Category: Africa
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How to ruin a Safari in Tanzania
We got met at the border at Namanga in Tanzania by someone from Mousebird Safaris, a company I had picked because of the high reviews on safaribooking.com. But we still had a fairly long drive to get to Arusha for the night before starting our safari the next day. Unfortunately, to add to the long…
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Safari in Amboseli National Park
I had booked my flights to Kenya and Tanzania long before I met Dave, but after being together only 6 weeks I was destined to fly to Nairobi for 10 days over New Years. I invited him to come with me, and amazingly, he said yes! So this ended up being our first holiday together.…
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Giraffes and Zebra in Lake Mburo National Park
The drive to Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP) was along roads we had been before. We headed south from Kichwamba before joining the main road to Masaka. As I have commented previously, we still couldn’t get over how many people walk on the roads here. All life is centred around the main roads. The markets,…
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Safari self drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park
From lake Bunyonyi we continued North towards Queen Elizabeth National Park, the most popular national park in Uganda thanks to it’s countless animals including elephants, hippos and lions. The drive there was quite long but extremely scenic, even when it rained, it was great to experience, the rain drops were huge, flickering from rain to…
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Relaxing at Lake Bunyonyi
After a physically tough and emotionally draining day seeing the Gorillas at Bwindi National Park, we used the next 2 days at Lake Bunyonyi to chill and relax around the serene waters. But first… we had to get there… We left the guest house early and began the journey down into the valley of lake…
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Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
We woke at 5:30am on Sunday and dressed ready for our jungle adventure. We were tired and anxious to get to the Nkuringo gate on time for the 7:30am briefing. After an extremely quick breakfast (we took the rest with us to eat on the road) we set off for the 45-60 minute drive from…
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Arriving in Entebbe and Self-Drive to Bwindi
After the struggles and worries of trying to organise our own self-drive tour of Uganda (read about that here) we finally made it to Entebbe ready for our adventure to start! We breezed through passport/visa control, with even enough time to pose for a good visa pic, before purchasing SIM cards for the week and…
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How to book Gorilla permits for Uganda from the UK
So I’ve just spent the last 2 weeks pulling my hair out stressing about booking our Uganda trip in September. If you just want the facts, go here. For those who follow mine and Pete’s adventures, you’ll know that we do not like to take tours or use travel agencies. Not that we have any…
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The Journey Home and Fly-Eye
We decided to begin the journey back to Marrakech on Friday so we could relax more on Saturday and not have to worry about getting to the airport. The drive wasn’t that far, but the roads on the way had been unpredictable so we were playing it safe. We decided to leave straight after the…
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Adventures in the Desert
From Zagora it was a long drive to the desert. M’hamid is often called ‘the gateway to the desert’, where people go to experience sand dunes and stars. The road was surprisingly good for most of the way, with only part of the way being a single-track road. Once again, the views were incredible. The…
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