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Kitojo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kitojo, Uganda
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Lake Nkuruba - Planet of the Apes!
This is a top pick! I got up early and I did another swamp walk (as they called it). OK time for a rant, but it always amazes me the people who rush into these places do one walk and then rush off (it seemed from conversations and the guest book that this is what most ...
Ishasha to Kibale by Road
Ishasha to Kibale by Road Friday June 13th, 2008. Ishasha to Kibale by road Up bright and early again to get on the road ASAP so we were finished with breakfast by about 6:45am and on the road by 7am. Overall I thought the Ishasha Tented Camp (run ...
Nothing like The Last King of Scotland
... hospital has 250 beds and averages about 20,000 annual outpatient visits and about 18,000 annual inpatient admissions. Doctors in Uganda get an absolute pitiful salary and as such many understandably leave for work in other countries, leaving a low ...
Wabachire!
Wabuchire Wabuchire…that means good morning in Lukonzo (the local language spoken in this region of Uganda and parts of the DRC). So far I'm limited in my repertoire of Lukonzo phrases to hello, thanks, and goodbye. The educated can speak English ...
The pearl of Africa
... least). Especially considering that my first rotation back is ICCU…the total opposite in availability of resources to rural Uganda. This amazing experience on the wards has taught me things that reading text books never could. The biggest thing ...
Hiking the mountains of the moon
The Rwenzori Mountains in Southwest Uganda is where I decided to spend a week hiking the central Bujuku-Mubuku circuit. The range is nick-named the "Mountains of the Moon" because they are so rarely scene due to almost constantly being covered in thick ...
Chimpansee trekking in Kibale
... Wetlands. Here we several monkeys: black and white colobus, red colobus, and red tail monkey. We also saw some beautiful birds on the walk. The next day we unfortunately had to go back to Kampala as our Uganda adventure was coming to an end ...
Kibale Forest
... , birds and more birds (I still don't understand bird watching, but it seems to be one of the biggest pastimes of nature lovers in Uganda). Once we had circled the swamp we then had to dissect it with a walk along a raised wooden path that wound its way ...
Elephant Crossing
... thrown one of the women overboard to the crocs and hippos. I can see how the boat trip was a highly recommended activity in Uganda because the diversity of up close wildlife was amazing. The whole bank was shared by hippos, crocs, buffalo, and thousands ...
Kabali National Park
Great National Park in the South West of Uganda. Stayed in the Tree House, a real tree house out in the jungle, 20 feet up beside an Elephant watering hole. Saw some gorillas on a hike through the park. Met a Scotish, Canadian and Japanese guy and we ...
Rwenzori Mountains (Mountains of the Moon)
... beautiful and we were lucky enough to spot a few elephants, buffalo, and impalas along the way. We found this Western part of Uganda to be the most beautiful spots yet with lush green hills and tea plantations. Kihihi is the only town with fuel and ...
Nothing to do
As I'd already done quite a few safaris and hadn't enjoyed the last one so much decided to skip QEII. As it turned out though there was absolutely nothing to do at the camp so passed a pretty boring day. There was quite a mix up for the guys who did the ...
Up close and personal with hippos
... the park about midday, just before lunch and had a game drive afterwards. Even before lunch we had seen monkeys and baboons and the Uganda Kob (a type of deer). We also saw a single lioness at the side of the road. She ran off to take cover as soon as ...
Queen Elizabeth National Park
I connected with a small backpackers group and went on a 4 day tour to Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is probably Uganda's most well-known park for spotting animals. The tour consisted of visiting some caves and a small village, as well as a ...
Game drive number 3 and Kazinga Channel Cruise
Following another early start this morning with breakfast at 6.30am, we had chance to take a few last minute photos before we were on the road again for a very long drive to Mweya. Our first stop was at a tea plantation to buy some of the locally Bwindi ...
Game drive number 5, Lions and the big chill out
Following a fantastic nights sleep listening to the noises of the wild, we woke up at 5.30am ready for our early morning game drive. After a breakfast of bacon and eggs and lots of coffee, we set out again in our open top jeeps into the savannah of the ...
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