We left the Paraa Lodge for our afternoon game drive seeing animals in every direction as we drove. Eventually we came upon the largest building complex we had seen yet. This was the brand new conference and […]

Off we went the next morning in the pitch dark with our driver KK at the wheel. Using a portable spotlight, Derek and Mike searched for wildlife both looking for eyes reflecting the light as well as […]

After lunch at the lodge, we went on a game drive with Mike, Andy and Derek, UCF’s Project & Procurement Manager. The landscape in MFNP was much hillier and lush than the other two national parks we […]

Our next stop was Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP) to meet with IEF’s partner and our host in Uganda Mike Keigwin, founder of the nonprofit Uganda Conservation Foundation. The 6-hour drive allowed us to see the countryside […]

We spent our last day in Tsavo traveling to see the sand dam Joe and I funded to help provide water for elephants and the other wild animals in the area. A sand dam is a simple, […]

After we left the farm, we drove to the Kyusyani Secondary School for girls and boys. Nicholas introduced us to the principal who gave us a tour of the new science and chemistry lab, and a newly-built […]

After our made-to-order breakfast at the guest cottage, we popped over to the hangar where the Tsavo pilots keep their four reconnaissance planes. As luck would have it, we were visiting just weeks before the four-seater leased […]

After flying to Nairobi, Kenya the night previously, the next morning we met our driver who was taking us to Tsavo National Park, the largest of Kenya’s 23 national parks the next morning. The area, comparable to […]

Our last morning in Zambia saw us up before dark enjoying a fire pit-cooked breakfast before taking off down the Zambezi River. We were on our way by boat to meet Sam and his vehicle in LZNP. […]

With the afternoon unscheduled, we decided to visit the steep northern Zambezi Escarpment. This is a long cliff created ages ago along a fault line. The Zambezi River flows below it. As the dry season continues, the […]

We returned to our lodging just as the chef was putting out a beautiful riverside dinner for the three of us, taking into account the meal preferences we had emailed weeks ago. Entertainment that night was provided […]

After lunch and a rest, Sam, a guide with more than twenty years’ experience working at Chongwe River Camp, took us on a game drive into LZNP. He told us that early evening is especially good for […]