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worldadventurestours-blog · 6 years ago

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Explore The East Africa And Its Beauty In 6 Different Perspectives

When people talk about bucket list destinations to visit once in a lifetime, then going on an East African Safari Tours is probably comes in mind. Africa has superb the scenery from desert to delta to rain forest to plains and the savannah, to magnificent mountains and spectacular beaches – that’s why people get motivated to Visit Africa At Least Once In Their Lifetime.

Some Highlights Of East African Safaris are:

African Safari Tours

Climbing And Trekking Tour

Beach Holidays

Gorilla Trekking Tour

Volunteer Program

Honeymoon Tour

African Safari Tours

We have a list of five most renowned & favourite wanderlust countries for holidaymakers, who are ready to go for an African Safari at very short notice. Such Countries are:

Tanzania

Kenya

Uganda

Rwanda

Ethiopia

Climbing And Trekking

The move to mountains in Africa like can be sensational, dull and knee-trembling. The Mountains are:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Meru

Mount Kenya

Beach Holidays

Zanzibar Beach Holidays are having the top rated beaches as Zanzibar receives maximum numbers of tourists from all over the world. Zanzibar Beaches attracted the below to spend their holiday….

Sumerians

Assyrians

Phoenicians

Arabs

Chinese

Malays

Gorilla Trekking Tour

Spectacular scenery and an amazing wildlife feature Gorilla Trekking Tours to find natural habitat. The Best East African Countries To Track Gorillas are….

Uganda

Rwanda

Attend Some Of Volunteer Program

Volunteer Program plays a vital role to enhance community economic development especially by supporting vulnerable groups in the community such as

Orphans

Maasai women group

Porters

Honeymoon Tour

African attractions can satisfy a wide range of guests throughout the entire year with numbers of Honeymooner. Best East African Destination To Enjoy Your Honeymoon Tour are:

Tanzania – Zanzibar Beaches

Uganda – Lake Bunyoni

Rwanda - Lake Kivu

Kenya - Nairobi

Hence African Safari is going to be a roller coaster ride for you. You will be going to snap, record & memorize the best moments of life. Hence, it will be better to visit worldadventurestours.com & know more about the destinations & the packages. If interested, then, please book the one that suits your interest.

#East African Safari Tours #East African Safaris #African Safari Tours #Climbing And Trekking Tour #Beach Holidays #Gorilla Trekking Tour

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ijourneyafrica · 6 years ago

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October 2017

On the bus in Ntungamo, on the way to Kable, where I would take a taxi to meet a boda man, who then drove me to the lake where I got in a dug-out canoe and rowed myself to my final destination at Booya Amagara on Lake Bunyoni

#ntungamo #Uganda

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nebsabroad-blog · 7 years ago

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Holiday from holiday - Gorillas

Much like safari (see below), going to see the mountain gorillas is something that has been spoken about by nearly every person we’ve met since Rwanda. Again this has meant the anticipation level had been built to a level that could only ensure disappointment. Luckily this turned out not to be true.

The thing about seeing the gorillas is that like safari you can do it in many places and with innumerable different options, leading to the sinking feeling that someone, somewhere is doing the same thing as you but having a much better time whilst doing it. You can see them in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda, within those countries in different locations, and within those locations you can stay in any number of lodges. And so of course you’ll meet travellers who’ll tell you that if you don’t see the gorillas in X country and throw in the accompanying trek to some beauty spot you’re an idiot.

The other thing about seeing the gorillas is that it is really really expensive. The cheapest place to track them is in the DRC at about $300/350, a significant discount no doubt given because as well as coming across a gorilla you may bump into a militia who wouldn’t think twice about kidnapping/shooting you. However the risk is relatively low and so I quite fancied doing it there but Ariel vetoed me insisted that a saving of $250 was paltry compared to my life, which was one of sweetest things she’s said to me all this trip, if not ever. I wanted to argue that actually if they shot me the UK Civil Service death in service benefit was really quite generous. However I couldn’t remember if this would be paid out whilst I am on career break and so conceded that we should opt for the safer option.

