We leave Kenya and head north into Uganda. We pass straight through the capital, Kampala, and head to Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest body of water. Heading out onto the lake is just like being at sea - there’s no chance of seeing the distant shore, and it takes us over an hour to reach Ngamba Island, just a short distance from Entebbe, where we visit the chimpanzee sanctuary. As everyone is building up to the gorilla trek in a few days time, the chimps are seen as a practice run, but they’re obviously entirely different creatures and the experience turns out to be very different. We view the chimps from a high platform behind a wire fence, as the keepers lure them out of the untamed forest to feed. Comedy noises
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