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Kisoro Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kisoro, Uganda
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Muhuvura - The perfect cone.
This is a top pick! ... George my guides were the nicest people you could want to meet and we had some great conversations on the way up about the differences between Uganda and the UK. They were amused when I said you can pay $3 for a pound of beef - they would pay 75c! They ...
Gorillas
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Kisoro in our entry from Eldoret, Kenya entitled 'Gorilla Trekking in Uganda'. Cheers, K & ...
Kisoro.....to trek with the mountain gorillas
This is a top pick! ... in a few days, that was just an overnight stop to break up the journey. Today we drove through beautiful countryside to Kisoro, this small town is near the borders of Rwanda and Congo, tommorow we are going into Congo to go Mountain Gorilla ...
Gorillas
... sich fuer Conservation und Oekotourismus in der Region einsetzt, und eine Tieraerztin Kate aus England, die im Hospital von Kisoro als Volunteer arbeitet. Mit ihr und ihren Freunden mache ich am naechsten Tag eine Wanderung ueber die umliegenden Huegel ...
Simply stunning...
250 km drive to Lake Bunyonyi today. Stopped off in the town nearby to get provisions and a bite to eat...nothing gets doen in a hurry in Africa, waiting about an hour for food... Drive up to the lake was interesting, a long narrow winding mud road ...
gorillas in the mist
today we were up at 5, yes 5 am, to travel the very very bumpy road to bwindi inpenetrabel antional park to go gorilla trekking. inpenetrabel is right. by road, it's a proper roller coaster, but a beautiful ride. i swear in this country every time ...
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha, Uganda (Da
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha, Uganda (Day 2) Thursday June 12th, 2008. Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha, Uganda After passing out after dinner at about 9pm the night before we both wake fresh and ready for more action. Rina was a ...
Kisoro....visiting with the kids
... our way into Kisoro we passed a large UN refugee camp with many tents, all likely housing Congolese refugees. Once we arrived in Kisoro we headed to our accommodation for the night (The Kisoro tourist hotel). Too bad the hot water wasn't working when we ...
Trekking Gorilla's
... pay our $500pp fee and collect our tickets after 5pm on a Friday, then starting making our way to the south of Uganda where the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located, home to several Mountain gorilla families. After a 20-minute safety briefing ...
Kinigi, Rwanda to Ishasha, Uganda by Road
... thing on anyone's mind apart from the two Congolese women on their way to market across the Ugandan border into Rwanda. Next stop Uganda and although we had already set foot on Ugandan soil as we transited in Entebbe a few days earlier, this would be ...
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha, Uganda (Da
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha, Uganda (Day 1) Wednesday June 11th, 2008. Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha, Uganda We have been on 3 game drives in the past on a trip to Madikwe, South Africa so we had some idea of what was in store ...
Gorilla's
... everyday. Scrub brushes works wonders by the way.... The land was great to look at and the people were very welcoming. When we got into Uganda a lot of people would say hi and welcome us to the country, and it was quite nice. But as we got farter in ...
O for Awesome
... of the group have to go to another place to see gorillas, so they leave today and we will meet up with them later on. Kisoro is in the Southeast of Uganda, about 20 k's from the Congo and 20 k's from Rwanda. I was 1 of the 2 who went first. It took 1.5 ...
Hiking Mt Muhavura (4127m)
... went to the Office of the Mgahinga National Park and organized a hiking trip for the next day. Mgahinga N.P. is the smallest of Uganda's national parks (just 34 sq km). It is in the far southwest of the country and consists of tropical rainforests, three ...
Indomitable Uganda
we loved Uganda. its one of those places that some go because they either know that its safe through first hand accounts, or they are just plain adventurous souls or their families/ companies have business there. we are a combination of ...
Gorilla land
Point number 14 on the permit stated…. Gorilla tracking can be challenging and you need to be reasonably fit … the place we were heading to is called Bwindi Impenetrable forest.. the funny thing is we did not notice these important points ...
Rural Ugandan village at Lake Bunyonyi
I met up with Adam (from Couchsurfing) in Kabale and we went to his village together. On a truck (I got the front seat..) we went the way back to Muko and then continued for a few kilometers up to the village (I forgot the name of it). Arriving at his ...
Gorille
Je viens d'acheter le permis à 500 dollars pour voir les derniers gorilles de montagnes. J'avais déjà vu des chimpanzés en liberté en guinée (et ces derniers m'avaient attaqués parce qu'ils ne voulaient être pris en photo), l'expérience ...
Twelve Hours in the Congo
... Congo!! We departed very early Tuesday morning for the Congo and the gorilla trek. Our day started by walking across the Uganda - DRC border and going through Immigration. We then thought we'd be taking a 90 minute jeep ride to Virunga National ...
Pygmie Day!
After our amazing day hanging out with the gorillas, we headed into the mountains next to Kisoro to drop in on a Pygmy village. I had an expectation on what Pygmies would look like. I expected the Pygmies portrayed in movies, with updated ...
Gorgeous Gorillas
... Virunga National Park, in a part of the Congo called Albert National Park. Despite UK warning about travel over the border from Uganda to the Congo, we travelled for two hours in a 4x4 before reaching the Bukima tourist site. Another 40 minutes into the ...
King of the Swingers..
14 April Tottenham 2 - 1 Arsenal 16 April Mountain Gorilla Tracking Mgahinga Gorilla National Park - Uganda A pretty sweet couple of ...
Crossing the Mountains
One more day of overland through the infamous mountains of Uganda to arrive in Kisoro, our launch point for the stealth mission of gorilla trekking in D.R. Congo. (Are we nuts???) As with the previous day, the African scenery never ceases to ...
Gorillas in the Midst
... due to the cost of getting a Visa back into Uganda coupled with the Transport and one in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest here in Uganda. I actually thought I had this one for $300 before the UWA agent decided not to inform me until 9:30pm the night before (a ...
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