The good
- White water rafting down grade 5 rapids on the mighty Nile
- Seeing tree climbing lions in Ishasha, Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Fantastic wildlife viewing while boating down the Kazinga channel
- Stunning drive through the Bwindi Impenetrable forest and the tea plantations
The bad
- Crammed, crazy and chaotic traffic in Kampala
- Tribal violence in Kampala which led to the death of 14 people the week before we arrived in the country
- National Park fees
The curious
- The source of the Nile: the pursuit of explorers for centuries and a point of constant debate but apparently Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda have diplomatically agreed that each country has a source of the Nile. Burundi has the southern most source, Rwanda the longest and Uganda the largest…
- Lions can quite easily tear through the flimsy canvas of a tent but they very rarely disturb humans in this way, a fact which gave us little comfort when we were woken up at 5 in the morning by the roar of a male lion standing right next to our tent. It was within touching distance and we could actually feel the car shudder every time he roared. I’ve never kept so still in all my life
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