AT THE HEART OF THE PEARL OF AFRICA

Woke up early Friday morning waiting for the promised adventure, as a Ugandan I was surely not anticipating for much, well who does not know how beautiful Uganda is? We all know that Uganda is gifted by nature at least Kampala is a proof of that and generally Uganda is rated

Back to my adventure Billy picked me up along Masaka road, he had three tourists with him, mhh!  This was going to be a nice one I thought to myself. We drove along and that’s when I started realizing that the definition of beauty was yet to be realized , as we drove along I kept wondering all along if at all I ever had an imagination of true natural beauty, do not get me wrong here, I always travel to Nairobi and very true I am always being welcomed by a beautiful scenery along the way but this time round this was different, it felt like I was on my way to paradise , where have I been all along I kept imagining to myself , all along the way to Mpambire , lyantonde I kept building myself houses , I discovered that I wanted to live in the amazon of Africa we were yet to  reach but my heart  was  everywhere at every spot I left a mark. One of the most memorable things that I remember is that I nearly could not wink; I just connected so much with the environment.

Most people talk about south western Uganda but do not really know what it means to exactly be there, we got to Mbarara and I realized that I was now In heaven heading to paradise anyone could tell by the look of my face when we got to kabale I wonder what heaven really looks like , I cant imagine my eyes  seeing  beauty beyond this, we drove ahead to Bwindi on our way it was getting cold and more beautiful we could hear the sounds of the  birds and some primates like the  white and black colubus monkey how was that sound again ? it sounded like a human being making aloud scary laughing sound, it was a great feeling though and an exciting one at that. Billy kept driving, we were very exhausted the long drive was not coming to an end but at least as far as I remember none of us closed our eyes the eyes were getting filled up with the scenic beauty finally were inside the jungle we went inside this beautiful lodge where we were warmly welcomed relaxed abit and ate a delicious meal after which we sat outside near the fire to get a little warmth

In the  morning  we had our breakfast and , our lunch was packed we were heading to another exciting activity trekking the Gorillas. The species that most people are yet to see the Gorilla and have an our to spend with them. We took some amazing shots , the silver at one moment charged and the guide advised us to lay low, I enjoyed seeing the young ones playing and so did the rest

to see, we were briefed at the UWA headquarters and later given a guide who took us inside the impenetrable forest to track the Orizogo family, we did enjoy some good falls, I for one was a little bit nervous but the guide was so friendly and made sure that each one of us was comfortable enough. It took us two hours

We were later taken to lake Bunyonyi  to enjoy and relax ourselves for  the rest of the day. We went boat ridding, we enjoyed abit of birding swimming nature viewing,and the delicious global dishes and drinks lake Bunyonyi is another paradise of its own. And each second I spent there I knew that I would  love  to have my honeymoon at this place . there is no words that can explain the beauty in western Uganda , it is the most rewarding , most memorable experience one can ever buy

THRILLING EXPERIENCE WITH GORILLAS

Waking up in the morning of 14 february  from my home town in Nairobi to Kenyatta international airport  very enthusiastic of the trip am going to take to the pearl of Africa . I had read a lot about the Gorillas , there amazing features that kept captivating my mind, for once I did not stop at wondering if what I heard about experiences deriverived from Gorilla trekking were that satisfactory.

From different theories I had an understanding that these creatures had 90% genes related to the human species , they were described as being very huge and gentle giants . one of the things that captivated me the most was the silverback that was the strong hold of each group or rather family. The eagerness to see this species that protected its young house hold with its life was amazing, the kind nature that it had towards the female members of its group and the siblings was seemingly amazing.

As a member of the east African community the prices for the Gorilla permits were fairly affordable roughly 100$ . I used Active safaris company as my tour operators and my guide was Billy from the same company he was a friendly man who had vast knowledge about the Gorillas and he selected for me the best family to visit,  we arrived at Bwindi late night and the following morning we started Gorilla tracking.  We walked for a great distance , would not say I was that my hopes of seeing the Gorilla were diminishing much as I was enjoying everything about the national parks the birds the nature and amazing scenery and the climate within was amazing. Just as I was about to give up trekking the guide pointed to us , how amazing it was , I met the Bituukara family at Ruhija (EAST OF BWINDI) which has around 13 members including 4 silverbacks. The Bitukura group was named after a river where the family members were first sighted. Bitukura is a peaceful family including 4 silverbacks and some playful juveniles , the juveniles kept climbing the trees and doing funny movements that kept us all laughing.. How fulfilling my experience had become I had got more than what I had come for, Bwindi  is just fully gifted with all forms of nature that I have had to encounter with all this years of my travelling experience, my eyes witnessed different species of birds kind that I was never going to encounter anywhere else  I enjoyed the Arizona and with my own eyes got to the conclusions that there is nothing as thrilling as Gorilla trecking.