The safer option was Rwanda or Uganda. Rwanda just doubled the price of their permits (see below) and so we were left with here. And so before embarking on the trip I dropped $1200 on a pair of permits. To put the cost in context we paid the same amount for a 3 days safari where we saw the big 5 plus every other animal you could hope for (except a gorilla).

We set off from Lake Bunyoni to the awesomely named Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest. Let me tell you though that this name is false advertising because we 100% penetrated it. We penetrated that rainforest good.

We arrived at our very basic lodge where we - as per nearly the whole of our trip - were completely alone. This lack of human interaction on our travels has been a bit of a (bed) bug bear for us. Therefore imagine our excitement when after an hour of sitting (in silence) at the lodge we saw the shape of a young trendy couple descend the steps into the grounds. Ariel whispers to me in a Delboy-esque manner “play it cool Jeremy. Just play it cool” The couple then see us and acknowledge our existence with a nonchalant head nod. Heeding Ariel’s advice we respond by shouting in unison “HELLO, HELLO!!!” and waving enthusiastically. Real cool.

Despite our desperation (or due to a lack of any other options) we got friendly with the couple, Xiao and Vera who it turns out live in London. And so we had some buddies for the gorilla trek.

The next day at the gorilla tracking, all the people with permits for that day (about 50 of us) are briefed that finding the gorillas could take up to 7 hours of walking and there is no guarantee. We are split into groups. Ourselves, Xiao and Vera are kept together and are accompanied by a fit middle aged couple and then two ancient Europeans of unknown provenance, who spoke little English and got out of breath walking the ten metres from the briefing area to where our guide was waiting. Alarm bells ringing, the guide asks if anyone would like a porter for $15...Ariel points at the geriatric mittel-European and shouts “she’ll have one”. I said to Ariel that it was a bit off you volunteering her for a porter, I don’t even think she understands she has to pay extra for them. Ariel says “did you see her?!”

we paid $1200 for this and might need to walk for hours. I’m not having it ruined by those two not being able to keep up.”

So we set off on our walk ready for at least a 3 hour trek through the “impenetrable” rainforest. Literally 10 minutes later the guide stops us and tells us that the gorillas are behind the next tree. We walk through the thicket and then, nothing. We start looking into the distance, straining our eyes trying to spot the animal. The guide says “no not over there” but “there” and points to a bush right beside us and literally two metres away sitting under a tree is a massive silverback, staring at us whilst eating fruits he was plucking from the tree.

I’ve tried numerous times to write out what happened over the next hour but I couldn’t find the words to do justice to the experience. What I can say is that I couldn’t imagine spending $600 on any activity (including gorilla tracking) that lasts only an hour and at the end thinking “yeah that was value for money” but I now would pay even more. It was magic.

At one point a toddler gorilla came over and sat in the lap of one of the guys in our group (never been so jealous of anyone). At the end the family moved on leaving one adolescent male behind, when he decided to catch up with the rest he walked past our entire group, veered over to Ariel and actually kicked her (leaving me to wonder if she had also been moaning to him about putting his dirty pants in the laundry basket and not the floor).

Just thinking back to that hour gives me shivers. And the best thing about it is that we did the tracking on Christmas Day. It was hard not to think of everyone back at home making do with dry Turkey and the Queen’s speech while we spent the day in the Ugandan rainforest tracking mountain gorillas.

