After a night with our friend on the tea estate and a brief return to Fort Portal we headed north toward Hoima and another tea estate where we had arranged to spend the night. We spotted 2 chimps crossing the road in one of the small forested patches we passed through; only a fleeting glimpse but great to see all the same. We also saw a Grey-cheeked Mangabey, another first for me! After a pleasant night we headed north again through Masinde and on to Kanyiyo-Pabidi Forest and Murchison Falls National Park.
We had dinner at the Kanyiyo-Pabidi tourist site; unfortunately they don’t allow camping there anymore so after that we pressed on to the Top of the Falls Campsite arriving long after dark. What a beautiful spot as we discovered the next day!
We went down to the Falls proper and hiked down to the bottom and tried our luck catching a Nile Perch.
Our luck was somewhere else and after a few hours we gave up and headed downstream to Paraa for lunch and a quick trip across the ferry over the Nile for a game drive in the area between the Victoria Nile and the Albert Nile. What an afternoon!!
Despite our shortage of time we saw some great stuff; Rothschild’s Giraffe, Oribi, Kob, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Defassa Waterbuck, Patas Monkey and a huge herd of Buffalo as well as Elephant.
Not all bad for an hours game drive! The area is reminiscent of the Mara; rolling hills but with some beautiful Palms as well and I definitely want to get back there and spend more time exploring.
We spent the night at a campsite outside the park and the next day headed out early for Jinja for our last night in the country.
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