Batwa Cultural Tours in Uganda: Long before Bwindi Impenetrable Forest became famous for mountain gorillas, before the first trekking permit was ever sold, the Batwa lived there. For thousands of years these forest dwelling people hunted with bows, gathered honey and wild yams, healed themselves with plants, and raised their children beneath...
A Complete Guide to Uganda's Eco Lodges: Most people booking their first Uganda safari focus their attention on permits, parks, and itineraries, and only think about where they're sleeping once the bigger decisions are locked in. That order gets reversed pretty quickly once you start comparing lodges here, because Uganda has quietly become one of...
Guide to Dian Fossey Hike: Most travelers go to Rwanda with one activity circled in red on their itinerary and that is ‘gorilla trekking’. Fewer visitors realize that a half-day walk on the same slopes, through the same bamboo and hagenia forest, leads to the grave of the woman...
Interesting Facts About Giraffes: Giraffes are one of the most misunderstood animals in Africa. Most visitors know they are tall and assume that is the whole story, when in reality almost everything about a giraffe is stranger than fiction: a heart the size of a basketball, a tongue that would embarrass a lizard, a walk...
Boat Cruise in Murchison Falls National Park: Winston Churchill saw it in 1907 and called this stretch of Uganda the ‘Pearl of Africa’, and Ernest Hemingway managed to crash a plane near here not once but twice in a single week in 1954, surviving both, which feels somehow appropriate for a river this dramatic.Between your...
Kanangorok Hot Springs: Kanangorok is located about 30 to 40 kilometers north of Apoka, and the drive alone runs one and a half to two hours each way over rough terrain, meaning a half-day commitment at minimum once you arrive in time at the springs. If you're spending only one night at Kidepo,...
Mount Elgon Hiking Trails: Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano rising to 4,321 meters at Wagagai Peak, and it holds the distinction of possessing the largest volcanic caldera surface area in the world, which is 40 square kilometers of high-altitude basin ringed by peaks. None of that requires technical climbing skill. What it requires...
Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel: A boat cruise at Kazinga channel in Queen Elizabeth national park needs no skill, no fitness, and no hiking boots, just two hours, a decent camera, and patience for the traffic jam of wildlife that gathers along both banks like it is the only water source for...
