Africa Wild

candles diner

papyrus

En route to Rwanda, customs takes time, much time, and we have everything you need, but coincidentally, there is something else that each of us doesn't have, a few bribes will come to end. This is a practice I do not know anything and that surprises me every time greatly

ingenious way to transport bananas


And we continue our journey, driving on the right side, yes the French have been there, in Uganda it was the English

KIGALI. We want to visit the genocide memorial in honor of my guide, Francophone, who lost 90% of his family in a few hours. But the inauguration will take place in a few days. We continue towards the volcano park.
One climbs, one is in the fog, it's cold, tonight again we will sleep in rooms, unheated We had commandeered all the available blankets

Kigali – memorial

the center

The trek is for tomorrow, at dawn ...

Guides/porters, the entire team put on foot by Dian Fossey, are already gone, to search families, three families are not too far away and my group is chosen for the family Sabiynyo, which is "only" a good hour's walk in the forest. We need gloves, there are huge nettle plants, if we have the slightest sniffle, we have to wear a mask, we have no right to "mark our territory", to make gestures like showing finger, well ... to do nothing that could be mistaken for aggression ...
The trek is costly, in 2004 us $us 300. -- That is paid to the foundation for the preservation of gorillas. We can "rent", a carrier, which will be of great help to me to help me climb. The army, armed with guns escorte us, here again we are fine targets in addition to gorillas who risk their skin, their hands are a great demand. The climb is hard, trackers, make a path for us through the vegetation. It's very cloudy, everything is wet. At some point we are asked to wait and prepare for the meeting. We will be entitled to an hour, intense minutes, we are just a few meters ... The silverback is max at 5 m. from me, wow impressive, beautiful, a little further, a mother and her baby, she will show it to us, very stealthily. About ten gorillas, are sit quietly, they eat leaves, bamboo here, do somersaults, a female seems to be in a bad mood, it is the dominant female, she has a grimacing face.

THE big male



the dominant female
a foot... in good form

the big one's hand
manicure

all has a end...

... and merit salary

En route to the final stage
We crossed again the equator and we head to Ngamba Island on Lake Victoria. They are also all orphans. They are killed for meat, like Gorillas. But now there is finally a few births. They can never be returned to the wild
We arrive at lunch time, distribution of fresh fruits. They have the same facial expressions that we, and the way they to ask for meal, is unbeatable and totally different from one Chimp to another

oY: thousand hills


en route -O ... no testing

Bec ouvert africain/Opennilled Stork
here we go :D

cute

Everything has an end, one returns to the first camp, overnight thunderstorms with heavy rain, the tents are soaked, inside a bit like a swimming pool
I always put my stuff in height, that night on the small bedside table (I never put a bag on the ground, except if I really do it OOPS) My suitcase is only a bit wet.
For most people, the suitcases are flooded. We decide to spend our last night at the hotel in Kampala, to not embark extra kilos ... for me there is no problem, I have largely jettisoned a few days before.
The next morning, we visit the zoo in Kampala, see Shoebill, Hyena, monkeys as much players as vervets ... but I have not sought the names,.... SHAME SHAME


a good way to keep "Junior" -O

tisserin
Bec en sabot/Shoebill

super huge tree
Watusi – boeuf aux grandes cornes

The end

farewell dinner
the chief (cook and game) and...
my shoes are wet
One of a drawings I bought in the sale by auction