Enyungu Safaris

18/08/2021

Impala
A medium sized Savannah antelope About 75ks for male Impala while females weigh approximately 40to 53 kgs. They are reddish brown in colour,have lighter flanks and white underbellies with characteristic ''M'' marking on its rear. Males, referred to as rams have lyre- shaped horns which can reach up to 90cm in length. Females,reffered to as ewes,and they have no horns .Herds will use specific areas for their excrement. Impalas are active during both day and night and are dependant on water. A herd is normally an indictor of water close by.
Impala can thrive in areas where pure grazers can not survive.when frightened or startled they can jump distances m ore than 9 m ( 30ft)and 2.5m (8ft) high.
Impala is similar in appearance to the kop, though the two species are not related.

10/08/2021

Lions are nature's most formidable hunters on the land over the caurse of a hunt , they work together, communicate and change strategies,positions and roles when needed.Armed with large,Sharp teeth and claws Female Lions do majority of the hunting choosing tactic depending on the conditions, for instance ,some Lions flush out or separate bufullo from the herd while others go for the attack.These roles can switch from day to day, depending on which Lions are going on the hunt,how large and fast each member,size and strength of the herd.
Lionesses in the wild frequently reach an age of 12-14 years, where as make Lions seldom live for longer than 8 years.However, there are records of lionesses living for up to 20 years in the wild.

06/08/2021

Leopard:
A member of the cat family and the smallest of four big cats relatively short legs and long body with a large skull it's fur is marked with rosettes which lack internal sports. Males are about 30%larger than females,head and body length is between 90-190cm, shoulders height is 45to 80cm weighing 37to 91kg compared to 28 to 60 kg for females primarily a nocturnal creature
There diet consists of mostly of ungulates and monkeys but rodents, reptiles amphibians,birds and fish are also eaten.geststion lasts for 90-105 days.cubs usually born in a litter of 2-4,but infant mortality is high and usually do More than 1-2 Cubs servives beyond their infancy.They are solitary with a life span of 21 years of age in captivity and they live less than longer than 21 years.

31/07/2021

Abyssinian ground honbill or northern ground hornbill is an Africa bird found north of the equator,and is one of the species of African horn bill only surpassed by slightly large southern ground hornbill.
Abyssinian ground hornbill eat reptiles such as cobras,totoises,and lizards as well as mammals like mangoose and insects and arachnids.occasionally they will scavage of carrions to supplement their diet as well as consume seeds and fruits.

27/07/2021

27/07/2021

MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK:
Murchison falls national Park is the largest national Park shared by the Nile in the southern part of the Nile in the southern part of the Park are hilly ranges with Forests on the top of the hills.initially the park was kabalenga falls because of the water falls of Victoria Nile that are forced through narrow gap flowing west ward in the lake Albert.
The park was named marchison falls by former president of the royal georaphical society.it cavers total area of 3840km with wildlife which was hunted before the proposal to establish the park such wildlife is related to karuma wildlife refuge and bugungu wild life refuge.
NEXT DESTINATION Kidepo Valley National Park.

26/07/2021

The beautiful scenery of South Western Uganda.

26/07/2021

Hadada ibis is along legged wading bird which belongs to the same orders as heron,storks and flamingos,ibis were burried with acient Eygptian mummies as gift to their gods hadada ibis are so named because of the call while in flight' haa-daa-daa'.
They prefer to nest in isolation unlike other more social ibises that gather in nesting sites consisting of thousands of birds while adapted to wetland habitant, the hadada is more territorial ( living on Land) than aquatic ( living on water) when feeding in water ibises use there down curved bill to locate food by touch rather than sight.
They feed on insects milipides spiders worms,fish crustaceans and small reptiles .they live alound parmanet water and Savannah in tropical regions if Africa.

25/07/2021

Lake bunyonyi was formed about 10000 years ago when a river was dammed by lava.this place of many little birds is one of the the safest lakes in Africa and has 29 islands. Some of their histories
Akampene (punishment island) until the 1940s,in pregnant women were Left here to starve to death or drown trying to swim to the shore they were often saved by poor men or slaves who could not afford the regular bride price.
Bwama :in 1914 it was an anti colonial rebel base of the famous leader katuregye.in 1921,Dr Leonard Sharp a missionary ,founded a leprosy hospital here After anti leprosy drugs were intoduced in 1980s it become a boading secondary school.
Njuyeera(shaps island):Dr Sharp's family lived on this island when he was not on duty in kabale hospital and converted it into gorgeous botanical garden with a tennis Court,boat house,guest cottages and wind mill.

24/07/2021

Sempaya hot spring are also known as semuliki hot spring,the temperatures of sempaya hot spring reach up to 130°centigrade located amidist thick undergrowth, the word sempaya is derived from kiswahili word sehemu mbaha meaning 'difficult side' the hot spring were called so because of the difficult construction of fortportal bundibunjo road it was not easy because of the ridges and rocks of mouth Rwenzori.
The story of the male hot spring is based on the story that some women went to fetch water and found an old man wearing bark cloth wielding his spear either a dog following in a zigzags direction,the man was hairy and weird do the woman run home and tell their husband and who picked the man and took him home to their village getting him even a woman and was called bitteete .
He continued his hunting but one time never returned back home after going for hunting,the village men who went to search out for him only found spear at the place present day male spring but no sign of him was seen up to today. They decided to run and tell and tell the wife known as Nyasimba who also run to the forest never to return when the went out to search for her, only clothes were found at the present day female hot spring.
From that day an wards Bagama people came to know the springs as make and female hot spring the Bagama people perfome retuals annually from this springs.

22/07/2021

Saddle billed stork:
They are the world's tallest stork standing almost at 5 feet.
They are dubbed as African's bright coloured birds with the body is completely white with deathless red patch of the skin in the centre of the breast.
They are monogamous birds and interestingly they don't have showy, extravagant courtship display's.

22/07/2021

Palm nut vulture:
Unusual bird of prey they are vegetarian feeding on fruits from oil Palm raffia palms and dates.
They soar high in pairs in acrobatic display of rolling and diving
Females lay only one egg and both sexes take care of their young ones.

21/07/2021

Egyptian goose are monogamous and pair stays together for the whole life. They lay 5-11 eggs and an offprings is a gosling takes 28- 30 days of incubation.

05/07/2021

FACTS ABOUT THE GREY CROWNED CRANE
The grey crowned crane is the national bird of Uganda
The chicks are precocial which means they can run as soon they hatch
They are cauples for life and share the responsibility of raising young ones together
They dance during the breeding season.