At Jinja, the river Nile leaves Lake Victoria and this point was once declared the source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke. But we had also heard, that in Jinja a museum on the history of the East African Railway just opened one year ago, and we decided to stop there. We got a …
After our very successful visit to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, we hit the road again, to spend a couple of days at the Victoria Nile. From Lake Victoria, once considered the source of the Nile, until Lake Albert, the Nile bears that name. To get to our camp at the Nile, we decided to take …
From the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, we started early in the morning to find a special bird, a huge stork, called the shoebill. It is an endangered species and very special with its shoe-sized bill and 1 to 1.5 metres tall. Simon Peter, our guide, promised us, we will find them in the swamp near the …
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary lies on the road from Kampala to Masindi and is a great stop to see the White Rhinoceros. Northern white rhinos were once numerous in Uganda until the last one was killed in 1982. Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary was founded in 2005 to build a sustainable rhinoceros population and relocate rhinos back to …
Coming from Lake Albert, we were driving on a perfect tar road, until the last few kilometres to our camp near the Nile became a challenge. When we reached the first campsite (Yebo Campsite) without getting stuck, we were relieved, not wanting to go any further. Luckily, we were assured, that the next part in …
Near Hoima, we found one of the few traces of Ugandan history, the Mparo Tombs. This is the burial site of Omukama (‘King’) Chwa II Kabalega who reigned in Bunyoro Kitara in the late 19th century. He was exiled to the Seychelles in 1899 by the British colonialists. A guide invited us first to his office, where we learned …
We had spent a hot night at the Semuliki NP campsite, which was at a lovely clearing in the forest. The day we arrived and also the night was very hot, but the next morning it was overcast, raining and much cooler again. Instead of a 3 hours hike for bird watching, we decided to …
From our base at the lovely Kluges Guest Farm, south of Fort Portal, we made a couple of trips to the surrounding area. First we went through the Kibale NP to Bigodi, where we explored the swamps. The next day, we drove past Fort Portal in direction of Semuliki, where we reached Lake Albert. In …
As we are coming closer to the main rainy season in East Africa, starting at the end of March, and our tyres are really “end of life cycle” after about 45.000 km, we decided to invest in a new set of BF Goodrich AT. Over the iOverlander app, we found Beate and Robert (ondjila-travel.com) in …
We had heard that the best (and cheapest) place to track Chimpanzees in Uganda is the Kalinzu Forest Reserve, which is just a short drive from Queen Elisabeth NP. We went to the “Visitor Centre” the day before and camped there, with a good ablutions block available. The next morning at 7.30 am we met …
