So this weekend the interns took a 4 day trip out to Queen Elizabeth National Park. It is about an 8 hour drive out of Kampala and on the border of the Congo. We left at 6 in the morning. The drive was very relaxing, we drove out in a poptop van, and i had a whole seat to myself. On the way to Queen Elizabeth, we stopped at the equator. I stood in the North and South Hemisphere at the same time! Then we drove through another smaller national park where we saw Zebras(did not hae those at queen), and Uganda cranes (really beautiful birds). We arrived at our lodge, it was absolutely goregous and had a breathtaking view! We left shortly after we arrived to go on a game drive. We drove around the park and saw, cob, impala, warthogs, water buck, buffalos, and many birds. Then as we were leaving we saw a group of cobb just staring at this one bush, we drove over there and there was a female lion eating her prey! we were only about 20 feet away, it was crazy! That definetly made our day.
The next morning we had a delicious breakfast and then went on another game drive. This time we saw a whole herd of lions! (8, 5 females and 3 cubs). They were further away in the grass but still amazing. Then we got stuck for over an hour in a traffic jam on a muddy road where everyone was going to see the herd of lions. Then we went to another goregous lodge for lunch (and nap time). It also had an amazing view of the lake.
Then we went on a boat ride and saw lots of hippos and buffalos!
However after all that we still did not see a Elephant, and selfishly i was disappointed. How can i come back from Africa and not be able to tell Joe i saw a Elephant. We drove around looking for them with no luck. Then as we were leaving we came to an overlook and sawa 30 elephants in the valley below! it was amazing! and as we kept driving and we spotted elephants closer and closer to the road until we saw four only about 50 feet off the road.
Once we left the park and got gas we met Phil (our boss) and Steven (head of security and HR of EMI). In a town about 15 minutes away. Steven's family is from here and he owns a house in the village. In their culture, he tradition is that when you get married you also build a house in the village, that way if you ever go to visit, you have a place to stay. We stayed in a local hotel that night.
Being in the park was just overwhelming! Gods majesty was just bursting out from everywhere, each overlook was more beautiful then the next. It is truly amazing that God created all this, he is worthy of all our praise.
More to come soon, i did not want to overwhelm in one post!
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