Instagrams of the Week: East Africa

This ain’t Hemingway’s East Africa of big game hunting and lavish tented camps in the bush. This is an East Africa where the wildlife are free to roam through protected parks with backdrops of lush green hills and burning sunsets. If you can’t get there to take it all in from the window of your safari vehicle or a hot air balloon in the clouds, let these Instagrams of the Week help bide your time.

We're heading down Africa's majestic East Coast this week to find our Pic of the Day. This beautiful regram from @moose.nyc was taken in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Show us your #gadv East Africa grams and you could be featured on our wall!

A photo posted by G Adventures (@gadventures) on Feb 2, 2015 at 3:54am PST

Pic of the Day: A stunningly captured sunset over Kande Beach, Lake Malawi, by @finelinetravels. Thanks for sharing! #gadv

A photo posted by G Adventures (@gadventures) on Feb 3, 2015 at 2:32am PST

Pic of the Day: A lush tea plantation in Uganda, regrammed from @ahakstun. It lies close to Kalinzu Forest Reserve, the home of many chimps and baboons.

A photo posted by G Adventures (@gadventures) on Feb 4, 2015 at 4:33am PST

Pic of the Day: Defying gravity over the Serengeti! Regram from @_rachmaree_ on her hot air balloon ride. #gadv

A photo posted by G Adventures (@gadventures) on Feb 5, 2015 at 3:57am PST

Pic of the Day: @calliegiovanna found her own slice of paradise in Nungwi, Zanzibar. #gadv

A photo posted by G Adventures (@gadventures) on Feb 6, 2015 at 4:36am PST

Getting There

Its name means “sunny place” in the Berber tongue, but “Africa” may as well be a synonym for “vastness.” A truly massive continent comprising over 20% of the planet’s available land, Africa is home to the world’s largest desert, its longest river, its hottest temperatures, and hundreds of dialects and cultures spread among a billion people. We’re thrilled at the prospect of showing you Africa — check out our small group adventures here.