Zebra on one of the islands

Trekking for Mountain Gorillas

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February 14th 2022
I just got back from a weekend of Gorilla Trekking on the border of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Congo. It was a solid 10+ hour drive from Entebbe, without any flat tires, so I opted to take a bush plane instead. The plane left at 7:30am on Friday and it was just a short 1.25 hour flight. The landscape is very different here and much cooler. We were about 2000 meters above sea level in the mountains wh ... read more

Africa » Uganda

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more