Did a full day’s drive with an overnight stop in a fancy hotel in Mbale to soak up the joy of a really hot shower funnily enough this was cheaper than our Safari tent at Murchison Falls but then it didn’t have the visiting hippos.
This morning we drove to Sipi falls near Mount Elgon. We are now in Eastern Uganda, with just the mountain between us and Kenya’s rift valley. The views are endless miles and miles of Ugandan plains disappearing into the distance below us. We opted to do the “3 waterfalls in 4 hours walk” taking a guide with some trepidation after the last experience.
A fairly unpromising start as it rained heavily about 2 mins into the walk and continued for the next 45 mins. It wasn’t cold and once you are wet you kind of get used to it, in any case it eases the shock of the spray from the falls. The rain stopped at some point although not really sure when as I was having a fantastic day. We climbed up hills , we climbed down to waterfalls, through forests, villages, coffee farms and beautiful meadows next to the river. Then we slithered a lot down steep muddy tracks, I slithered a few times on my bum despite the best efforts of our lovely guide Emmanuel who helped us through all the tricky bits. At one particularly steep rocky part 2 angels in the form of Kevin and Richard appeared as if by magic to help us out. They were all very young and we had some good chats along the way about life up here in the mountains. We played let’s see who can spot the tiny chameleon on the coffee plant (I am still claiming to be the winner!!)
We arrived back at our home for the next 2 nights Rafiki Lodge, very muddy, slightly damp but very happy. The cold beer and delicious meal (with the best home made bread) made a perfect end to the day.
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