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52 Chimpanzees found a home on Lake Victoria

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 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 same sized bowls, th

I met 'Tapa' looking for an I Phone charger in Keranga

'Koi' a story from Eastern Uganda

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  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.