#gorillas #uganda #gap year #gapyear #travelling #travel #gorillatrekking #hiking #christmas #christmas day #traveling

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fibertuganda · 7 years ago

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More of life in Uganda

Both Rob & I’s parents came out together to visit us in Uganda in January. They spent the first few days of their trip with us here in Kisiizi; it was lovely to share our Ugandan lives with them, & for them to meet all our new friends. By coincidence a lot of the other volunteers’ parents were also visiting around the same time, they enjoyed meeting each other & discussing their shared experience of having children volunteering in Uganda. One evening during our parents time in Kisiizi I invited all the Ahumuza staff round for a Scottish themed evening, it was nice to spend some time with my colleagues outside of work, & for them to meet my family, & to experience some of my culture; the haggis which my parents had smuggled in was a big hit with everyone. We even took them to Kisiizi Hospital to show them where we work, which is something you would never be able to do at home. They particularly enjoyed visiting the paediatrics ward & handing out balloons to the children, which brought big smiles to both their faces, & those of the children. We then sent them off to go on safari whilst we went to work, before we all met up again at Lake Bunyoni at the end of their trip. We enjoyed a relaxing few days, at Lake Bunyoni hearing our parents reflections on their trip; we were relieved to find that they had thoroughly enjoyed the trip we had planned for them ...& that there hadn’t been any disagreements. We went on a boat tour of Lake Bunyoni which included visiting punishment island; this is where in the past unmarried, pregnant girls would be left to die. Our tour guide was the grandson of one of the few survivors of punishment island, after she was saved by a passing fisherman who she went on to have a long & happy marriage with. We were honoured to go & visit this extraordinary women, & hear about her experience on punishment island, as part of our tour. She & her family gave us the most amazing welcome, with all the generations performing traditional songs & dances for us.

We debuted the outdoor cinema for Home Alone on Christmas Eve, & since then it has become a regular occurrence; we have shown lots of blockbusters & had lots of satisfied customers. All viewings come complete with fairy lights, bunting, campfire, snacks & mulled wine. One showing had the added excitement of a heavy downpour partway through that we all had to make a mad dash indoors for.

Kisiizi Hospital faced some challenges while we were there. It was found that some members of staff had been stealing from the hospital, leading to several people being charged, which was really sad. Interestingly with it being such a small hospital all of this played out in full awareness of all the staff. The hospital also faced some financial difficulties with reduced government funding, & decreased amount of donations from the UK, due to Brexit, which unfortunately led to some members of staff being made redundant, including some we had developed friendships with, which was really difficult.

#LakeBunyoni #PunishmentIsland #KisiiziHospital #Kisiizi #Uganda

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themuzungos-blog · 7 years ago

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Uke 45

6.-12. november

Nina

Ok på tide med ny oppdatering over uka som gikk! På mandag bestemte vi oss alle for å dra tidlig til mandagsmøte på YAWE kl ni. Vi gjorde det egentlig mest fordi lederen av K4C (huset vi bor i og organisasjonen vi tilhører) er litt skummel og vi vil vise at vi faktisk gjør noe til gagns. Etter mandagsmøtet hadde vi et lite møte med George, der vi snakket om våre siste dager som er neste uke. I tillegg til presentasjon av prosjektet vårt på mandag, skal vi underholde noen tenåringer i et fengsel på tirsdag, som er siste ordentlige dag på YAWE. Onsdag bruker vi til å pakke og roe ned, og torsdag går ferden til Rwanda for meg, Siri og Nathalie.

Etterpå splittet vi oss alle opp hver for oss for alle hadde forskjellige ærender. Siri skulle veksle dollarne til ugandiske shilling i banken, Karoline skulle fikse ny mobil og ringe hjem, Nathalie skulle ordne papirarbeid på YAWE så kjøpe sengeteppe, og jeg skulle være med hårtreneren for å finne hår extension som ligner på mitt hår. Hun sa at jeg hadde den vanskeligste fargen noensinne, da vi ikke fant noe hår som ligner på mitt brune. Vi måtte ta til takke med å blande blondt og kaffebrunt. Etterpå flettet hun det og nå er det kjempelangt i to fletter.

