Week 2: 8 - 14 October 2006: Kenya/Uganda/Rwanda
We started the week at Lake Baringo, where there were more Hippos to be seen.
After crossing the border into Uganda we stayed at a place called The Hairy Lemon which was a camp on it's own island, there we could play volley ball in the water.
We then headed to the capital Kampala and picked up 3 more people (The British) and headed to Entebbe where we caught a traditional canoe out to Ngamba Island.
This is a Chimpanzee Sanctuary currently rehabilitating around 40 chimps. We saw them being fed and boy were they badly behaved, there was so much screaming, yelling and fighting - just like children.
Leaving Kampala we crossed the Equator, on which we watched the 'water demonstration'; in the Northern Hemisphere the water drains clockwise, in the Southern Hempishere it drains anti-clockwise , but on the Equator in drains straight down very fast.
The children in Uganda were so friendly, always waving at the truck.
We then crossed in Rwanda which was such a lush country and one of our favourites. Almost every piece of land was farmed and cultivated which looked amazing but meant erosion was constantly occuring.
We stopped at the capital Kibale to visit the Genocide Museum - remembering the 1994 Genocide of the Tsutsis - a moving experience.
We then stayed at Ruhengeri where we got beds!! Quite a luxury after 2 weeks in tents.
From here we could go to the Parc du Volcans to trek the endangered Mountain Gorrilla's, starting at 5.30am!!
8 of us trekked the Amohore (meaning Peace) Group which had 16 members led by one Silverback. It was the most amazing experience, we saw about 13 of them including a 3 month old with the best hairdo!! We got so close to them, providing the Silverback is between you and any young ones it is fine and he keeps an eye on you.
That night we crossed back into Uganda and everyone was in high spirits after seeing the Gorrilla's so a big night was had by all, helped by some banana whiskey (horrible) and plastic packets (!?) of vodka.
Check out some more photos below.
After crossing the border into Uganda we stayed at a place called The Hairy Lemon which was a camp on it's own island, there we could play volley ball in the water.
We then headed to the capital Kampala and picked up 3 more people (The British) and headed to Entebbe where we caught a traditional canoe out to Ngamba Island.
This is a Chimpanzee Sanctuary currently rehabilitating around 40 chimps. We saw them being fed and boy were they badly behaved, there was so much screaming, yelling and fighting - just like children.
Leaving Kampala we crossed the Equator, on which we watched the 'water demonstration'; in the Northern Hemisphere the water drains clockwise, in the Southern Hempishere it drains anti-clockwise , but on the Equator in drains straight down very fast.
The children in Uganda were so friendly, always waving at the truck.
We then crossed in Rwanda which was such a lush country and one of our favourites. Almost every piece of land was farmed and cultivated which looked amazing but meant erosion was constantly occuring.
We stopped at the capital Kibale to visit the Genocide Museum - remembering the 1994 Genocide of the Tsutsis - a moving experience.
We then stayed at Ruhengeri where we got beds!! Quite a luxury after 2 weeks in tents.
From here we could go to the Parc du Volcans to trek the endangered Mountain Gorrilla's, starting at 5.30am!!
8 of us trekked the Amohore (meaning Peace) Group which had 16 members led by one Silverback. It was the most amazing experience, we saw about 13 of them including a 3 month old with the best hairdo!! We got so close to them, providing the Silverback is between you and any young ones it is fine and he keeps an eye on you.
That night we crossed back into Uganda and everyone was in high spirits after seeing the Gorrilla's so a big night was had by all, helped by some banana whiskey (horrible) and plastic packets (!?) of vodka.
Check out some more photos below.
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