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From Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, we drove north to Nakasongola where we would visit the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Nakasongola is located in central Uganda and the nearest town to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Luckily the road leading from Kampala to Nakasongola is an asfalted one so travel time can be reduced to about an hour and a half considering the 116 km ride.

Nakasongola is also located on the same road that will bring us from Kampala to Masindi, the last town before entering the Murchison Falls National Park.

But before rushing into...

As a family we had booked a 13-days Adventure de Luxe Tour with Matoke Tours and were picked up from the Entebbe Airport in Kampala as soon as we landed in Uganda.

When we were little me and my brothers had lived in Uganda for two years because our parents had emigrated there for work.

Growing up we always had some distant memories of this childhood in Africa that for our parents 40th anniversary we surprised them with this family holiday to Uganda.

Matoke Tours was a real help and their 13 days itinerary was perfect for us because we had arranged for a two...

Four years ago me and my wife went on a three weeks dream holiday to Zanzibar, Tanzania. We had booked our trip through our local travel agency which had done an excellent job as usual.

We stayed at the Pongwe Beach Resort Zanzibar which was a true paradise on earth!

The Pongwe Beach Resort Zanzibar is located in Pongwe, a small village south of Kiwengwa on Zanzibar's...

The Fish River Canyon in the south of Namibia was the last of all our travel destinations, a last hike up to the largest canyon in the world and one of the most visited places in Namibia.

After our Southern African adventure travelling through South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and now Nambia we had an amazing journey to look back upon and walking through the Fish River Canyon...

South of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, we went to Solitaire to prepare for our Sossusvlei desert camp adventure. Solitaire is a small settlement that has little much to offer than a gas station, a post office and a local bar. Nonetheless it is a very common stop on the way to the sand dunes of Namibia.

The Namib Desert is known for its orange coloured sand dunes, curious trees...