In search of wildlife

Up early and on the road for a game drive. There was actually very little game visible. We were lucky to come across a pride of lions, one sitting up in a candelabra tree and another lying in the shade, very pregnant. At 11 am we arrived at the Kazinga Channel, which joins Lake Edward to Lake George and boarded our boat for a cruise along the banks. The banks were crowded with animals and birds and the boat was able to get very close. We watched herds of elephants come down to drink and there were literally hundreds of hippos in the water. I saw two baby hippos, being carefully guarded by their mothers. Another new sighting - giant forest hog, a larger version of the lowly warthog, the earth's ugliest animal.

Up early and on the road for a game drive in Queen Elizabeth Park, a huge area of land in the Rift Valley. There was actually very little game visible. We were lucky to come across a pride of lions, one sitting up in a candelabra tree and another lying in the shade, very pregnant. Tree climbing lions are quite common in Uganda! It must be much easier to find lunch that way. 
Two hyenas also obliged us, one of them snacking busily on a red leg of something. At 11 am we arrived at the Kazinga Channel, which joins Lake Edward to Lake George and boarded our boat for a cruise along the banks. The banks were crowded with animals and birds and the boat was able to get very close. We watched herds of elephants come down to drink and there were literally hundreds of hippos in the water. I saw two baby hippos, being carefully guarded by their mothers. Another new sighting - giant forest hog, a larger version of the lowly warthog, the earth's ugliest animal.