It is 4 pm. I hope to see my favourite Africa animals, elephants, giraffes and zebra. I also love the birds.  It is not the same as all other parks.  We will see some of my faves but not all.  

Heading out to the park for our first safari here.  But first a stop for water and explanation at the Uganda Equator.  Onward we go into the large park.  We have our safari clothes and bug spray on … a hat and other protection from the sun and mosquitoes here.  The park is on both sides of the highway … we start to see animals within the park… we pull over, then back in traffic. 

We first see waterbucks grazing. Uganda Kob are national animal (Antelope family).  Impala are a bit smaller than Kob. Female Lion with cubs in the grass. Elephant group way off in distance. Pumba, warthog. Crested eagle atop tree.

We stopped at the gate.  Then enter the park and begin to drove on reddish dirt road …. Where others are watching a leopard in the tree, tail hanging down.  My camera not good enough at this distance and Gail’s just quit.  We watch with the naked eye. Back leg moves, head moves. He gets up. Lays back down. Watching from his perch. One leg on one side of branch one on the other. Through binoculars he looks so close. Fantastic. Beautiful. My first sighting. We won’t see giraffes or zebra in this park. This is a highlight sighting for sure.  The big five complete for me on this trip.  

Red neck spurfowl is a ground bird crossed the road.

Another bird on road African Wattled Lapwing. 

Off road now. Big buffaloes. Warthog. Waterbuck. While racing to see a lion close to the road we zipped by the leopard and one of the fellow guests spied the leopard now on a rock mound, no longer up the tree.  Resting.  The sun is going down …. What a beautiful sight!  Others stop to see what we are seeing.  

Large Herd of water buffalo 

Out of the park at sunset. The uncommon bush buck. 

Herd of elephants by the road in dark just after dusk. Amazing finish to today’s safari