The feeling to enjoy a park for yourself is quite exhilarating... the Corona situation still going on in Uganda, kind of.
We had tried to reach the falls from the northern side via the only dirt track. Nobody bothered to tell us that this only track was not maintained due to poor numbers of visitors. What a shitty excuse for laziness. At least that side of the park looks a wild like the Serengeti. But my crossover car was no match for the derelict track. I suddenly missed my Land Rover...
And due to heavy rains and floods (never been that bad since 1964 ) the ferry and the bridge are out of service. So we had to get out of the park and try again from the south. Which was easy, it is (sadly?) heavily and properly tarmacked all the way to the falls through a thick tropical forest.
A guide took us around for a little walk and though I would have loved to see the falls from both sides, the south is the better choice for sightseeing. But for wildlife the north is better.
The original Murchison fall in those 3 pictures above.
In the 60's a major flood forced the Victoria Nile around and created a new neighboring fall, Uhuru fall, from the Swahili word independence. That is the one on the left hand side. It has stayed since and shows no sign of disappearing, especially this year.
Our guide George overlooking what was an island and the original 10 pound bridge. The old remaining foundations completed disappeared this year. He says this view shows the Nile at its highest level for decades.
And the small fall on this picture appeared this year, sideways to the original fall.
The Uhuru fall sprays a lot of water upwards. Nothing like the Niagara falls but still plenty.
After the falls, the Victoria Nile continue to lake Albert a bit further where it will be named Albert Nile till South Sudan, White Nile.
After this sweet visit we left through the western gate, towards lake Albert. Sadly flooded too but that will be for another post.
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