KAZINGA CHANNEL, UGANDA 
 
“This photograph was taken on a boat in the Kazinga Channel in the south west of Uganda. The Kazinga channel is a great place to see wildlife and I was lucky enough to be able to get close enough to this Cape Buffalo to get a sequence of photographs I was very pleased with.” 
 
“Cape Buffalo can be aggressive and I’ve experienced this on land. This group seemed quite happy for us to pass them on our boat, presumably because they are familiar with tourists in their habitat

Cape Buffalo

LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK, UGANDA 
 
“This hippo was grazing in the Lake Mburo National Park. I only had a few hours here as we made an overnight stop here en route from Entebbe to Kisoro; our jumping-off point for seeing mountain gorillas.” 
 
“Hippos are the third largest animals in the world (after 
elephants and rhinos). They are also very aggressive and unpredictable. This makes them the most dangerous animal you’re likely to come across if you visit Africa.” 
 
“This particular hippo was happily grazing alone in the late afternoon sun.”

Grazing hippo

Grazing Hippo

LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK, UGANDA 
 
“The Lake Mburo National Park is an eight-hour drive from Entebbe (including a stop for lunch). Once there, it’s a great place to see wildlife. One of the animals we found was this young impala (with its’ mother and sibling). 
 
We arrived at around 4.00 pm and this was just in time to take advantage of the late afternoon light. This gives the image the coloring that makes it stand out (for me).”

Impala

SAHARAN, AFRICA 
 
These large antelope are found throughout sub-Saharan 
Africa, and this particular animal was at the edge of the 
Kazinga Channel. They are roughly the size of a horse. 
 
They can be quite sedentary animals, especially the males. This male was happy to watch us make our way down the channel, a journey frequently punctuated by kingfishers and other birds skimming along the water.

Waterbuck

PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA 
 
“We reached these gorillas in the late morning, after a three hour hike to find them. Visiting Uganda in the rainy season is the best time to see the gorillas as they spend more time on the ground eating bamboo shoots. Of course, this means walking long distances through (at times) thick vegetation which can be wet and muddy.“ 
 
“The fact that these gorillas can still be seen is due, in no small way, to the efforts of Dian Fossey in the 70’s and 80’s. Unfortunately, she was murdered in Rwanda before she had completed her work, but she had done enough to raise awareness about these animals and begin the work to preserve them.”

Sleeping gorilla

Sleeping Gorilla

MGAHINGA GORILLA NATIONAL PARK, UGANDA 
 
“Seeing my first mountain gorillas, face-to-face, was a moving experience. They are very powerful but happy to leave you alone if you do the same. We were briefed not to make eye contact (perceived as a threat by some animals) and I was hoping that this gorilla didn’t see my camera lens in the same way.” 
 
“My gorilla pictures (in this collection) were taken in themMgahinga Gorilla National Park. This park is in the southwestern corner of Uganda, at the borders with Rwanda to the south and the DCR to the west.”

Silverback

The Queen Elizabeth National Park was the northernmost national park that I was able to visit while in Uganda. It is quite large and hosts a large variety of animals. One group was a family of lions (sisters, mother and aunts). This also included one young male which you can see in this image. One of them had a tracking collar that allowed the park management to track the animal. 
 
This young male didn’t and was taking a break and watching us and other activities around us. Lions tend to be most active in the darker hours, but they will hunt at any time.

Young Lion

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UGANDA 
 
“The Kazinga Channel has to be my favourite wildlife location in Uganda. The channel runs between Lake Edward (straggling the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Lake George. There was a huge amount of birdlife, as well as plenty of buffalo, hippos and even a few crocodiles.” 
 
“The Palm-nut vulture occupies similar habitats to the African Fish Eagle, but this is the first time I’ve come across one"

Wild Uganda Summer 2023 Collection