We slept well and given we were close to the border didn’t get up super early, a decision we regretted when we got there to find it quite busy. It is though the main Kenya-Tanzania crossing given it’s proximity to Nairobi and Arusha. Because of that we thought it would be an easy crossing but … More The last border, the last camp and unexpected wildlife
Our guide arrived early just before 7am. We bumped down the rough track to the park gates. There was no shortage of vehicles entering, though with it being the 2nd most visited park in Kenya we’d expected this. A cloudy day there was no view of the mountain, and we quickly realised our guide while … More Amboseli – the last National Park (for now)
Up just before sunrise we were packed up and ready to hit the road as soon as it was light enough. Our first stop was for fuel on the way out of town, we didn’t expect to see another fuel station for a couple of days so we wanted to ensure both tanks were full. … More To the West – Tsavo West
Tsavo is made up of 2 national parks, East and West, having being split by the railway. At nearly 22,000km, combined they are the largest national park in Kenya. They form one of the greatest wildlife conservancies on earth. Tsavo is known for its red elephants (dust from the red earth) and is historically famous … More East Tsavo National Park
We wanted to spend our time in Kenya in the national parks in the South East corner of the country, so our plan was to do a couple of big driving days and get there. It wasn’t a straight drive though as we wanted to avoid Nairobi’s notorious traffic jams, so we’d chosen a route … More Kenya – Cross Country
After a quiet night the only thing around as we packed down camp not long after sunrise was a troop of mischievous blue balled monkeys (we don’t know their name so that is a literal description). We kept an eye on them to make sure there was no snatch and grab of any of our … More Entering Kenya
We let Kampala’s rush hour pass and hit the road about 10am. We’d picked our guesthouse strategically based on location – it was on the side of the city we needed to leave from – to reduce the traffic we’d have to make our way though. It still couldn’t have got any worst for the … More Source of the Nile (Jinja)
From the rhino sanctuary our next destination was Entebbe just south of Kampala, the capital. On the shores of Lake Victoria, Entebbe was once the capital of Uganda during the colonial era. Known as a more relaxed place we thought it would make a good stop before we headed into the city, which is notorious for … More Kampala (+ Entebbe)
Uganda sadly lost all its rhinos to poaching. In 2002 Ziwa Ranch agreed to relocate 7,000 heads of cattle to establish a rhino sanctuary to reintroduce rhinos to Uganda. The aim is to initially re-introduce southern white rhinos back into the wild in Murchison Falls and then into other national parks throughout Uganda, through a collaborative … More Sleeping with rhinos
We packed down and left with breakfast being our usual on the road affair, with the intention being to stop down the line for a morning coffee (so we didn’t have the hassle of getting the cooker out to boil the kettle we had the lodge fill our flask with hot water). The owner gave … More NW Uganda – Murchison Falls National Park
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