Kazinga channel boat trip with a surprise

In the afternoon we set off for a boat trip on the Kazinga Channel that connects Lake Edward with Lake George. We stopped at a luxurious lodge close to the small docks to get the tickets for the trip. Unfortunately the boat trip was cancelled due to some cancelled bookings. So we had to wait for an hour to  board the next boat. We ordered some drinks at the lodge and – surprise, surprise – found out they had a WLAN installed! After more than two weeks I could finally check my emails and send a few messages home to my friends and family. Then we went on the boat trip where. There was a guide from the Ugandan Wildlife Authority on board who introduced us to the wildlife during our trip. We’ve seen so many animals during this boat trip, it was incredible. There had been loads of different kinds of herons, eagles, pelicans and other birds but also kobs, bucks, buffalos, elephants, hippos, crocodiles… simply beautiful…

After the boat trip we were supposed to go back to the lodge but for some reason Nelson started driving very quickly passing by some beautiful animals for which he usually would have stopped to give one time to take some pictures. He just stopped for some elephants and Ugandas national birds but other than that he would just rush through the park… But Nelson would not do such a thing without reason… Was he trying to somehow compensate this morning’s not so successful game drive? But how? Uhm, was he about to trying to find lions??? – After some fast and rough driving it was slowly getting dark and then he stopped and scrutinized the horizon and then rushed to stop again in the middle of the Savannah. And there they were: a family of lions!

That’s why Nelson drove like a berserk and one could see how happy he was to have finally tracked the lions.

After a while of watching the cubs play with their mother we drove back as it was almost dark now. As we reached the main road Nelson unexpectedly stopped the car and jumped out of it grabbing the fire extinguisher as he did so. He opened the bonnet and sprayed with the extinguisher on the engine. Some other guide also stopped his vehicle to check on Nelson.Then they checked for the cause of the fire. Some electric cable’s isolation was chafed off and thus produced a short circuit. He temporarily fixed it to bring us back to the lodge for supper. He looked pretty exhausted and – before having supper – organised some rubber to insulate the wires properly. He was still pretty exhausted when he got back but still relieved.
Another great day was over… bedtime!

Lions – Check!


the docks


and some fishermen

on the way home we spotted elephants and Ugandas National bird
after some kind of rally driving, Nelson lead us to a family of lions