A swarm of Lake flies on Lake Victoria. They looked and sounded like mosquitos, but thankfully they didn't bite, so you just had to keep your mouth shut until the swarm had passed.
A swarm of Lake flies on Lake Victoria. They looked and sounded like mosquitos, but thankfully they didn't bite, so you just had to keep your mouth shut until the swarm had passed.
I did a 3 day trip to Murchison Falls National Park in Northern Uganda. There's not that much wildlife in the park (compared to the Serengeti), but the main reason to come here is to see the falls rather than the wildlife. Murchison falls have been described as the most exciting thing to happen to the river Nile, and it is very impressive when it forces it's way through a small gap.
The sunrise was pretty impressive too.
Aaaargh, a crocodile!
After Murchison Falls (and unfazed by seeing crocodiles) I headed to Jinja in Eastern Uganda which is at the source of the (White) Nile. The reason for coming here was to go white water rafting and Kayaking. The rafting was excellent (so good that I did it twice). There were 4 or 5 Grade 5 rapids and we got dumped out of the raft 4 times which was pretty scary at first, but loads of fun. Before attempting any of the rapid in a kayak I had some rolling lessons which as you can see was a doddle. As it turned out, I was so good at staying upright, that I never needed to roll anyway :) (We only did grade 1 and 2 rapids in the kayak though :)
The Rwenzori Mountans were absolutely stunning. So stunning that I took a huge number of photos (and so did the people I was with).
On the right is the Congo and on the left is Uganda and the little blobs at bottom left are people.
Us at the summit (5109m). I'm the man in black (front right). Lots more photos are available at www.warrell.com/africa/rwenzori (and i do mean lots - you might want to get broadband before checking it out)
After the Rwenzoris, I headed back to Kampala, but stopped off briefly in Fort Portal to see some crater lakes. These lakes are a chain of extinct or dormant volcanoes which have been filled with rainwater and are very picturesque.
Then, after a brief stop in Kampala to say goodbye to all the lovely people that I'd met, I headed for Kenya.