April 4, 2025 | uganda

A magical adventure through Uganda

The flight from Kenya to Uganda is short, so short we've barely had time to enjoy the snacks provided and return our trays to the upright position before we're...

April 1, 2025 | uganda

Braving the roads to shop in Kampala

We're stuck. We've seen busy traffic before, of course. I mean, I've been to India, Julie's been to Vietnam. We know what busy roads look like...

March 29, 2025 | uganda

Trekking for gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After our stint volunteering at Amari Community Development Organisation in Buliisa, my sister and I decided we really should see more of the wildlife...

March 20, 2025 | uganda

What it’s like to volunteer at a school in Africa

I found this post difficult to write - one of the hardest I've written so far. How do you describe the feelings, the emotion, the experience of volunteering in...

March 18, 2025 | kenya , uganda , youve-been-where

Finding travel magic in Africa

Imagine looking into the eyes of a gorilla, or seeing leopards and lions in their natural environment. As Julia Morgan says, it's a magical experience that you'll never forget.

March 16, 2025 | uganda

Searching for lions in Uganda

Uganda is a country with a troubled past, it still suffers under the cloud of the Idi Amin years and for many of us the movie, the Last King...