Uganda, de eerste indrukken
Hello! Hier een eerste verslagje van de eerste week in Uganda! Vorige zaterdag zijn we aangekomen rond 14u, we zijn lang onderweg geweest, maar ethiopian airlines was een goeie vlieugtuigmaatschappij! Khad voor de Michiel nog een suprise cake voor z’n verjaardag aangevraagd en da was echt geweldig, heel de crew kwam zingen en we kregen champie & taart! Verder hebben we die dag niet...
day 8
We packed and exited the park through the same gate we came in. First a final 30-40 kilometers of dirt road and then tarred road for the remainder of the trip. I did the first driving of the day. Since we had a lot of kilometers to do, I punched the accelerator pedal: about 80-90 km/h on the dirt road. After 40 kilometer, the dirt road became tarred again: wow after 10 days of dirt road, driving...
day 7
We woke up early again to pack everything. Today we had a long trip ahead of us: from Nossob back to Twee Rivieren. The camp we stayed the first night. This will be our last night as well. Tomorrow we are heading back to Jo’burg. We are still considering doing the trip in 1 go this time. It’s a good 1100-1200 kilometers from Jo’burg. It’s cold today. The wind is blowing a very chilly...
Day 6
We took off at 7 to start our spotting with: - What you can call the remains of an ostrich - A rare (not so rare here but in Kenya, Tanzania you don’t see them that often) brown Hyena. Sadly too far away for taking pictures - A mating couple of lions - Huge herds of springbok & wildebeest. I’m writing all of this down since I’ve got some time before we head off for our afternoon game...
Day 5
The road is beautiful, going through the vast desert dunes: up and down, left and right. As expected, we didn’t see a lot of mammals: some birds and a few lonesome Oryx’s. It’s much too warm here. When I speak of dunes, I should point out that here dunes are still covered with little brushes of grass. Dunes here are not completely naked. The trip took us a few hours to complete. Arriving at...
Day 4 bis
Since we took a lot of pictures of squirrels here at camp, we decided to stay with small rodents. So we took some pictures of whistling rats and some mice. Back at the camping site, we prepared yet another fine meal. We had a lot of fun during the evening. Everyone was sound asleep but we continued talking at our campfire with the necessary brandy & coffee.