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Category: World Trip 2017-2018

A 62-day trip covering eleven countries; United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa between 22 November 2017 and 22 January 2018.

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 11 Lake Bunyoni and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

    Saturday 02 December 2017. Photos. Video. Highlights: The Amazing Mountain Gorillas (The Bwera family)!!!! Today was the big day, the day to hike and attempt to find the endangered mountain gorillas who now number around 750-800 and who are slowly increasing in number. This was an amazing day of seeing these beautiful, peaceful creatures, who…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 10 Lake Bunyoni, Uganda

    Friday 01 December 2017. Photos. Highlights: Little Angels School, Views of Lake Bunyoni Today those not going to the mountain gorillas today decided to visit the Little Angels Uganda who look after orphans and run a local school. This meant a very easy morning with no tents to pull down and breakfast at 9.00 am,…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 9 Kampala to Lake Bunyoni, Uganda

    Thursday 30 November 2017. Photos. Highlights: The Equator – two Hemispheres at once! Today was the last of the three back to back long drive days. Our tour leader let as sleep in a little so we left Kampala campsite at 7 am for the 470 km and 10 hours drive though the beautiful Uganda…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 8 Eldoret to Kampala, Uganda

    Wednesday 29 November 2017. Photos. Highlights: Border crossing to Uganda Today we travelled from Eldoret (Kenya) to Kampala (Uganda) a distance of around 370 kms but a trip took over 12 hours :(. We left our campsite at Eldoret at 6 am on the dot, meaning breakfast was at 5.15 am and packing up commenced…

  • Africa Trip 2017-18: Day 7 Masai Mara to Eldoret, Kenya

    Tuesday 29 November 2017. Photos Highlights: The Green Mountain Ranges of Kenya Today was the first of three long travel days with us ending eventually ending up at Lake Bunyoni (Uganda) for the likely highlight of the tour the Gorillas. Today’s road trip between Masai Mara and Eldoret took just over 11 hours with a…