We were given the opportunity to visit a Rhino Sanctionary. I was the only one that wanted to go, so me and the local guide took off before the others.
It is a place where they are breeding rhinos. The last rhino was shot in Uganda 1983 after many years of hunting pushed by former president Idi Amin.
When this Sanctionary started they got four rhinos from Kenya and two from Orlando Zoo in Florida. Today they have 15 in the Sanctionary and two at Entebbe Zoo. These are all rhinos existing in Uganda.
When they get to 35 they want to start move 15-20 of them to Murchison Falls NP.
The animals are monitored 24/7, but only on foot. No gps or similar is allowed to be used. The area is 70 square kilometres and here the animals live free as in the wild.
This morning two of the rhinos has sneaked in to the camp site since someone left the gate open. They only eat short grass and at the campsite it is nice and short. No, no one was camping there.
After had a look at these two we moved to a different place in the area where another two were spotted.
After enjoying them for a while I unfortunately had to leave the group and head back and meet my group to get back to Kampala.
This was the end of my trip. After dropping me off at the same hotel as before and lunch there the others continued. They still had a few days to get back to Nairobi.
I sorted my bags out and got ready for the next chapter. Tomorrow I'm leaving Uganda for a new tour and new group.
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