Uganda surpassed all our expectations. From the lush mountainous forests of the southwest to the dry plains of the north, Uganda has much to offer the Overlander. We spent eight weeks in county and circumnavigated nearly all of it. From our entry near Makasa, we journeyed to the southwest to visit the famous mountain gorillas that reside in the volcanic […]
We really wanted to see this bird; it looks so ancient – right out of Jurassic Park. It lives in the swamps of Eastern Africa and is classified as vulnerable due to habitat destruction. We had met a couple of guys who recounted how they had spent 13 hours in a dugout canoe in Zambia’s Bangwuelu swamp in search of […]
Leaving the gorillas in Mgahinga National Park behind, we headed north through the Biwindi Impenetrable Forest and then the endless tea plantations in the hills of southwest Uganda, before entering Queen Elizabeth National Park. Here we camped for three days on the bank of a river full of hippos, eying cautiously the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which lay just […]
Sorry, you have to be British and of a certain age to understand the title of this post. Although not a lifetime’s dream, we both wanted to go gorilla trekking while in Africa. Our original plan was to visit them in Rwanda, but after being denied entry (Covid) we chose Uganda instead. Luckily, the eye watering cost has been reduced […]
After a very nice stay in Kigoma, we negotiated some pretty terrible Tanzanian roads, infested with trucks, to get to the Rwandan border, only to be denied entry. Rwanda is closed to tourists except through its international airport (Covid). Undeterred, (plans are supposed to be changed) we reversed course and side-stepped Rwanda, heading directly to Uganda. Some people asked ‘Are […]