Kajie Safaris - Uganda (where I was born)

Kajie Safaris – Uganda

Day 1:  28th Nov 2018

Below is the map of the days travel.

Our arrival into Entebbe was about an hour late but our private guide Ronald was waiting for us, and we were both happy to see Ronald

Unfortunately, because of the flight delay one of the planned activities, a boat cruise at Lake Mburo National Park was cancelled.

We stopped at the equator for Lunch and a couple of photographs, it’s a must do.

On the way to Lake Mburo we passed lots of swamps filled with Papyrus. The Papyrus reeds are like the filtration system for the Nile & Uganda’s waterways. As we were driving we saw 2 Game drive vehicles parked up, which is always a good sign for wildlife spotting. Turns out there was a Shoebilled Stork fishing in one of the swamps filled with Papyrus reeds.

That was a first for Lisa & me.

We then did our first game drive of the trip at Lake Mburo National Park.

 It was a short game drive because of the late flight, however we did get to see some animals and learn a little about the history of Lake Mburo National Park. Unfortunately there are no Elephants or Rhinos there because of poaching, aside from the obvious downside the other problem is that the woodlands become overgrown which makes it hard for the smaller animals to live there.

Now I have to say I really liked this Greater Blue eared Starling, but of course it took flight just as I was about to take its photo.

Zebras

Topi

Impala (or McDonalds)

 Old Buffalo's wallowing in the mud.

Warthog

 

Ugandan Crane

 Female Water Buck

Male Water Buck 

Vervet Monkey (famous for their blue balls)

Second thing we learned was that the because of the farmers and their cows the National Park is shrinking. having said that the cows have really impressive horns.

We headed for our first nights accommodation at Eagle’s Nest which is a mid-range tented camp located just outside Lake Mburo NP. It’s a really impressive view from Eagles Nest looking over the lake.

Unfortunately, we forgot to take a photo of our tented accommodation, but trust me when I say it was more like Glamping.

Lisa also discovered that she lost her tablet (almost brand new)