I didn’t know much about Uganda before visiting in 2019. My friends, Jeanie and Cheryl, and I had been in Rwanda for a week for a mission trip and had decided to extend our time in East Africa for a gorilla trek. But the tour company planning our itinerary suggested adding a few days to include a chimpanzee trek and a safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park. It’s quite a journey to travel from Orange County, California, to Rwanda and Uganda, so we decided to see as much as possible. And boy am I glad I did.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to 96 species of mammals and 600 bird species. There’s an estimated 5000 hippos in the park, along with 3000 elephants, and 10,000 buffaloes. I was in awe of how much wildlife we saw. Read the full travel article here.