TIA - Africa at its best

TIA! This Is Africa! Usually you get a beautiful smile on top and you are able to nothing else than smile. So forget about the annoyance that bubbles up as the truck again falls silent, the showers are cold, the grass of the 'bush toilets' is not high enough and every passing car honks, the 'african massage' roads and the associated turbulence .. . The first words you learn in Swahili are also matata (no problem) and pole pole (slowly) and they are not ashamed, on the contrary ... TIA is something they are proud of.

A chance meeting, a twist of fate or predestination? 12 white people on a stark white truck constantly being addressed or earlier angeroepen by locals with the words "Mzungu (white man) how are you?" Mzungu This truck is on its way to the chimpanzees in Uganda (pearl of Africa) and the gorillas in Rwanda (the land of 1000 hills) with Nairobi as a starting point (with the nickname Nai-robbery).

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Rwanda gorilla trekking

Uganda gorilla trekking

It is impossible to enumerate everything and what I opsom is impossible to perfectly articulate what it actually was. But anyway here some impressions ...
The gorillas visit was of course a unique experience. After getting a briefing on the behavior of the gorillas, like who the dominant silverback and the importance of preserving the 7 meters between the gorilla and get yourself assigned everyone a family. The Amahoro our being, which means peace. The chance to see gorillas is virtually 100%, since trackers morning to look for the different families. After 2 hours of hiking through the rainforest, we were by the king-kong-on-the-chest-pounding sound welcomed. Then the my gorilla safari the silverback came closer to see who these monkeys were shaved. It is clearly stated that at the briefing as a gorilla gets closer, you must remain calm and certainly should not cry or run away. In theory this all sounds good ... but in reality it is something else. We were 1 hour at the family stay, after which we began the descent back to a sense of euphoria and a fantastic story.

Who says Rwanda, says (unfortunately) the Rwandan genocide in a rwanda safari. This is a very emotional experience because everything is gedocumeteerd photos and images. Disbelief that this happened so recently and the name Belgium is also several times in the museum. Then we drove to the Hotel Milles Collines (also known as Hotel Rwanda). In Uganda is the source of the Nile (where some of the ashes of Gandhi were scattered) and is also a great place for rafting. The day ended with a delicious barbecue, fresh Nile pint, burnt thighs, bruises on my wrists and an incredibly happy feeling.
In short, the first 16 days of my overland trip through were incredibly interesting people on the truck, the beautiful landscape, the trips and of course the heartwarming Africans ...

What Jason Russell Did not Tell the world

Kony 2012 is an awareness aid not aimed at painting Uganda black but to sensitize for the capture of Joseph Kony. This is made clear by the co producer of Invisible Children Jason Russell when he adds to his film ‘KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.

He further goes on and says, “If I’d ask you, who is Joseph Kony, you wouldn’t know. You should. And that’s why I’m going to tell you about him.”

Fine, Some Ugandans are happy that such a campaign is going on and this will increase chances for Kony’s arrest. However we would have been happier if the produce had done a bit more research and reported the right information to avoid misinforming his audience.

Firstly, the film falls short of giving the right geographical sense of where Uganda is. In the film, the narrator claims that Uganda is located in Central Africa. This is a very awful precedent that does not help a case for Uganda. Mindful of the fact that many people in Europe and America do not even know where Uganda is, the producer of the film should have considered and addressed this fact by providing the actual facts about Uganda. Uganda is found in East Africa and never has it ever been part of Central Africa.

Another thing that Jason did not tell the world was that, Uganda is at peace and not a war zone, and that Joseph Kony was defeated by the Uganda People’s Defence Force in mid 2006. Six year back, Kony ran to the Central African Bushes and the Uganda Peoples Defence Force together with the Uganda Government took it upon them to help the people of Central Africa to fight him.

Another fact is that even when Kony was still fighting in Northern Uganda, all other parts of the country where safe and all businesses carried on as the Government and other International bodies tried to restore peace in Northern Uganda.

We therefore urge the friends of Uganda to continue visiting our Beautiful country and appreciating nature as Kony gets sorted out in neighboring Central Africa.

For visiting uganda we offer unbeatable gorilla trekking trips to the Bwindi national park.Other great national parks include Queen Elizabeth national park , Kidepo national park , Kibale national park and many more.

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Way of Life of the Mountain gorilla Africa

Mountain Gorillas are more like humans even when it comes to grooming. As a matter of fact, it’s what they do all day long. They clean each others hair, remove lice and other small insects stuck with in.
The female gorilla is the most hardworking as it grooms its offspring’s and the silver back which is the male gorilla.
The silver back is the only one that does not groom others. It’s the most superior of all the gorillas in its family and often fights to protect them. The easiest way to identify one is that it has a silver lining in the back differentiated from the other’s which have no silver lining at all.
Even though gorillas are strong and have big bodies, they tend to stay out of trouble and often will make a lot of noise when disturbed instead of getting aggressive.All this can be discovered in any of our gorilla tours to bwindi national park
African Secrets limited is a registered safari company which is a member of AUTO and widely recognized and appreciated. We have pioneered in offering the best gorilla safaris in east Africa and surrounding countries. Our mission is to help you have a magical gorilla trekking that you will not be offered by any other tour company. Interact with us for any tour packages that you are interested in and we shall not hesitate to get back to you. Gorillas are shy and quiet. They communicate to each other by hooting, growling, chest beating, sticking out their tongue and so much more actions.

This communication is used to teach the young survival skills like how to hunt for food and get along with other gorillas in the jungle.
When gorillas retire for the night, they make nests made out of leaves and other plant materials. It is for that reason that when researchers are estimating a gorilla population, they do it by counting the nests.

At African Secrets, Our passion driven tour consultants are there for you from the planning stages of your fascinating gorilla tour until your departure. We’ll meet you at the airport help you check in to your hotel, and give you an expert introduction to the impenetrable gorilla park. While there, we ensure that you see more than you expected with the safety of our guides and porters and will be satisfied.

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