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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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Day 4 – Kampala

Today we woke up at 4:30 and had to pack up all our tents, which was difficult considering how early it was. After doing all of that we went to the bus, where a sandwich station was made for us to prepare our pack lunch. We then had our breakfast at 5 am, where we […]

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Day 3 – Eldoret

Today I woke up at 6 am to go to the bathroom, so since it was too late to go back to bed, I rekindled the fire for a while, while using some wifi. Before breakfast, we all had to pack up our tents and help out the others, before putting all the equipment next […]

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Day 2 – Lake Naivasha

Today we woke up early to grab breakfast at our hotel before our 8 am departure. at 8 am we were able to gaze upon the bus we would be spending the next 2 weeks in, and after helping load our baggage in, I was able to choose a pair of seats to myself at […]

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