Tirsdag måtte Karo dra til politistasjonen rett ved siden av oss igjen, for å sjekke om de hadde fått ræva i gir med å gi henne offisiell kvittering med stempel. De hadde de ikke. Politimannen sa at de måtte dra til hovedpolitistasjonen lengre unna fordi han ikke hadde penger til å sende filene dit, og hintet om at Karo måtte betale for bodaen dit. Han sa det ble 1000 shilling.

Så da dro de da, Karo og politimannen på en boda. Da de kom frem ga Karo han 1000, og da sa sjåføren «nei nei» og da sa politimannen «nei det er 4000��. Karo argumenterte at han sa 1000 tidligere, men politimannen sa at det var ett tusen per pers og at hun måtte betale for begge og returen tilbake. Så da betalte hun da. Han fulgte henne inn på stasjonen og hun purret på de så de kunne prioritere saken litt. Da hun gikk ut forventet hun at politimannen hadde ventet på henne, siden hun hadde betalt for de begge og alt. Men neida, han hadde dratt han… Så da måtte hun ta den tilbake alene.

På ettermiddagen var det tid for bursdagsfeiring av masterstudent Rosaline. På mange plakater rundt hele huset hang det «Rosaline 30», selv om hun faktisk ble 29, men det stod det bare med liiiten skrift nederst «om 365 dager»

Planen var at det skulle komme et par damer å lage mat rundt tolv, men de dukket ikke opp før kl fire, som var en time før gjestene skulle komme. Det var invitert nærmere 20 stk, men jeg tror på et tidspunkt det var en del flere. Maten ble servert litt over halv åtte, og det var verdt å vente på! Hushjelpen ønsket at vi skulle bruke hennes kyllinger vi besøkte tidligere, og vi kjøpte tre som hun hadde forberedt og plukket fjøra av.

Etter maten ble det kake og bursdagssynging på fire forskjellige språk: engelsk, spansk, norsk og rutooro. Etterpå ble det dans på det bittelille dansegulvet, men det var veldig artig, og Karo var super fascinert over rumpa til hushjelpen som hun klarte å twerke (røre på bare rumpemusklene hit og dit, for den eldre garde som leser denne bloggen) som bare det!

Onsdag hadde vi bestemt oss for at vi skulle være flink å dra ut av huset for å jobbe med prosjektrapporten vår. Det var en god idé (min idé tjohei), for vi kom et godt stykke på vei og Siri og jeg følte oss ikke lenger så umotivert ovenfor oppgaven. På kvelden dro Karo, Siri og jeg ut med Karo sin venn for å spise litt streetfood. Han tok oss med til en matperle av en streetfood-gate der vi aldri hadde vært før. Synd vi oppdaget det så sent da oops. Mens vi stod og ventet på maten kom det en småberusa fyr bort til oss og stilte seg bak Siri. For å få han vekk ga jeg han et spidd med litt geitekjøtt på og vi gikk. Plutselig dukket han opp igjen og spurte hvor mye Siri kosta for en natt. Da ble vi sure, men det er vanskelig å reagere for mye på slikt. Karo sa «what the fuck, go away!». Og samme som da fyren kleip Karo og meg i rumpa, så stod folk rundt og lo.

Da vi var hjemme bestemte jeg å ta fatt en vond tå jeg har hatt de siste dagene. Jeg hadde sett at lilletåa hadde vært skitten rundt i det siste, og det hadde ingen av de andre, men i dag oppdaget jeg at det faktisk ikke var skitt, men blod. Så da begynte jeg å pirke med en desinfisert negleklipper mens Siri holdt lommelykta og Karo stod ved siden av og så på. Plutselig poppet det ut tykt hvit puss og Karo nesten kastet opp der hun stod. Hun sprang ut av rommet og borte var hun resten av kvelden. Så, det viste seg at jeg hadde fått infeksjon i lilletåa helt plutselig, men et par bakepulver-fotbad, pyrisept og en liten antibiotikakur gjør nok kål på den.

