点评:Our trip with Grassroots Adventures and our guide, Emmy, was one of the most life changing experiences! We traveled from the US with the goal of seeing wild chimpanzees and gorillas but we got to experience so much more! Emmy picked us up from Entebbe and we started our journey to three of Uganda's National Parks. Emmy is the most amazing driver and expert guide, we were so glad we didn't decide to travel on our own, it was much better with him leading us!
Our first experience in Kibale National Park was so amazing. We found the chimpanzees right away and were in a small group so we were able to observe them at a close but safe distance. We got amazing pictures and videos and will hopefully return soon as a hour allotted for tourists was not nearly long enough! Thankfully, the staff at Grassrootz has informed us of a longer viewing experience option for our next trip :)
In Queen Elizabeth National park, we got to take an awesome boat ride on the Kazinga channel to see hippos and elephants enjoying the cool water. It was a great way to get a different animal viewing experience than a typical game drive. Emmy did take us on a game drive in the park the next morning where we were lucky enough to see a leopard and the tree climbing lions - something we had not seen before on other safaris!
Lastly, we spent two nights in Bwindi to have time for a morning of gorilla trekking in the Impenetrable Forest. The gorilla experience was unbelievable and something almost indescribable. The gorillas were easy to find thanks to our expert trackers and the hike was very beautiful and full of cool plants and animals like monkeys and snails. Like in Kibale, our group was small and provided great opportunities for pictures and quiet gorilla observation. We did not want to leave the forrest!
All throughout our trip, we stayed in the most beautiful lodges and ate delicious food. Each lodge was unique but all had amazing staff and incredible views of the National Parks. Our favorite was the last lodge at Bwindi, the Buhoma Gorilla Camp, which was next to the most relaxing stream and had porches that looked out over the forest.
Our guide, Emmy, was what really made our trip special. We enjoyed learning about life in Uganda from him and how special the parks and animals are to the country. When we return, we will be asking for Emmy to guide us again! He always made sure we were comfortable in the car as the journey was sometimes long and took us to great local lunch stops!
We were so sad to head back to the airport at the end of our trip and hope to be able to return to Uganda and travel with Grassroots again in the future. Highly recommend working with Sander and the Grassroots team to plan your Ugandan adventure - it was one we will never forget! Many thanks to everyone we met, especially Emmy!
翻译:我们与 Grassroots Adventures 和导游 Emmy 的旅行是改变我们一生的体验之一!我们从美国出发,目的是看野生黑猩猩和大猩猩,但我们体验到了更多!Emmy 在恩德培接我们,我们开始了前往乌干达三个国家公园的旅程。Emmy 是最棒的司机和专业导游,我们很高兴我们没有决定独自旅行,有他带领我们感觉好多了!
我们在基巴莱国家公园的第一次体验非常棒。我们马上就发现了黑猩猩,我们分成了一小群,所以我们能够在近距离但安全的距离观察它们。我们拍到了很棒的照片和视频,希望很快能再来,因为分配给游客的一个小时远远不够!值得庆幸的是,Grassrootz 的工作人员告诉我们,下次旅行可以选择更长的观赏体验 :)
在伊丽莎白女王国家公园,我们乘船游览了卡津加海峡,看到了河马和大象在清凉的水中嬉戏。这是一种与典型的游猎不同的动物观赏体验。第二天早上,艾美带我们去了公园的游猎,我们很幸运地看到了一只豹子和爬树的狮子——这是我们在其他游猎中从未见过的!
最后,我们在布恩迪住了两个晚上,有时间在难以穿越的森林里徒步一上午观察大猩猩。大猩猩的体验令人难以置信,几乎难以形容。多亏了我们的专业追踪者,很容易找到大猩猩,徒步旅行非常美丽,到处都是很酷的植物和动物,比如猴子和蜗牛。就像在基巴莱一样,我们的团队很小,为拍照和安静观察大猩猩提供了绝佳的机会。我们不想离开森林!
整个旅程中,我们都住在最美丽的小屋里,吃着美味的食物。每个小屋都很独特,但都有出色的员工和国家公园的壮丽景色。我们最喜欢的是布恩迪的最后一家小屋,Buhoma Gorilla Camp,它位于最令人放松的小溪旁,有俯瞰森林的门廊。
我们的导游艾美 (Emmy) 真正让我们的旅行变得特别。我们很高兴从他那里了解乌干达的生活,以及公园和动物对这个国家有多么特别。当我们回来时,我们会要求艾美再次为我们做导游!他总是确保我们在车里感到舒适,因为旅途有时很长,并带我们去很棒的当地午餐站!
我们在旅行结束时回到机场,感到非常难过,希望将来能够再次回到乌干达,再次与 Grassroots 一起旅行。强烈建议与 Sander 和 Grassroots 团队合作,计划您的乌干达冒险之旅 - 这是我们永远不会忘记的!非常感谢我们遇到的每一个人,尤其是艾美!