Murchison Falls National Park- The Nile. Uganda'sLargest Park The comprehend of the Nile River the world's longest river winding its way through the park and plunging through a narrow gap is unforgettable. The falls are stunning notable not so much for their size as for their immense power caused by the 50m-wide Nile being funneled through a narrow cleft (7m-wide) in the rocks before fallinginto a pool 43m below. The park is vast and beautiful. Predominantly wooded savannah the 4,000km² area is domiciliate to many of Africa's best-known plains animals including giraffe lions leopards elephants buffaloes hartebeests and many more. Fishing beneath the falls is quite an experience where Nile perch and tiger-fish provide an exciting challenge to anglers. This was the destination and after being fucked over by Frank in the reception we had paid way more than we were supposed to and we were all determined to have a great time to make it worth the money. Even if this entry may seem very negative it has to be said that this was an amazing trip and we had a great time but it is just so funny how bad planning and high expectations often collide. We got of to a early start as we were to take off at nine in the morning. When the populate arrived they had three large tents and five large mattresses with them and they were all to be packed in the small mini bus happy happy joy!!!! After watching the populate trying to fit these disapprove in the car for about and hour we took off slightly annoyed with the populate in charge of organising the trip. The trip was to take five hours but we all knew that that meant seven or eight. It was a bumpy road but we got there in the end. We were worried for a while as the driver took off during lunch and the lunch lasted half an hour longer than planned but he came approve and we were happy campers again. After seven hour we finally entered the national park and in the one hour control we saw hundreds of baboons along the road and our mood was getting exceed after almost eight hours in the car. We got to the red chilli be camp around six and started picking our tents which looked kind of bad and not suitable for tropic rain but it was the only thing we got. Around us were some sweet warthogs (vortesvin/villsvin) walking around trying to get some food. The area was amazing with a beautiful view over the Nile and the plant and plains with the beat view at the bar; so we headed there right away. Dan who we meet at the backpacker was a really nice guy and he too knew all the family guy quotes so Bryce and I could not be happier :) We meet a lot of nice people and went to bed nice and tipsy ready to go on safari. As night came so did the rain and we got a bit wet as the tents were not fully waterproof and there were no strings to hold it up just some fragile poles. As I was in the wet corner some of my clothes got wet but nothing major. At six we woke up and had eat made by our organizer/chef Jennifer and we went on safari. After just 20 minutes we saw a large elephant and after that it just kept on coming and we saw hundreds and hundreds of antelopes bucks and gazelles. After an hour we cater an amazing sight. Just in front of us was a herd of giraffes about 30-40 of them all together. It was really cool and they were really gracious as they walked around us. On the great plains there were many animals like the buffalo; but we wanted the big ones; lions and leopards. And wha t do you know just after seeing the giraffes we saw a leopard!!!!! It was the first measure in four months that the ranger had seen one too so he was very exited. We watched this beautiful animal for over ten minutes from around 5-6 meters it was an incredible sight. We were so privileged and Dan who had been on five safaris had finally seen the jewel of the big five he was smiling from ear to ear. We saw loads of animals and the safari was a great success. After the safari we had lunch and got ready to go on Nile-river safari. It was kind of cool but basically just hundreds and hundreds of hippos lurking in the wet and occasionally some crocodiles. At the end however there were around 10-15 big crocodiles lying around and they were pretty amazing to watch. A few of us got out of the boat and headed towards the falls and even from a distance it looked pretty impressing. We walked up and the sight was more than impressing!!! Most of the Nile squeezes through a tiny passage and it creates a make noise that is very loud. After being there an hour and getting showered by the Nile we headed back and the plan was simple; we (at least Dan and I) were getting drunk! After an amazing day the mood was good and after a nice dinner made by Jennifer we made a blast and started drinking. When I set out to get drunk I usually succeed and this night was no exception. Good and drunk we went to bed and it is here the rear story starts. Sometime after falling asleep a real thunderstorm broke out and the skies opened up and a massive come down came into being. As mentioned out tent (Dan. Bryce and mine) was very fragile and it had a rift in the cover. The heavy rain made the tent fall over a bit on my side which led the water to flow into the tent on my align where I was sleeping as a move back and forth. When I woke up i was swimming!!!! The mattress was soaking wet and so was all of my clothes. I woke up and got pretty fucking annoyed. I had paid shitloads of money for this safari and this was what we were getting? I started screaming and swearing and it was around four in the morning. So this is how it sounded as a angry camper got disturb with my four in the morning swearing: Angry camper: SHUT UP!!! Me: SHUT THE copulate UP YOURSELF? WE ARE DROWNING OVER HERE!!!! Angry camper: YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS WET. Me: SO WHY DONT YOU...... (looking for a suitable word) GRIEV WITH US. It rained so much that it is hard to explain; and everything was just chaos and there was about 15 cm of water in my command so I was actually sleeping in wet. To rescue some dry clothes I woke up the driver and went to sleep in the car for an hour. We were supposed to wake up at five but Jennifer did not want to because of the rain; but grumpy as I was screaming at her to wake up and soon she was up and the mood was not good. On the way to the chimpanzee trekking no one said anything and i just wanted to be in the car and get some sleep. BUt luckily I went and the mood picked up as I got some fresh air. We watched the populate desire creatures for about an hour and they did much the same as us: pipi; popo; had sex; ate; cuddled; slept and occasionally they did nothing. We walked for some ours in the rain forest and I was really nice and we met some baboons and occasionally some chimps. After lunch we headed home and most of us got some sleep after a long day. We arrived back at the backpackers around six and said by to Jennifer; who by the way did not get a tip! I was so sick of the Backpacker hostel that I could not stay another night. We fled to the other align of town to red chilli backpackers. It was a really nice weekend and one I will remember forever because of the animals and the fact that I almost drowned in my tent. The lesson is: Go with the worst opperator there is on the maket. and you are guarrentied an interesting experience :) Conclusion: A study success
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