THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW OUT OF AFRICA

- Pliny the Elder

 

DISCOVER 54 COUNTRIES WITH THE LONGEST RIVER, THE HOTTEST LOCATION, AND THE LARGEST LAND ANIMALS IN THE WORLD.

  • Benin

    I dream of a Benin that smiles and that's why I invite us to turn resolutely toward a clear future.

  • Cameroon

    Cameroon is stronger because it’s a country of conquerors, of winners.

  • Egypt

    Egypt is full of dreams, mysteries, memories.

  • Ghana

    Ghana is a Huge Grindstone, and depending on what you are made of, can Grind you down or Polish you up.

  • Kenya

    Kenya is an immense land with a capacity for healing.

  • Morocco

    In Morocco, it’s possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria will shine again if we reason together as Nigerians

  • Tanzania

    In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.

  • Uganda

    Uganda is the most diverse country in the world.

  • Tunisia

    Tunisia is always ready to turn the page.

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Jinja

Jinja camp overlooks the Nile and is focused on an adventure; offering rafting, quad biking, horseback riding, paragliding and more. It was a shame that we only had one full day at Jinja, as it meant we could only do one activity and I’d have loved to take the quad bikes out on the back roads of Uganda.

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Lake Mburo

We had another early morning and had to remember how to take down our tents, as it had been a few days. It was a few hour’s drive to Lake Mburo, but on arrival, we were welcomed by a monkey at the gate watching us whilst lounging on a tree limb.

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Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

We only had a one and a half hour hike to reach the Gorilla family, but it was steep and very muddy and very humid. All my carefully prepared gear came off, and even the shirt I was wearing became unbuttoned and dripped with sweat.

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Lake Bunyoni

After setup, we all went down to the dock for a swim. Lake Bunyoni is one of the deepest lakes in Africa, 6000 feet deep, which is a sizeable, though upside-down, mountain.

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Kasese

Another 6am departure to start the day, we collected up the other sixteen people who were joining our group and had a sausage based breakfast before I curled up on the truck, using my beanbag tripod for a pillow for an extra couple of hours sleep to get over the Safari induced hangover from the night before….

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Kampala

We set off at 6am, having gotten up at 5, glad that the beer intake had been limited. As the clothes hadn’t dried fully the evening before, some of us strung up our clothes inside the van using a long spool of string and they were still drying in the morning, leaving the van to look something like a launderette.

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Eldoret

We were up at about 6:30 am, not realizing this was going to be considered a lie-in on this trip. Typically, I don’t remember my dreams, but for some reason, when camping, they are vivid and stick with me. Perhaps all this implies is my home needs better ventilation.

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Nakuru

It was an early start but I managed to fit in a big breakfast as I was unsure what the food would be like on the trek. Entertainingly, it was clear that the rest of the people in the restaurant were also on the tour, but we didn’t know each other at this point and so didn’t talk.

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Nairobi

A final moment of African homesickness hit on my final beer when a power-cut plunged us all into darkness.

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