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Day 14 – Nairobi

Today I woke up at 5h30 and got out of the tent to the coolest morning we have had so far, it felt like only 5 degrees, during which I had to pack my tent away which was more difficult than usual since the tent poles were freezing, so as soon as I was done, […]

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Day 13 – Lake Nakuru National Park

  Today we woke up early once again to have breakfast and be ready to leave our campsite by 7 am, to Lake Nakuru. We drove for about 3 hours in our bus and stopped halfway to do some shopping and meet our new CEO, Justice who would be covering the last few days as […]

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Day 12 – Eldoret

Today we woke up at around 5:30 to leave our camp by 7, after packing our tent we hopped on to the bus, to the border back into Kenya. after 3h of driving, we arrived at the border and went through immigration to go back into Kenya, but when we got back on the bus […]

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Day 11 – Jinja

Today I was able to sleep in until 8:30 am, so I quickly grabbed breakfast before going to reception as the others were leaving on their different tours. I used my free time to FaceTime Jamie for about an hour, before grabbing a burger. After the burgers, we went down to the Quad biking place […]

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Day 10 – Jinja

Today we got up at 5h30 to pack our tents ahead of everyone for our rafting day. We left at around 6h30 and took a 2h30 journey to Jinja. Once in Jinja, we all signed up for our full day of rafting. we had a quick cup of tea before taking our breakfast onto the […]

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Day 9 – Kampala

Today we got up early, once again at 5 am, we grabbed breakfast and packed up our tents onto the bus for our journey to Kampala, where we would be staying in the same hotel we had stayed in a few nights before. After leaving at around 6h30 we drive for 3h before stopping to […]

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Day 8 – Lake Bunyonyi

Today I was able to wake up without an alarm clock at around 6h30. I managed to Skype Jamie for about an hour before breakfast, following our breakfast we went down to the hotel bar where we took a boat to see a pigmy tribe would live nearby. The boat ride took about an hour, […]

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Day 7 – Gorilla Treck

Today we woke up early as usual at around 4 am, we first had breakfast before leaving our camp at 5h30 in one of our campsites vans with another 6 people from our group, and took a 2h bus on the bumpiest roads imaginable, with what felt like no suspension. We arrived half asleep at […]

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Day 6 – Chimpanzee trecking

today was another early day, where we grabbed a light breakfast, before heading into the jungle which was next to our camp at 6:30 am, to try and see chimpanzees. We were first split into 3 groups of around 7 before heading along a slippery path in the jungle going up and down through the […]

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Day 5 – Kalinzu Forest Reserve

Today we woke up slightly later at 5h30 for another long driving day. breakfast was pancakes, I had time to pack my tent and go to reception for a bit more internet, before getting back not he bus for a 9h drive to our next destination. Our first stop was to get Ugandan money and […]

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