Wednesday 31 October 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Final dinner in Entebbe!
Team Uganda are enjoying their final supper in Entebbe after a long journey south today from Murchison Falls. They will shortly be heading for the check in desks at Entebbe airport in preparation for their nine hour flight home!
Monday 29 October 2012
Team Uganda en route to ZIWA Rhino Sanctuary...
Inspire Update:
Team Uganda 2012 left the Red Chilli Rest Camp at 6.30am (local time). They have now left Murchison Falls National Park (2 hour drive from accommodation to the National Park exit) and they are nearly in Masindi on their way to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.... see link below...
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| Approaching the urban area of Masindi in North-West Uganda |
Rhinos at Ziwa
GAME DRIVE & MURCHISON FALLS
Team Uganda 2012 had an early start this morning starting with a game drive through the park, viewing animals very much in their natural environment and searching for movements of animals through the long grass on either side of the safari tracks.
This afternoon they have been to Murchison Falls (a geography paradise), also known as Kabarega Falls. At the top of Murchison Falls the Nile forces its way through a 7 metre gap in the rock and tumbles 43 metres through the gorge before flowing west into Lake Albert. It is hydraulic power... in action!
The group have seen hippos, elephants, giraffes and crocodiles to name a few animals!
The group went on a boat trip close to the falls (see image below) and it was 'awesome!' What a great way to finish off a sensational expedition!
This afternoon they have been to Murchison Falls (a geography paradise), also known as Kabarega Falls. At the top of Murchison Falls the Nile forces its way through a 7 metre gap in the rock and tumbles 43 metres through the gorge before flowing west into Lake Albert. It is hydraulic power... in action!
The group have seen hippos, elephants, giraffes and crocodiles to name a few animals!
The group went on a boat trip close to the falls (see image below) and it was 'awesome!' What a great way to finish off a sensational expedition!
Boat Safari to the base of Murchison Falls
Murchison Falls
Message for Parents - Return time to LP....
It is still a couple of days away, but we anticipate that Team Uganda 2012 will return to Field House car park at school between 8.45am and 9.15am on Wednesday 31st October, provided there are no delays! I will post any changes or updates on this blog!
Sunday 28 October 2012
Red Chilli Hideaway!
Team Uganda 2012 have experienced a long journey up to Murchison Falls today from Jinja... 7 hours was the predicted journey time, but it was more realistically 11 hours, but remember......TIA ("THIS IS AFRICA" as we taught students before they departed LP!) The team eventually made it to the Murchison Falls National Park entrance at 3pm (local time) after stopping for lunch in Masindi and it took the group a further two hours to get into the depths of the National Park (roads were waterlogged in places due to intense convectional rainfall)!
At 7pm (UK time) I am pleased to write that all students were reported as being in their beds after enjoying supper in the restaurant (see image below), and they are now no doubt either sleeping, or listening to the sound of hippos in the distance! It will be an early start tomorrow morning! It is a beautiful setting and they certainly deserve the rest and excitement coming up tomorrow.
From Jinja at dawn to Masindi for lunch to Murchison Falls National Park this afternoon
Team Uganda 2012 arrived at their accommodation at 6.45pm (local time) this evening
The restaurant area at Red Chilli Rest Camp where the team enjoyed dinner earlier
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