Dancing with Hippos

After week two in Kampala a couple of us decided to take the issue of doing a Safari into our own hands and plan. Peter and I worked out the details and four out of the 6 of us set off on Saturday to Paraa Lodge in Northern Uganda in Murchison Falls National Park. The lodge was beautiful situated on top of a large hill overlooking the Nile river. The rooms were very “lodge like” rustic but very nice. It was a nice trip away from the city (even though it took almost 6 hours each way to get there and back) There was good lodge food, traditional Ugandan dancing at night and wildlife that would walk right up to the lodge. While out dancing by the bonfire on Saturday night a hippo came up about 15 feet from our gathering, crazy stuff. The trip included a boat cruise up to the falls which included hippos, crocodiles, and cape buffalo. The next AM we did a game drive and saw a lion, many antelope, and elephant and a lot of giraffes.