I went to a rhino sanctuary this weekend for a short getaway with a big group from Kampala. We drove up Saturday morning, had a wonderful lunch prepared by a few members of our group of 14, and then went for a rhino trek. The sanctuary has 10 very well-guarded rhinos -- they need to be tracked and guarded because rhino horns sell for $50-100,000! It was neat to see the rhinos on this huge sanctuary - two of them had actually been born at Animal Kingdom in Disney World, but were brought to Uganda to breed and re-introduce rhinos into the country after poaching killed them off by the 80s. One of the rhinos is named Obama because his mom was born at Animal Kingdom in the US and his dad was born in Kenya.
We had a lovely barbecue and campfire (plus spectacular stargazing) Saturday night, and then we went for a really cool bird watching canoe trip and hike through a swamp early Sunday morning. I have to get photos of the hike from someone else because I forgot to charge my camera, but here are some rhino pictures and the beautiful Sunday sunrise.
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