We had the opportunity to take an Amazing trip to Uganda with our Fabulous NY friends Avri and Jeremy. We were originally going to visit eastern DRC but unfortunately (in so many ways) the militia/guerilla problems have gotten bad there again so it's not safe to travel there (not to mention to live there, whether you're a villager or a mountain gorilla).
Given the short lead time, busy schedules, limited vacation time, and our current rough circumstances, we decided to opt for a guided tour (for the first time in our lives). We went with Gorilla Tours and if you ever go to Uganda (and you should!), contact them. Our trip was amazing. Uganda has the most friendly people we've ever had the pleasure of knowing (everyone greets you with "You are Welcome!" as soon as they see you). And they are still fairly unused to tourists and recently getting over pretty horrible unrest (still ongoing in some areas of the north) so they seemed very excited to have us there. Plus there was that whole Ebola outbreak, so they may also have been happy to have us there at all. They also have a great range of ecosystems, including savannah (lions, warthogs, and elephants, oh my), rainforest (with 2 of the 5 great ape species and many monkey species), wetlands (crocodiles, hippos, water buffalo), literally thousands of birds, and Lake Victoria (the world's 2nd largest lake after Lake Superior). We got to visit and experience all of it, culminating in a once-in-a-lifetime trip to see half dozen of the world's 700 remaining mountain gorillas. But instead of going on and on with a trip story, we'd like to just share a few photos and a video we took.
Given the short lead time, busy schedules, limited vacation time, and our current rough circumstances, we decided to opt for a guided tour (for the first time in our lives). We went with Gorilla Tours and if you ever go to Uganda (and you should!), contact them. Our trip was amazing. Uganda has the most friendly people we've ever had the pleasure of knowing (everyone greets you with "You are Welcome!" as soon as they see you). And they are still fairly unused to tourists and recently getting over pretty horrible unrest (still ongoing in some areas of the north) so they seemed very excited to have us there. Plus there was that whole Ebola outbreak, so they may also have been happy to have us there at all. They also have a great range of ecosystems, including savannah (lions, warthogs, and elephants, oh my), rainforest (with 2 of the 5 great ape species and many monkey species), wetlands (crocodiles, hippos, water buffalo), literally thousands of birds, and Lake Victoria (the world's 2nd largest lake after Lake Superior). We got to visit and experience all of it, culminating in a once-in-a-lifetime trip to see half dozen of the world's 700 remaining mountain gorillas. But instead of going on and on with a trip story, we'd like to just share a few photos and a video we took.
