gate National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Lake Mburo National Park
Cycling on a Kiboko safari

Where to do it

Each of these is somewhere we run cycling, with its own page.

Cycling in Hell's Gate National Park

Hell's Gate National Park

Kenya

Hell's Gate has no big predators to speak of, which is the whole point: you cycle and walk through it. Red cliffs, steam vents and a gorge you climb down into on foot, with zebra and giraffe watching from the track. It is an hour from Naivasha and the most active day on a Kenyan itinerary.

Cycling in Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park

Tanzania

A narrow strip of forest, lake and floodplain under the Rift Valley escarpment, famous for lions that sleep in the acacia branches. It is small enough to see in half a day and sits directly on the road between Arusha and the Ngorongoro Crater, so it costs an itinerary almost nothing.

Cycling in Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National Park

Uganda

The only Ugandan park with zebra, and small enough that you can walk in it, take a boat on the lake and do a game drive in the same day. Three hours from Kampala, it is the stop that turns a long drive to the gorillas into a proper first night.

About cycling

Cycling not only keeps you fit but also allows you to enjoy leisure rides around the beach/park or city thus bonding with the environment that you are in.

Want cycling on your trip?

Say so when you get in touch and we will build the route around it, rather than squeezing it in on an afternoon when the light is wrong.