Murchison

Murchison

So I made my last excursion for fun here in Uganda. After the slight disaster that was my bwindi journey, I was quite excited for what this trip may have to offer. 11 of us all squeezed into the 8 passenger van in good African fashion and we headed north. As we moved further from the lake, the land became much more dry and sparse. I realized that I was entering savanna land.

On the side of the road was a number of closely pared huts. This looked suprising since most villages typically are arranged quite separate from each other. It turns out that these were some IDP (internally displaced people) camps of people who have fled from the north.

Upon arriving at the park, we already began to see elephants and giraffes in the distance. The weekend could not have begun more perfectly as we arrived on the shores of the nile just in time for the sun to set over roaring hippos and grooming baboons. It was a truly stunning sunset.

Better than the sunset, however, was the moonlit boat ride across the nile. I felt like I was in harry potter taking the boats to Hogwarts (not poetic, I know I am a nerd).

The following day we made a game drive through the park and I saw giraffes! The silent pacifist.

More to come later.