After a couple of days in Nairobi, where we pondered where to go first, we made a last minute decision to head north to the lakes of the Rift Valley. Our first destination was Lake Naivasha, where we found the fantastic Fisherman’s Camp directly at the lake shore. We could go on a boat trip …
At the foot of Mt. Elgon (4,321 metres), close to the border to Kenya, lies a series of 3 waterfalls, called Sipi Falls. They can be visited on a hike through the village and the fields leading up the mountain to all three falls. Of course you need a guide, who took us on the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
From Lake Bunyonyi, we drove through the impenetrable forest to Ruhija, were we asked at the visitor centre of the Bwindi National Park for a gorilla tracking the next morning. It was no problem, we only had to show up the next morning. We first got a little entertainment from the local village with singing …
In the south west of Rwanda lies one of the few remains of the natural rain forest, which covered once a big part of the mountain ranges of Rwanda, before the continuously growth in population made it necessary to change everything into farm land. Before the border to the national park, maiz, banana, cassava, eucalyptus …
With our guide Elisha we walked into the valley behind the village Ngare Sero. At first there was a very comfortable path and a bridge to cross the river, but as the valley became narrower and narrower, the path suddenly ended and we had to continue through the water. The water comes from the Ngorongoro …
Our destination was the Udzungwa NP, famous for its mountains, waterfalls and hiking routes. Not a park with big game and roads to drive around, but rainforest and rare animals. Before we reached the turn off to the national park, the main road to Dar went over the mountains and many trucks struggled there. The …
