We have explored the Nyamsika River bed up and down several times over the past year and a half. The question in my head very early on was: Can we walk all the way to the Nile one day? First, I had asked George and Benjamin, our reliable UWA rangers, to explore the route....
Timing of our trip back in March was conspicuous as the last day/night of it happened to be my birthday. Never before had I been in the bush on my special day (not counting my years of living in Zambian bush…), so I was looking forward to a “special” experience. We had explored the...
Did you have an entire national park sometimes to yourself (= as a visitor)? Not many chances in most popular parks in Africa with steady growth in tourism over the past decades. I was lucky to be in Liuwa Plain in mid 2000s where we still had to take 3-hour boat trips to reach...
Murchison Falls is an amazingly diverse ecosystem. Walking safari trips could take full advantage of this to explore various unique corners in this wilderness. Our second walking safari trip aimed to explore Nyamsika Riverbed. We set out our camp near this stunning viewpoint – excellent for sunset watching. When I first seen it during...
Over the past several months, we have ventured to Murchison Falls in Northern Uganda on foot. If you read my Walking Luangwa post, you will get a sense that multiday walks in the bush are one of the most unique nature experiences in Africa. It is great to be outside for days on end,...
Walking in the bush for months, weeks, or at least a week. How does this sound? Alluring, exciting, thrilling, tiresome or a little bit scary? Original “safaris” were conducted on foot: up until 1930s or 1940s (or later….) moving around most of African bush on four wheels was pretty much impossible. That was the...
Having scaled Mt.Moroto the previous day, I was hoping for the next day’s Mt. Napak hike (about 1.5 drive away). Very rainy morning greeted us, so instead I ended up exploring all the markets of Moroto, and quite an educational Karamoja museum in town. The base for Napak hike is in Iriri – small...
I finally I set time to explore Mount Moroto (and Napak) in the middle of Karamoja. These mountains, nowadays quite easily reachable, have been little travelled up to now for various reasons: difficult to access, lack of guides/services and relative perception of insecurity in the area (now not the case). Being in the ‘Pearl...
When we set off to Mahale I knew that the snorkelling is possible in the area, same as some other spots on the lake (Kipili), but I did not expect certain surprising twists! After enjoying the five hour jungle chimp trek the day before, it was time for a more relaxing activity. Hanes, the...
Trekking to see chimps in Mahale is unlike in many other locales – it is simply more adventurous and fun then anywhere else I seen. For the start, the terrain. It is simply mountainous so one spends most time going up and down various ridges, which makes it for quite an intense hike. Plus...