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- Giant Fig Tree, Kabale Forest
- Kabale Forest is home to an incredible number of primate species, including chimpanzees, who like the giant fig trees. We didn't find any chimps this time, but trees were impressive. They are parasitic, and begin growing on the trunk of a host tree, which they eventually strangle. My driver, Baker, is standing between the roots. We did see an empty chimpanzee nest. They build two nests a day and never reuse them.
(2/8/97)
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- Baker and Guide at Bwindi
- Bwindi is one of the two parks in Uganda where people can track the endangered mountain gorillas. Getting a permit is difficult, and it is advisable to begin well in advance. My permit was for Mgahinga, which is harder to get to, so I attempted to get on standby at Bwindi. It didn't work, so I just went on the waterfall walk in the forest with my driver Baker and a young guide from the village, who showed us where some gorillas had passed earlier.
(2/16/97)
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- Gorillas at Mgahinga
- I tracked the mountain gorillas at Mgahinga. There is a group of nine habituated gorillas there, including two silverbacks. Here we saw a mother and a baby. There are only about 370 mountain gorillas left in the wild. Mgahinga Park is near Kisoro, at the point where Uganda meets Zaire and Rwanda, a beautiful but politically troubled area.
(2/18/97)
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- Hippos in Kazinga Channel
- This group of hippos, including a baby, was seen on the Kazinga Channel between Lake Edward and Lake George in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Hippos were the most common animals seen on the boat ride along this channel. We saw elephants, buffalo, waterbuck, and many birds as well.
(2/19/97)
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- Hyena at Mweka Safari Lodge
- The Mweka Safari Lodge is a nice hotel overlooking the Kazinga Channel. This hyena came to visit at dinner time, as people dined on the lawn behind the hotel. I almost walked into it until someone warned me, and a waiter tripped over it later, not disturbing it much.
(2/19/97)
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- Uganda Kobs Fighting
- Baker and I took an early morning game drive through Queen Elizabeth Park. The most common animal here was the Uganda kob. Two of them are seen locking horns above a crater lake.
(2/20/97)
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