Agandi (hello) everyone

What a brilliant month August has been. Twenty-five exceptional days in Uganda with two fantastic departures – so much to report on, it’s going to take me a while!

Once again, the highlights were the Gorillas which I am glad to say were enjoyed ‘sans’ rain! No matter how hard I try, I cannot get enough of these incredible Apes. Sharing an hour with them as they go about their daily life is a blessing.

Aside from the Gorillas, everyone enjoyed the amazing tree-climbing lions doing what they do best, good chimps, fantastic birds and some seriously impressive fishing on the Nile River.




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Tulabagane omwezi ogujja (see you next month),

Gorilla up-date:
On our final Gorilla trek to the Rushegura Group, we were given the rare opportunity of sighting a newborn infant. Not even sure of the mother, it was no more than two days old. There are no words to explain what a privilege it was to share such an experience! The tenderness of the mother towards her newborn was incredible. I will be following the life of this infant and as soon as it has been officially named, up dates will be monitored about its journey through the magical Bwindi forest.

1st September 08 will see the official opening of the Bitukura Group. Bitukura will be Bwindi´s fifth habituated Gorilla Family open to visitors. With a total of 13 individuals, it has four silverbacks, three females, two black-backs, two juveniles and two infants. The family can be found in the Ruhija area which is about a one hour drive from Buhoma. Sometime in 2009, the park will open their sixth and final family. I´ll keep you posted.



The contributions to the current community projects were generous. Thank you to Niko, Birgit, Volker and Ulrike who dontated 15 school benches to Bigodi Parents Private School in Kibale. Neil, Jane, Mike, Trisha, Simon & Carol are in the process of fixing the broken water pump in Kihihi, adjacent to Ishasha section of the Queen Elizabeth National Park.

* All pictures copyright Lisa Marsden