5/5 Dan CEO R. 3 years ago on Google
The
first
leg
to
Queen
Elizabeth
National
Park
was
one
of
the
longest.
We
drove
west
from
Kampala
along
a
paved
road.
After
a
while,
the
landscape
changed
and
we
saw
wetlands
and
then
large,
bright
green
hills
dotted
with
tea
farms
and
villages.
After
a
stop
in
the
town
of
Fort
Portal
for
a
snack
at
Fort
Portal
Gardens
Restaurant,
we
turned
south
and
drove
through
a
really
scary
rainstorm.
As
we
got
close,
we
saw
our
first
Ugandan
wildlife
–
an
elephant
family
in
the
bushes
just
off
the
main
road.
As
we
drove
through
the
park,
we
saw
antelope
and
warthog.
The
approach
to
Mweya
Safari
Lodge
is
stunning.
It
is
a
long,
narrow
road
that
crosses
over
the
Kazinga
Channel,
and
then
you
see
the
lodge
up
on
the
hill.
During
our
stay,
we
went
on
two
game
drives
in
our
vehicle
with
Joseph.
Game
drives
in
Uganda
national
parks
are
different
than
the
drives
we
went
on
in
Tanzania
and
South
Africa.
Visitors
are
not
permitted
to
drive
off
road,
so
this
limits
the
wildlife
viewing.
On
the
first
day
we
barely
exited
the
gate
and
saw
a
group
of
mongoose
scrounging
by
the
gas
station.
They
were
obviously
used
to
people
because
Michael
walked
up
right
next
to
them
to
take
photos
and
they
didn’t
seem
to
care.
During
the
game
drives
we
saw
buffalo,
antelope,
and
lion.
On
one
drive,
we
ended
up
at
a
dead
end
by
the
riverbank
where
we
saw
a
small
village
with
muddy
roads,
makeshift
homes,
and
free
roaming
livestock.
On
the
way
back,
we
got
a
close
up
view
of
an
elephant
family
that
was
munching
on
trees
and
decided
to
cross
the
road
right
in
front
of
us.
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