We head for Queen Elizabeth National Park. The transport sector in Africa is its own thing. Whether a vehicle is overloaded, no one here is interested. They load all the space available and more, or in other words,it is loaded…
A crater lake is still on our agenda. To Lake Kasenda a narrow forest path leads to the campsite. It is on the level of the water surface, which will be fatal as we soon will see. Lake Kasenda is…
Lake Nkuruba is our next stay. It is close to Fort Portal and many other crater lakes. Uganda is known for its diverse natural beauty, including its many crater lakes. These stunning lakes are formed in volcanic craters, and offer…
We continue alone into the Congo basin, we want to Semliki National Park. We have a small mountain ridge ahead with wonderful landscape, of which one has good views over the Congo basin. From here one can see into the…
We stay overnight at Kibale Forest National Park. There is a mountain and rain forest system with enclosed swamp and grassland sections. The trees can grow up to 55 meters. The park has one of the highest primate densities in…
Sunset on Lake Albert. Idyllic. We find a place to stay in a guesthouse. Camping on the lawn, showers provided for us in a bungalow. With a sundowner we enjoy the atmosphere. In the morning we continue another 100 kilometers,…
We find out quickly from Kampala, our destination is Murchison Falls National Park, but until then we will need a few days. On perfect tarmac road it is about 200 kilometers to Hoima, the last major town before the tar…
After a few days we go on to Kampala. But before we need beef, a kg costs about 5 U.S. dollars. Steffi and Alexandra go shopping. At a stall there is a lovely piece of meat hanging, not a beef…
Next destination: “Bujagali Falls”. In the morning we start early. We only have tarmac ahead, so it should go fast. We leave Mount Elgon. In the nearest major town we need a money exchange and a SIM – card. We…
Next Sipi Falls: Already, Mt. Elgon in sight, a comfortable ride of 1 hour on a rather good road. But we are too optimistic, a local motorbike stopped us to tell that the road is blocked for a few weeks…