Wildlife

Our safari was naturally the part of the trip I was looking forward to most, and it did not disappoint. The approximately 2000 square miles of beautiful savannah, lakeland and forest is rich in wildlife, although the poaching of earlier years has taken its toll. Rhino and giraffe have been completely exterminated from Uganda, although there are plans to begin a reintroduction programme.

Even in the capital Kampala, a great many birds can be seen, indeed I remember reading somewhere that Uganda cradles about 5% of the world's perching bird species.

So I'll begin with birds:



















Marabou Stork are everywhere; in Kampala they are effectively pigeons! With their ominous gait and odd appearance, they earned the nickname 'demon bird' with our group!



More coming....