I will never tire of safaris and last week I had the pleasure of several in a short space of time. The entire experience just makes me so happy and at Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Parks we managed a game drive in the morning and a river / lake cruise in the afternoon… a great double, double whammy!
Some different animals and some familiar ones as well but all totally amazing 😊
Anyway, here are a few highlights.
Up close and personal with giraffes… (at Murchison) they were so close and so many! Have never seen such a big group (or tower 🙂 read posts from Namibia to understand that!) before – was intriguing.
Crocodiles – fascinating and disturbing at the same time…
Another leopard (at Queen) – have been so lucky! This one must have been lying in wait to hunt, but as the antelope ran away, it got up and walked away…
The Shoebill Stork is endemic to Uganda and there are just around 1,000 of them left – people travel here just to see that one bird! So felt lucky to get the opportunity to get close! It’s an interesting looking bird… find the eyes look a bit creepy!
Also the first time for me to see the topi antelope…weirdly patchy but quite handsome I thought!
And then there were the elephants of course! But they deserve a post of their own and so do the hippos actually… so stay tuned!
At Murchison we also saw the famous waterfall…would have liked to get closer with a walk, but didn’t have time.
BETINA IN AFRICA 