Uganda
Uganda Gorilla Adventure Travel Vlog
Welcome to my latest adventure in the heart of East Africa – Uganda! In this blog/vlog, I’ll be taking you on an unforgettable journey through the Pearl of Africa, exploring everything from its lush national parks to its bustling cities and diving deep into the rich culture and music that make Uganda so special.
Day 10: Mburo National Park – Equator Point – Mabamba Swamp – Shoebill Boat Safari – Entebbe
So, it’s Day Ten, and the thing about Day Ten is that you’ve abandoned the idea that this trip has a coherent narrative arc. Uganda refuses to be distilled into any neatly packaged, “Eat, Pray, Love”-esque adventure story. The country, like nature itself, just is—complex, contradictory, and constantly surprising. And today, on [...]
Day 8: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – Mgahinga National Park – Golden Monkeys Trek – Bunyonyl Lake
If Bwindi was a test of your physical endurance and mental willingness to be judged by gorillas, Day Eight is where that same endurance is met with something more insidious: optimism. You’d think that after eight days of trekking through the dense underbelly of Uganda’s wildest places, you’d have learned to temper your [...]
Day 7: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – Gorilla Trek
So here’s the thing about trekking through a place like Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to see gorillas in their natural habitat: it is neither as glamorous nor as predictable as the phrase “gorilla trekking” might suggest. There’s an inherent contradiction in everything—the collision between your romanticized idea [...]
Day 6: Fort Portal – Kisoro – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Day Six started in the blurred watercolour of dawn at Fort Portal, where dew clung to everything like nature’s way of reminding you that, yes, you’re still alive, and no, you can’t go back to bed. Fort Portal has that rare combination of feeling quaintly forgotten by time while simultaneously reminding you [...]