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From where I come from, my home country Uganda. The East receives the beauty of the sun and then spreads it in abundancy to the North, South and finally meets the backs of long horned herds of cattle in the Western part of The pearl of Africa. The west is a natural habitat for a large percent of Uganda’s wildlife species. With rare, endangered, and almost extinct wildlife that can only be seen in the East African Savannah lands, tropical rain forests and wetlands of Uganda. The most iconic of these species are the endangered mountain Gorillas. Gorillas conquered impenetrable rain forests shared amongst three East African community countries; Uganda, Rwanda then crossed over to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Other Gorilla species of the world can be found in the extreme part of Equatorial Africa. But whenever you think about “Mountain Gorillas”, the conquered lands of East Africa await. Nationals in the three countries have continuously been recognized amongst the most welcoming ...

Once upon a time, 200 fresh water fish species feasted to the benefits of being birthed in Africa's largest fresh water Lake.   Today, fingerings and flies shy away from the eyes every time you walk towards the shores of Lake Victoria. When you reverse your movement backwards, they play spy and return closer to shallow parts of the shores. Native fish mongers can estimate how old one is from the height of each as they swim back into deeper parts of the Lake. Most landing and docking sites are busy with motorized small boats moving supplies and people from the mainland to distant Islands on this African Great Lake. However, when the shores are calm with less human activity, the juvenile creatures are drawn to the shores, maybe they know that at that stage they cannot be turned into human food.   Imagine a lake with over 30 million human dependents across Uganda, Kenya plus Tanzania. Aquatic and wildlife habitats not to mention tourist activities within the great lak...

 Visit Ngamba Island and meet a chimpanzee.  52 Chimpanzees found a home on Lake Victoria,  I am not sure which canoe they rowed, but a number of them can be seen playfully jumping from one tree to another on Ngamba Island. After 40 minutes of setting of from #Entebbe, we docked on Ngamba Island, a sanctuary and home to 52 chimpanzee on Lake Victoria.  Did you know #chimpanzee can’t swim? 46 of the 52 Chimpanzee on the Island were integrated after being found in critical conditions that threatened their lives. The other 6 of the 52 were Born on the Island, however management of the sanctuary doesn’t encourage any more breeding of young ones. I met “Sunday” who one day found himself in a canoe a few meters away from the Island, because of his curiosity. I can imagine him rowing 🚣‍♀️ to the shores of the lake in Entebbe. The guide ‘Hillary’ shared his testimony of chimpanzee intelligence. “We feed them thrice with fruits & vegetables, and later porridge in clean s...

  I recently met my friend Job Soyekwo , a Kalenjin from eastern Uganda, he was born & raised in Kapchorwa and speaks fluent Kupsabiny. I think Kupsabiny is a tricky but learnable language, with my inability to complete a sentence, I was sure that getting a marriage partner from Kapchorwa was going to very hard. My attention was then focused on enjoying the adventure within the gigantic rocks of Eastern Uganda, and siping locally brewed Arabic coffee with the Mulima's as we watched waterfalls finding their way amongst rocks. We didn't watch the sunset that is for the next time we will get to meet, instead it was "Koi", a long walking trail in huge rocks after 105 meters of abseiling on Sipi falls with the Mulima's. The afternoon turned into evening sooner than expected accompanied by beautiful moments only my heart and mind will remember. The best way to get to know them will be if you are willing to push yourself for your own adventure.

Yes! Those supersized creatures eating grass in the Savannahs of Africa. My home country Uganda, has an estimated total of 7,975, a little population compared to the estimations of even 22,000 elephants in countries like Zambia. In total, approximately 415,000 individual elephants tiptoe through the dense forests and open savannahs in Africa. In the last couple of years, the world has pivoted more to sustainable living around national parks, game reserves, and busy towns. Communities are utilizing natural resources in ways that do not affect other species like Elephants that depend on land, water, and air. Our passion to contribute to Sustainable Travel Experiences in 2023, started from exploring a combination of 84 Islands on Lake Victoria. Each speaks for itself with unique beauty, nature, tales, bird species and so much more. Our first encounter with Bugala Island made us fall in love with the other Islands on Africa's second-largest freshwater lake. Eastern Uganda understood th...