We met up in Entebbe after another visit to the lovely botanical Gardens. Then off to Fort Portal at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains and next day to the Queen Elizabeth National Park. We had the usual but entrancing encounter with elephants, hippos, Ugandan kob, buffaloes and waterbuck.
We even caught up with the young lions we had seen in January and April.
We had a close encounter with a couple of chimpanzees in a gorge and watched them feed on the fruit of high trees.
We had a close encounter with a couple of chimpanzees in a gorge and watched them feed on the fruit of high trees.
A visit down south to see the tree-climbing lions was fruitless but we did have an entertaining tour with a female ranger and looked across the river to the Congo disturbing some hippos along the way.
In the Mweyma camp (QENP) there was a BBC film crew who have been following some mongeese for 6 months and should be putting out their programme ‘A Band of Brothers’ in October. It was interesting seeing the filming in action and hearing their story.
In the Mweyma camp (QENP) there was a BBC film crew who have been following some mongeese for 6 months and should be putting out their programme ‘A Band of Brothers’ in October. It was interesting seeing the filming in action and hearing their story.
We then headed back to Bukoba, a night in the beach hotel and a wander round the town. We all went to a commemoration in memory of our friends’ mother in the Hindu Temple that evening, where we met up with other friends and experienced some aspects of her culture. We made a trip to Ndolage waterfall and saw the usual sights. Tom came to an outreach clinic with us and helped with the registration and weighing of the babies. His curly hair fascinated them.
After a week with us we put him on a plane for Zanzibar and then back to England. He arrived safely in UK 3 months after leaving…..'its cold here!’
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