My stay at the Eco-Farm was over. It’s hard to believe how quickly time flew by. Dennis cooked a last Spanish omelette for me and after breakfast, we took a last picture and said good bye. Then Nelson, our guide, arrived and after loading all the luggage into the car we took off.
Bye, bye Eco-Farm, thank you very much and hope to see you again!
A bit sad but still excited we left the Eco-Farm and Chopalwor behind. We stopped in Bweyale, the next town to the south, dropped Dennis and got some snacks and two boxes of water from Nelson’s shop. The first destination on our Safari was the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Kafu, which is very close to the Eco-Farm. The rhinos went extinct during the time when notorious Idi Amin was leading the country. The Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary’s goal is to reintroduce the rhinos in Murchison Falls National Park. By now, they have a population of 15 white rhinos.
After we entered the sanctuary we were introduced to our guide before we set off to some starting point where we disembarked and started our small hike. We were there with some other guys from Germany and from England. One of the German ladies was constantly blabbering which was a bit distracting. She even picked the phone an chatted for quite a while during the hike. Anyways, after a short hike we spotted the first rhino. It was pretty impressive to seeing them that close as one realises how big they are. The shoulder height of a white rhino can be 1.80 meters, which is taller than me and their weight is around 2 tons. Even though they’re so heavy they can run easily at a speed of 45 km/h, a lot faster as any human being. A few minutes later we saw some other rhinos, even a small one. It was fantastic to see them in the wild and we were happy when we walked back to where the car was parked. On the way back, one of the group members got lost when she took pictures. The guide even had to go and search for her and soon found her somewhere in the bushes…
After the lunch we continued our journey to the Budongo forest, which is part of the Murchison Falls National Park where we spent our first night at the Budongo Eco Lodge, a very cool place to stay with very nice staff and excellent food.
That was an excellent start!
one last photo before I left the Eco-Farm
after a short hike we encountered the first rhino
later we met some others
a young rhino
the bed at Budongo Eco Lodge
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