SAFARI!

Jeff & Shan took us to one of their favorite Safari destinations in Uganda... Queen Elizabeth National Park. We had to drive about 4hrs away to get there but it was spectacular!! This was our first Safari (ever) and the Dycks said that it ended up being one of the best one's they'd been on! (what else are they supposed to say?!). We saw hundreds of Hippos, over 50 Elephants (our favorite!), 19 Lions, lots of Crocodile, Water-buffalo, Warthogs & Cob, 1 Leopard and 1 Hyena! ...(we even saw Zebra when we were driving home!!).

This sign cracked us up (it's posted on the road on the way to the Park!)

(Queen Elizabeth National Park - I told you... beautiful!!)

We went on a 2hr Boat Safari! We had a driver & a guide all to ourselves! Very Cool.

Countless Hippos!!

The Elephants were amazing! Some were 10 ft away from us, and a couple

even made noise at us when we got too close! (Jeff was a GREAT guide

... got us in as close to everything as he could!)

Jeff drove us off track a couple times... and we ended up very "up close & personal" with many Lions! The first time there were only 2... the last time was at dusk and we drove right into 2 different Prides of Lions! We enjoyed watching them so much that by the time we left them it was so dark out that we could only see their red eyes glowing in the headlights!!! CRAZY!

We stayed somewhere J&S had never stayed b4... the Bush Lodge. It was so neat. We stayed in permanent tents on the Kazinga Channel, where we could watch Hippos from our veranda during the day (and hear them munching grass outside our huts at night!!). ...we had a Night Guard who wouldn't let us out of his sight!!

(cool outdoor shower/backyard behind each tent ...all lit up with lanterns in the evening).