Kidepo Valley

The place we stayed was the settlement in the distance. Kind of difficult to see in such a small picture. The lodge is the nearest settlement in the picture.

Unloading from the plane. We were only gone two nights. It looked like we had packed for a lifetime stay. A lot of it was food as we had to bring all our food in for our stay.

12 of us sitting on dining room chairs in the back of a pick up. It was definately a interesting safari especially when we came across lions, elephants and buffalo. I felt particularly exposed.

Zara our little Princess!

Bulbul the elephant who is a regular visit to the camp. As I was using the bathroom I happened to look out the window and there was bulbul looking straight back at me. It must be one of my most unique bathroom moments. Unfortunately I didn't have the camera with me in the bathroom. In the picture Simon, Joshua and Zara just coming out the bathroom.

Tim the King of the Pride

Bulbul on the wander again...Joshua and Mat also took a walk.

This was the first time we saw Zebra's in the wild. We even woke up one morning and they were grazing outside our banda.

These buffalo can be even more dangerous than lions.

Who says lions can't climb trees!

A beautiful sight watching these giraffe wander the savannah lands.

An angry Mummy elephant who was none to pleased to be separated from her baby. We were on the road, the Mummy elephant had already crossed the road but the baby hadn't. Yikes it was a bit tense for a while.

A couple of weekends ago we had the opportunity to go up to Kidepo National Park. This is the most remote park in Uganda. Simon has always wanted to visit this park since we arrived in Uganda but it hasn't been possible. Anyway an opportunity arose and we jumped on it. However, the accommodation was rather basic, a small banda with two beds in for 4 of us. Mmmm rather cosy shall we say. The lodge further up from where we were staying would have cost us $1,000 per night for the 4 of us. As it happened it only cost us $15 per night for the 4 of us at the UWA (Uganda Wildlfe Authority). It was a bit interesting at night when you needed to go to the bathroom as it was communal. The only problem being that you had to cross a grassy area, navigate round two ditches and avoid any animals that might have wandered in. That could range from buffalo, elephants, lions, jackals, zebra and goodness knows what else. I will leave it to your imagination as to how we overcame that problem. :) Enjoy the photos!