Uganda Trip-12

During the last full day that we spent in Uganda and the last day at the park, Monday, April 4, we took a boat ride the 10 1/2 miles up the Victoria Nile to Murchison Falls and then returned back. After the boat ride we went on one more safari trip as well. Spending the time at the park was a blessing to us not only because of the beauty of the park but for providing us some down time to create space for us to begin to process what we had seen in Gulu. We were aware that most of the inhabitants of Gulu would never have the opportunity to see this beautiful park with its great variety of animals.

On the boat ride we saw hundreds of hippos, many crocodiles, a lot of birds, and a good many land animals drinking on the side of the Nile. Corcodiles cool themselves by keeping their mouths open.



This is as close to the falls as we could get by boat.



During the Safari that we took during the afternoon, we came across nine lion cubs by the side of the road. The guide told us that the mothers were out hunting. We kept a wary eye out for them as we stopped and took pictures. Here is a picture that has several of them in it.


On Tuesday morning we headed out on our seven hour drive for Entebbe airport. We took a ferry across the Victoria Nile by the lodge and drove past the top of Murchison Falls.