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I have enjoyed all of your info and details,thank-you.
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Thanks dela. Glad you liked it.
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Wonderful, wonderful , wonderful!!!! Thanks again for your marvelous trip report (now illustrated!) which imho, should be required reading for anyone contemplating a trip to any part of East Africa!
There is NOTHING quite like the Kazinga Channel anywhere else in Africa (maybe in the world?). |
Thx Progol , Cali. To upload select pics from the tons in the archives is taking time . A couple of days and I'll upload the view from my most amazing cottage in the kazinga and the lovely chimps of Kibale. Kindly bear with me.
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The View of the Kazinga Channel from mu deck https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...43d718207d.jpg A panoramic shot of channel and QE NP to the right https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...6ad8e6e314.jpg A hippo pod below my deck https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...4fa493dfc5.jpg Buffalo net to the cottage and the QE NP |
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A room with a view @ Tembo lodge https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...6c1597b981.jpg Hippo on the road to Mweya https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...76a0165790.jpg Hippos & people live in harmony on the channel |
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An alert lioness in QE NP https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...f5542fe329.jpg The rest of her pride snoozing https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...48ebd02e3d.jpg Saddle bill stork https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...2e9f1844f0.jpg Black headed Weaver bird at Mweya |
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Broad Billed Roller https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...ac693496b5.jpg The Northern Red Bishop https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...c7d607f4dd.jpg Grumpy old male ready for a fight https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...4681f9b165.jpg The roadalong the Kazinga channel leading to Mweya |
The 'Channel Road' which links Katunguru and Mweya goes all along the channel.Soon after the Kanguru Bridge ( which is on the Kesese- Mbarara road) need to take a left to which leads to Mweya. There is plenty of game on this road.The animals animals from QE NP make a beeline for the water.There was on such 'highway' next to my cottage which way busy all night.https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...24f4ec334b.jpg
The Speckled Mousebird https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...d76bd08e33.jpg Banded Mangoose https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...5049f7317d.jpg Marabou Stork https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...6966be8076.jpg Unmindful of us |
Wow, this looks amazing! I can't wait!
Thanks for all the info. -Dan |
Ditto to above. I love this report and photos!!
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Wow! Wow! Wow! Just read this in one sitting and am now late to my afternoon appointment! An astonishing and wonderfully detailed trip report. Loved all the links as well — thank you for that. I love Africa and have been to many countries, lots of them over and over. And while I was thinking of Uganda in the future, this trip report has moved the possibility way up! Thank you for allowing us this most phenomenal journey.
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Dan, Cali , Lola thank you soon after QE NP, I proceeded to Fort Portal and to Kibale to hunt for the chimps.A few pics of the Rweteera Safari Park over looking a crater lake where I stayed.https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...cea76b8fd1.jpg
A Pelican https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...c8c01318d9.jpg Woodland Kingfisher https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...db2c07c894.jpg Red Colobus Monkey. Favourite food of the Chimps https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...c366256858.jpg A fidherman on the Rweteera crater lake |
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Brown-Crowned Tchagra https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...097735c6d6.jpg Great Blue Turaco https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...3d5f8a06ad.jpg Great Blue Turaco https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...fd0b5f31b1.jpg Olive Baboon |
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Eastern Plantain Eater https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...666b16678f.jpg African Blue Flycatcher https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...e7e589e83b.jpg Rweteera cottage overlooking the lake https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...0038e58604.jpg Breakfast by the lake |
The Chimps of Kibale to follow.....
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More wow wow wow and weebale nyo nyo, Inquest. A friend is planning a trip to Uganda for August already has permits) and referred her to yourthread.
Reweteera Safari Lodge? I will check it out immediately!! Those crater lakes are stunning! (I stay a night at Kyaninga Lodge near Fort Portal, where the stunning lake is supposedly the only truly safe bilharzia-free one to swim in.) These pix are making me super itchy to get back to the "Pearl Of Africa" !! What is it about Uganda, Inquest? Can you help me out here, because it is hard to put into words what is so unique about it. There is a down-to-earth welcome and warmth and openness among its people that, while omnipresent and wonderful in all of Africa, seems above and beyond in Uganda. |
Weebale nyo nyo Cali for all the encouragement I'm sure you'll be there soon. The Rweteera Safari Park was pretty but I'm sure there are many more in the surrounds that are prettier with stunning views,including the Kyaninga, the one you stayed in. I have provided the links up thread of all the lodges and accommodation around the Kibale area. Each better than the other. The only thing is one can't vouch that the stay,service and food would remain the same over time.There is a likelyhood of them falling into bad times.So my advise is to check the latest feedback on sites like Tripadvisor before firming up on them.
I too am at a loss of words when it comes to Uganda.Its unexplainably magnetic.Its charming & beautiful, Its complete in every aspect coupled with warm endearing people,ever smiling. Also.within a short space of time one can travel into the deep impenetrable forests with magnificent apes to the savannah like grasslands which hold a plethora of wildlife to raging white-water cascading from the mighty unassialable mountains. The brilliant array of birds unmatched in any other country.All a heady mix.This is what makes Uganda special. The chimps of Kibale.....https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...b6e9634ef4.jpg Watching us humans and wondering what to make of us https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...37a6be44e2.jpg Lazy morning,lolling on the forest floor https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...905d473d35.jpg Now,where do I start for breakfast |
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This chatter box was very vocal https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...39201c42c6.jpg How is this for dental display https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...f28c09448a.jpg He let us approach as close as 10 feet... |
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A forest clearing where chimps, forest elephants and hogs forage https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...177a02ef04.jpg The 'honeymoon suite' overlooking the baai. |
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