wandering through the wilderness

 The journey to Ft. Portal, Uganda required a 5 1/2 hour bus ride from Kampala, the capitol city of Uganda. We hired a taxi in Ft. Portal to take us 44 km (about 27 miles) to The Chimp's Nest - our next hostel.

We had to drive pretty far into the darkening Kibale National Park, past all signs of civilization. The road was very full of potholes and the tires of the vehicle were very old so we drove pretty slowly and it was a bit nerve racking going further and further through a darkening jungle before reaching a small, very rural village where we turned onto a small, even worse dirt road for the final leg of our journey. It was dark by the time we arrived so we couldn't see the property. The main "lobby" area consisted of a small hut which was open to the elements. It doubled as an eating area.

Chimp's Nest sprawled across a large portion of land which bordered Kibale National Park. The guys took several opportunities to go birding all around the grounds over the course of the 2 1/2 days we stayed. We saw our first HORNBILL (Black and White Casqued Hornbill) and our second monkey (Grey Cheeked Mangaby)

 

Everyone at our hostel was so nice and it was a GREAT place to be!