Well our plan was to head back to camp for dinner anyway. Our bus broke down on the journey from the waterfall to camp and we had to wait around for an hour whilst they sent another one from camp to collect us. We had some fun climbing trees in the middle of the park whilst we waited but were glad to finally reach camp by the time we got there. On arrival, they greeted us and gave us a safety talk. The only thing that I remember from the entire talk was that the hippos like to come out of the water during the night and wander around the campsite, so if you hear a hippo, don’t get out of your tent! Alarm bells went off in my head at this point but thankfully I didn’t hear any hippos on either of the nights that I stayed.
Up bright and early the following morning, we began our game drive at 6.30am. We had to leave this early in order to see all the animals as they tend to hide away as the day goes on due to the heat. We managed to see a wide variety of animals including baboons, warthogs, buffalo, giraffes, elephants and lions. I think we were very lucky to see the lions as one of the guys back at the game said he had never seen a lion and had worked there for over a year. We also saw the crane which is the national bird of Uganda, but unfortunately we didn’t manage to see the leopard that the other group did. Their photos looked amazing.
After some lunch back at camp, we headed out on a boat cruise down the Nile to see the hippos and crocodiles. Before getting on the boat, everyone was scared of getting sun burnt but unfortunately the weather went the opposite way for us and it began to rain. They had to attempt to pull down the sides of the boat to keep us dry, but this proved to be a difficult task due to the wind. My contribution wasn’t much appreciated at the time as I sat and took photos of everyone fixing it, but they did appreciate them after when they could add them to their memories. We made our way down the Nile to the waterfall again and were able to see it from another angle. It was a beautiful afternoon and definitely a worthwhile trip.
Back at camp again on the Saturday evening, we sat in the restaurant and socialized with some of the new people we had met. Turns out that two of the boys we met stayed in the same hostel as us back in Kampala. This was really nice as it meant that we had made new friendships that could continue after our few days on safari. Toilet trips in the dark were also quite eventful during that evening. Tent ropes in the dark are never a good thing.
Sunday was our final day on safari when we headed to a rhino sanctuary to go rhino trekking. On route, our bus got a flat tyre so we had yet another delay but we were soon on our way. It was amazing to go on foot around the sanctuary as you felt so close to the animals. It was a little scary as the guide told us to climb a tree if one charged at us and I could not see many trees around but thankfully this was never an issue.
We made our way back to Kampala after a fun filled weekend with plenty of memories, laughs and photos to remember it forever. I’m so glad that I was able to fit this adventure in before the end of my trip.
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