Chimpanzee

Queen Elizabeth Park

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December 29th 2010
We assembled early Wednesday morning at a friend’s house with mimosas before the eight of us piled into the tour guide’s safari truck. We drove several hours before coming to the border crossing with Uganda and continued on a short cut to the outskirts of Queen Elizabeth Park. We stayed at the Katara Lodge, which had several thatched roof cabins. The top half of the walls were made of screen ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Queen Elizabeth NP

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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