mountain gorillas!
Awesome day at gorilla tracking! Bwindi Impenetrable N.P. is home of almost half the surviving mountain gorillas. Ten groups have been habituated and can be visited by tourists, but not more than eight people and for only one hour per day. Our group is the Mukiza group, named after its silverback. Ten gorillas, including a […]
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tree climbing lions
On the way to Ishasha, we pull over close to a fishing village for a photo stop. Suddenly a knock on the window and a soldier requests to see all kind of papers from Sam. It seems the tiny bridge ahead is a key communication link and they don’t like people loitering around it and […]
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Queen Elisabeth – balloon flight
Early morning we go for a balloon ride over the Savannah. We get very lucky and are the only passengers, the day before and after they had ten and more passengers. To balance the basket our armed guard is getting a ride for free which makes him super happy. It’s nice to see the park […]
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Queen Elisabeth – boat cruise
Queen Elizabeth National Park is our second safari location, with one night in the northern part in the bigger but still very nice Mweya Safari Lodge and two nights in our cozy safari tent in the much smaller Ishasha Wilderness Camp. We have another boat cruise, with our own private boat on the Kazinga Channel. […]
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Spending a day with the chimps
Our chimpanzee tracking day is a great experience. The standard is walking through the jungle until you find the chimps and then getting one hour to watch them. We booked the add-on and get the full day chimp habituation program. It starts with waking up at 5 am to be there for sunrise when they […]
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Murchison Falls – Nile Cruise – part 2
On the Nile cruise, we see lots of birds, hippos and some crocodiles. Also, the rare, prehistoric shoebill stork that everyone wants to photograph at least until they get a closer look at it. Our hotel is the beautiful Baker’s Lodge. The cottage is big with the whole backside made with mesh to get a […]
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Murchison Falls part 2
Murchison Falls is Uganda’s oldest and largest national park. Here the Victoria Nile flows into Lake Albert to then go on as Albert Nile, first passing through the Murchison Falls, a 40m drop only 7m wide. That’s a lot of water in a narrow gorge and a very powerful waterfall. The park offers game drives, […]
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Murchison Falls part 1
Murchison Falls is Uganda’s oldest and largest national park. Here the Victoria Nile flows into Lake Albert to then go on as Albert Nile, first passing through the Murchison Falls, a 40m drop only 7m wide. That’s a lot of water in a narrow gorge and a very powerful waterfall. The park offers game drives, […]
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Welcome to Uganda
Finally arriving in Uganda. I waited all year for this, even while diving in Sulawesi – look a blue ringed octopus, and soon I get to see gorillas, or hiking in Iceland – nice waterfall, but soon I get to see the Nile waterfall with hippos… Some last minute preparations such as getting a visa […]
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