Torsdagen skulle vi igjen være produktive, denne gangen for å arbeide med presentasjonen på YAWE på mandag. Karo var i tillegg invitert tidlig på dagen til en venninne fra dansinga. Det var visst nok en mye mer formell affære enn først antatt, med både mat og møte av hele slekta. Vi hadde også planlagt en viktig samtale med veileder Signe kl 17 ugandisk tid, og vi stressa rundt i byen for å se etter wifi. Det endte med at vi var over 15 min forsinka og jeg måtte bruke opp resten av internett jeg har kjøpt til meg selv. Uttrykket mitt i dette bildet sier alt:

I helga danset Karo i bryllup. Det var bryllupet til noen bekjente av en av danserne, og Karo briljerte som vanlig. Siri og Nathalie var frivillige stod og heiet på maratonløpere og viste de hvor de skulle gå. Men skit i deres helg, dette er mitt innlegg og helt ærlig, ingenting kan toppe helga jeg har hatt! Dette var nemlig helga for gorilla trekking.

Min fredag begynte kl ni med lang kjøretur sørover mot Bwindi nasjonalpark som har gorillaer. (Det er bare 700 fjellgorillaer igjen, og 300 av de er i Bwindi. Resten er fordelt på Rwanda og Kongo.)

Sørover bestemte tour guide Bosco seg for at vi (jeg + et koselig svensk par) skulle ta den lengre naturskjønne veien mot parken. Og skjønt var det. Lenger og lenger opp kjørte vi, og jeg fortsetter å bli overrasket over at folk bor OVERALT i Uganda. Jeg lar bildene snakke for seg selv her:

Én ting jeg ikke blir til å savne med Uganda er all den kristne ballademusikken de liker å spille, spesielt i biler. Bosco kjørte og nynnet med til kjærlighetssangene om Jesus, mens jeg og det svenske paret (Sofia og Martin) satt og vrei oss. Plutselig så jeg at det begynte å ryke fra kassett-anlegget hans, og jeg roper ut «your car is on fire!». Viste seg at det var det hjemmesnekra høyttaleropplegget hans med usb-musikk som sa takk og farvel. Vi passasjerer var ikke akkurat triste for stillheten vi fikk :)

Ok, tilbake til det viktige! Gorillaer! Lørdagen startet med en nydelig utsikt ut av teltet mitt, og jeg kjente på meg at dette ble en bra dag.

Vi kjørte ned til der gorillatrekkinga skulle være, og fikk informasjon om dagen. Guiden sa blant annet at hvis du plutselig ikke klarer å gå til gorillaene pga dårlig helse eller illebefinnende, så har de noe som heter ugandan helicopter som er 6 stk som bærer deg gjennom bushen på en båre. Det kostet mellom 250-300 dollar alt etter hvor tung man er. Hjølp. Jeg har jo astma, og har betalt en god del for å møte gorillaene, så det eneste jeg tenkte var jeg SKAL komme meg gjennom denne jungelen på egen hånd.

Det klarte jeg. Etter en time intens trekking, først på en ok sti, men mesteparten offroad i bushen der fremstemann brukte machete for å kutte seg gjennom jungelen, var vi endelig fremme. Jeg skjønte ikke en gang at vi var fremme først. Guiden pratet på at nå kunne vi spise for det fikk vi ikke lov til etterpå, og vi kunne ta frem kamera nå. Jeg spurte «Are the gorillas close?» og guiden lo litt og sa «yes very close, there’s one right next to you». Akkurat da hørte jeg det raslet i buskene ved siden av meg og jeg bøyde meg ned og der lå det jaggu en gorilla og kosa seg med mat.

(ikke se på det harry uttrykket mitt, men se hvor nært jeg er!)

Så var det én time der vi satt 2 meter unna sølvrygghannen (som er lederen) og var veldig nært flere av de andre 11 i flokken. Det var helt ubeskrivelig fantastisk, definitivt en uforglemmelig opplevelse å ta del i.

