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
We woke to a damp morning and because we’d slept with all the flaps closed it was also slightly damp on the tent. The vehicle was no better, our laundry had steamed it up but was a long way off dry. After packing up, saying our goodbyes and making it down through the banana plantations … More North before East
We crossed the border bridge to enter Uganda and it was busier but still very quiet. Mainly though it was men in yellow vests wandering around, the vests identified them as being part of a money changing association. They seem to be individuals that are legitimately allowed to change money. The quietness were we later … More The pearl of Africa – Uganda
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