The beautiful shore of Lake Victoria near Entebbe
Golf View Hotel in Entebbe - the group's meeting place
The hotel's garden restaurant
Here were our rooms
The bicycle stored safely
in the room
Storks everywhere
Entebbe golf course near our hotel
Birds (and animals) seem to
live with people - not apart
Our first common dinner: thoughtful Patrick, Brian, Max
Dale & Marie ready to
start towards Kampala
Our guide Patrick Tusiime
from Fort Portal
Clement Hill Hotel, our
place in Kampala
Birds in the City
Uganda parliament
Kampala's huge Hindu Temple
Kampala's Railroad Station
Passenger information
from an other era
A far cry: all aboard to
Nairobi and Mombasa!
freight only
At Kampala bus station
Arrival at Fort Portal in
Western Uganda
Fort Portal town center
The town's mechanical center
Patrick's bicycle o.k. again!
En route to Kichwamba,
north of Fort Portal
At Patrick's home: his
mother and sisters
At Mpora Family Guest
house where we slept
Beautiful rural Uganda
At the Mpora farm
Interesting lookout. Not
far away is Lake Albert
Turning south again on comfortable dirt road
Entering Crater Lakes Area
south of Fort Portal
Many of them were formed
by volcanic activity
Paradise?
Lake Nyinambuga
Ndali Lodge high above this lake
Towards Kibali National Park
Marie making friends with
(tame) Chimpanzee
Kibali National Park
Ranger station
Our chimpanzee tour
with Guide Ruth
Thick rain forest
Wild coffee plant
Max and Brian in search
of chimpanzees
Chimpanzees in the trees
Beautiful big trees
At Safari Hotel at Nkingo
Our bungalows nicely furnished
Mr. Charles Lubega, Mgr.
and wife (?)
Tea fields
Our next hotel at another
splendid lake:
Lake Nyabikere
Garden restaurant at CVR Hotel
A hotel bungalow
Room with mosquito net bed
A beautiful ride through
Uganda highlands
No termite's mound but
volcanic rock
The high Ruwenzori Mountains
in the background
Max walking through lush nature
Uganda is successful in
preventing AIDS!
Iruhuura Church in
beautiful setting
Cassava plants
Brian, Marie and Ajay
For a change: a narrow path
A hard working banana cyclist -
we saw many of them
Bananas are an important
cash crop
Downhill from the highlands
to the plain
At the main road Fort
Portal to Kasese
Splendid view towards old volcanoes
Crossing Mubuku River
near Kasese
Arriving at The White
House Hotel, Kasese
At the Kasese railway station
My city guide Girivazio
Diligent hotel employees
Annet (l) and Stellar
Bicycle repair shop at
Kasese; Spectators
Kasese with impressive mountains
Cotton field
Crossing the Equator
Northern entrance of
QE National Park
Nature here is getting drier
At Kazinga Channel
connecting Lake George ...
... to Lake Edward
Mweya, our next goal for that day
Looking past the Channel
towards L. Edward
Wonderful animal viewing
from the boat ...
Our fellow passengers on the boat
Fishermen
End of our boat trip!
Another glance over the
Channel towards L. George
Lunchtime at Tembo Canteen
Same spot
Domesticated animals?
Patrick, Brian, Ajay on the road again
Taking the main road again: bridge over Kazinga Channel
Another crater lake
Our lodging at Ndeke
Diligent housemen Brian,
Max, Dale & Hansruedi
Walking through the
Ndeke fields ...
.. lots of children are never far
Brian and Ajay racing
towards Kashenyi ...
.. reaching the highlands again
Nice views as every day!
Now we shall visit a tea
factory at Ankole
Background: the primary school sponsored by the factory
The factory owned hospital
Arrival at our hotel at Kashenyi ..
... pretty much guarded
Now on the hard ride to Rukungiri
Arriving at Rukungiri
Our hotel: Ijumo Resort Hotel
Our rooms
Rukungiri Mosque
Rukungiri Church
Today a hazy day
bringing some rain
Patrick at wayside hot springs
The ride today is rather
rough, the countryside rich
All kinds of Christian Denominations
Arrival at Kasizi, southernmost point on our trip
Brian at hospital guest
house bungalow
Kisizi Waterfalls of
really tropical character
This view might be in
Europe or New England
Max on last ride in dirt
territory: Kasizi to Mbarara
Ajay taking a rest
Marie, Patrick climbing as do
men with heavy milk cans
A rare view: a banana flower
On tar road: a real pleasure!
Resort at Lake Victoria a
few miles from Entebbe
Done! and a beer in the restaurant garden at Entebbe
our nice waitress
In the Entebbe Zoo
At last we encounter a chimpanzee from close
baboons
And in the Botanical
Garden nearby
On the shore of Lake Victoria
Again in the Botanical
Garden of Entebbe ...
displaying big trees ...
... and beautiful colors ...
Good bye!