Amazing Animal Adventure!!!

Mom and I just got back from our 5 day gorilla trek and safari. After a 12 hour car ride with 3 hours on roads that were almost completely washed away so it was extremely bumpy, we arrived in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. We arrived just in time for dinner, ate and then went to bed because it was early to rise the next morning in order to start trekking. We woke up and walked down to the meeting place, there were three different families of gorillas and so we spilt up into the three groups. Another couple was complaining because they wanted a harder trek so we switched with them, which was a wise decision we found out later. So back into a truck we drove for an hour until the part of the forest where our gorilla family was. We hiked for about an hour through grass as high as our shoulders but not to steep which was good. Our family had 20 gorillas and we were able to see 13 of them! It was amazing to be around these creatures. We followed them for an hour (you can’t stay any longer) the guides would cut down the brush for us to get closer. They were literally two feet in front of us. One adolescent got right in front of me and puffed up acting like he was going to charge me. I jumped and all the guides laughed at me, he was just playing and after he did that he walked on off. It was a little scary but I can laugh at it now. After the hour was up we hiked back when were almost to the bottom it started pouring so we were drenched by the end but it was all worth it!!! The next day we were off to Queen Elizabeth National Park this is where we would go for a game drive safari. Our lodge was beautiful you could look out over the lake and the scenery was just gorgeous. About 10 pm I heard a really loud grunting noise, it sounded like it was right outside. Sure enough when we looked we had a hippo in our back yard. After taking some pictures it came around to the front and was right in front of our door. We took some more pictures and went to bed! Our safari was wonderful we got to see buffalo, elephant, lion, water buck, Ugandan cob, baboons, giant forest hogs, hippos and tons of birds. I have tons of pictures, can’t wait to show everyone!!!