Den timen sammen med gorillaene gikk altfor fort og før jeg visste ordet av det skulle vi gå tilbake. Siden stien vi startet fra gikk rett ned, var det så klart rett opp med en gang vi kom ut av tjukkjungelen. Astmaen min var en plage men jeg kom meg helberga gjennom det og fikk diplom og greier.

Veien nordover igjen var også veldig nydelig. Vi stoppet ved et utsiktspunkt, og det er det siste jeg husker for jeg var så trøtt og sliten at jeg sov resten av veien.

Da jeg våknet var vi fremme med Lake Bunyoni, og det var på en liten øy med bare et hotell vi skulle tilbringe natta. Vi tok en båt i 20 min til vi kom frem til øya. Det var en intim koselig liten øy, som var et perfekt sted å slappe av etter en intens dag med mange inntrykk.

Søndag kjørte vi tilbake til Fort Portal. Mot slutten hørtes bilen ut som den holdt på å falle sammen over enhver liten hump. Får håpe den klarer å kjøre oss til Mbarara på torsdag. Da vi kom frem satte jeg med en gang i å lage muffins til fremføringa vi skulle ha dagen etter. Jeg er en idiot som ikke tenkte på å ta bilder av selve muffinsene, men dere får bare stole på at var gode.

Takk for meg!

#nina

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lakebunyonyirockresort-blog · 7 years ago

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Lake View Resort- A Night In It Brings You The Raw Ugandan Beauty

Have you ever been to Uganda: the pearls in Africa? Have you ever spent a night in a Lake View Resort: the resort that exists on the bank of the lake Bunyoni. Why tour makers rush for holidaying? Not only for the Gorillas but Uganda is traditionally great for its exotic scenic beauty that God has stored in it’s impenetrable forests, blue water of the lake Byuniyoni surrounded by the lush green hills and mountains, different species of birds, some endemic and some not with the teeming free roaming African animals those are untamed and wild make it a world destination.

Spending a night in one of the Lake View Resort or cottage standing in the bank of Lake Byuniyoni is awe-inspiring. No place can be more enchanting than this during sunrise and sunset. Just imagine, you are on your bed in an winter morning, watching to the deep blue water of the lake, the smoke is rising up from the water, people are rowing the boats with the loads of stuff or visitors, a shower of cool morning air is greeting you to come out to balcony with hot coffee and to watch the meeting points of horizon and hills, while the small birds will be clamouring sitting on your balcony railings. And just then you are getting back from your immersion with the nature by the call of your guide for the day’s schedule. What can be a more exciting way to enjoy the holiday than this?

The Lake View Resort services have always been of best quality and up to the mark of international standard. The resorts have hospitable attendance starting from room cleaner to the manager and it provides the customer care services regularly on a basis of 24x7 hours a week. You can have all sorts of European treatment here starting from wifi to the hot water with food; you must say “wao, excellent”. The English speaking guides would take you deeper into the African beauty, majesty and mystery that is still untouched and undiscovered.

Get connected with some of the reviews that our customers have left for us the “Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort” or you can say the Lake View Resort before selecting us for your next vacation to Uganda.

JGERMAY

I was staying in the resort when it was still being build but still it didn’t make any difference Robert and his wife where so nice and welcoming. The place is a little far from all the other attractions in the lake but that is a good thing!! It’s so relaxing and it’s allot less crowded then all…

STRAAHL

This place still wasn’t fully opened when we stayed there, but we ended up there when we booked the gorilla trekking with Engagi Safaris. The place itself was really good. The view breathtaking, the friendly staff, the food. The cottages, that weren’t finished, will probably be amazing when the resort finally opens! Our single rooms were simple, clean and with…

Basiima Robert is a great name in Uganda tourism. Just drop him a mail to make your tour a life time achievement. E mail here: [email protected]

#Lake View Resort #Relax In Comfort #Uganda Resorts

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