We arrived a hour early which means 5 hours to kill in the airport. Lots of different lounge areas to sit and relax or sleep. They are very cilvilized here you can buy a beer from the stores and walk around the airport without being arrested lol

We landed on a dirt airstrip in the middle of nowhere. We were met by out private guide and driver Sula. We did a after noon game drive and we \240several different animals. These are the ones taken with my cellphone

We saw a lion

Elephants by the riverbank

Murchison Falls

Monkeys by our cabin

Our cabin 30 feet from the nile

The hippos sleep near our cabin and you hear them grunting all through the night

Some of the birds from the delta river cruise

The sign outside our cabin. At night when shining the flashlight along the shoreline you could see his red eyes.

Murchison Falls

Monkeys by our cabin

Blue balls

On our way to the airstrip our guide took us on a drive through the local community. People who are not working at the lodges farm the land to feed themselves and sell to the local lodges. Bananas growing by the roadside

Typical huts

Our plane for the flight back to Entebbe

We visited the Entebbe zoo before heading to the airport for the flight to Nairobi

The elusive and rare Shoebill

Feeding time for the chimpanzee’s

This tree is over 100 years old

A monkey from the restaurant we had lunch at

Camels being herded along the highway

A small herd of elephants

We came across 2 lioness with their cubs

They walked right by my opened window but I guess they were not hungry

There must have been at least 30 monkeys going by us

Can you spot the cheetah? When taking pictures on the iPhone or iPad it’s hard to see them.

The 2 lioness with their \240cubs.

The monkeys walking by our vehicle

After we got back to our lodge we were taking pictures of these monkeys as we walked to our tent and they started to surround us and attack us. We found out they see something in your hand they think you have food. Linda was using the video camera and I had my iPhone in one had and the backpack in the other. They were baring their teeth and nipping at our ankles if we had our back to them. I was swinging my backpack and yelling at them before security came and chased them away with a stick. The security guard then gave us a stick to swing at them if they came after us again and told us not to carry anything in your hand and to show the monkeys your open hand so they know you have no food. We can laugh about it now put it was pretty scary for awhile there.

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Today’s lodge is the Rift Valley on Lake Elementeita a salt water lake and attracts pink flamingos, pelicans, and other smaller birds. We saw herds of zebras, cape buffaloes, elands which are the largest of the antelope family, a warthog, Thompson’s gazelle, jackels, a Sykes monkey, impalas which have the spiral antlers and a long crested eagle

Linda and I at the equator

At least a hundred zebras in this herd spread out the conservancy

There’s are not berries

A few left over bones from someone’s dinner

Pelicans

Cape buffaloes

The back of our Jeep a

Baboons

A rare spotting a tourtist on the side of the road.

Baboon drinking from a dripping water tap

I encountered a baboon like this one \240at the back of our Jeep when we stopped once. I was at the back of the Jeep and stood up and turned around to take some pictures just as he jumped on the rear tire and then the back rack on our Jeep I think we scared the crap out of each other. They like to jump into the jeeps and steal any food.

How much do you spend for a mud bath at your spa. The mud cools them down and helps keep the bugs away

The back of our Jeep

Mum and baby

Skulls of two Cape buffalo.

Our tent.

The bathroom off to the left the shower one faucet was normal the other a rain shower one

Mongoose