Gorillas, chimpanzees and the Nile
Uganda
A guide reading a forest trail, time on the Nile and days across Uganda’s savannahs. Choose how much of each belongs in your journey.
- Gorilla & chimpanzee tracking
- Nile journeys
- Savannah wildlife
Private journeys across East Africa
East Africa,
at your pace.
Time to follow a question with your guide, stay with a sighting or share a quiet morning. Private safaris through Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania, shaped around how you want to spend your days.
Signature Journeys
Four decisions most
journeys begin with.
Each is answered by one designed journey: named camps and lodges in two expressions, every transfer and flight sector placed, and a 2027 from price on the Distinguished expression for two adults sharing in the low season. Each journey page carries the high-season figure beside it. The other forty-six are on the journeys page.
Which Tanzania route fits our dates and budget?
The Classic, Unhurried
From US$10,410 per person, low season
Distinguished Camps and Lodges, city nights aside: Siringit Tarangire, Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp, Dunia Camp (Asilia), Lemala Mara
Read the journey
How do we combine gorillas and the Serengeti?
Forest to Infinite Plains
From US$13,485 per person, low season
Distinguished Camps and Lodges, city nights aside: Mahogany Springs, Siringit Tarangire, Lions Paw Ngorongoro, Serengeti Sametu
Read the journey
Which safari and beach combination fits our honeymoon?
Safari to Spice
From US$9,430 per person, low season
Distinguished Camps and Lodges, city nights aside: Siringit Tarangire, Lions Paw Ngorongoro, Serengeti Sametu, Breezes Beach Club & Spa
Read the journey
Which Kenya safari puts us in a private conservancy?
The Conservancy Answer
From US$7,515 per person, low season
Distinguished Camps and Lodges, city nights aside: Kicheche Valley Naboisho
Read the journeyWho can operate East Africa while protecting my client relationship? The advisor desk, with NETT rates, white-label delivery and a live-brief form. All fifty journeys are on the journeys page, with filters and the forty published from prices.
What travelling with Sail Safaris DMC feels like
A guide who gets to know what holds your attention.
Perhaps it is the bird your child has just noticed, the photograph you want to wait for or a conversation over dinner. These are Sail Safaris DMC guides, hosts and guests in the field.
Designed here. Our knowledge is lived, current and local: from seasonal wildlife movements to the small details that change a day.
Personally managed. One dedicated team holds the full journey, creating continuity across borders, suppliers and every guest touchpoint.
Made around you. We listen first, then shape the pace, access, accommodation and experiences around what matters to you.
The house
The Unhurried Safari.
Travel can restore us. It can return us to awe, not by showing us more, but by giving us time to notice.
For Sail Safaris DMC, that means time to listen, to stay with a conversation and to meet each place with curiosity and respect. Behind the scenes, our arrangements are precise. In person, our welcome is human.
Founded in 2016, Sail Safaris DMC is an East African destination management company for travellers and travel partners who value judgement over volume; journeys are curated by a team of expert advisors, and one dedicated team holds the full journey. Discover The Unhurried Safari · Meet the team
Sail Safaris DMC's journeys sit alongside the work of Conservation Through Public Health, Gorilla Doctors, the Grumeti Fund, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Ride 4 a Woman and the Batwa Community Medical Centre in Nkwenda Village, now completed; the figures, and what is not claimed, are on the impact page.
The Unhurried Safari · A Sail Safaris DMC belief
Four countries, one East Africa
Where will the story take you?
Each country has its own rhythm. We connect them with the insight and operational care of one trusted regional partner.
Into the forest
You came for the gorillas. Leave time for the forest.
If gorillas are what first drew you to Uganda, give the forest time on either side of the trek. A ranger reads the trail; you listen, walk and wait. The animals decide what happens next.
We cannot script the forest, and we would not want to. What we can do is place you thoughtfully for the moment: from unhurried time in Bwindi to longer passages joining Uganda's forests with Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park.
The complete gorilla trekking guide2countries
Uganda & Rwanda
Uganda & Rwanda
1 hrstandard encounter
per allocated family
per allocated family
3 nightsour unhurried
Bwindi starting point
Bwindi starting point
Honeymoons & celebrations
A morning with time for the two of you.
You may both want to be out at first light, or linger over breakfast after yesterday’s drive. A quiet dinner by lantern light leaves time for the conversation to continue. Tell us what you each look forward to, and we will shape the days around it.
Discover romantic journeys
For travel advisors
Your East Africa desk,
on the ground.
White-label planning, NETT rates, destination training, client-ready proposal support and 24-hour in-destination operations, delivered without stepping between you and your client.
Partner with Sail Safaris DMCFrom the field
Follow East Africa as we see it.
Field story
Into Uganda's mountain forests
Three nights in Bwindi with a full day left after the gorillas, so the forest is met at its own pace.
Field story
Reading the Great Migration
Where the herds tend to be, month by month, and why a river crossing is waited for rather than promised.
Field story
Travel with wider value
The community and conservation work Sail Safaris DMC supports, with the reported figures on the page.
TikTok
East Africa in motion
Short films from the road, the wild and the people who host each safari.
Independent traveller reviews
The trust earned after the journey.
Flawless execution from start to finish
A family of six through Rwanda and Tanzania, with daily check-ins from the Sail Safaris DMC team and lodges chosen with care.
Tripadvisor traveller · September 2026Uganda and Tanzania perfect safari combo
Bwindi and the Serengeti in one journey: expert guiding, needs anticipated before they were spoken, and a surprise bush breakfast.
Tripadvisor traveller · August 2026A multi-generational safari, at our pace
Three generations through Rwanda and Tanzania, held together by attentive guides, evening briefings and logistics that never showed the strain.
Tripadvisor traveller · August 2026Questions people ask
Answered plainly,
with the rule that applies.
Planning questions answered in the journal, each with the date it was last reviewed.
Tanzania mandatory travel insurance: US$44 from 1 October 2026, and who is exemptGorilla trekking age limit: 15 in Uganda and Rwanda, and the plan B for younger childrenGorilla permit prices 2026/27: the UWA tariff and the RDB rateChimpanzee permit prices 2027 in UgandaTanzania eTA and visa: what Tanzania issues, and where the East African Tourist Visa stopsPark and conservancy fees explained: TANAPA, NCAA, KWS and conservancy ratesLamu, Diani or Zanzibar after a Kenya safariKenya, Tanzania, Uganda or Rwanda: which safari country suits you
How your journey takes shape
Considered from the first conversation.
01
We listen
Tell us what moves you, how you travel and what this journey should feel like.
02
We design
We shape a thoughtful route, refine it with you and take care of every detail.
03
We host
From touchdown to farewell, our regional team remains close and available.
