TRAVESÍA DESDE EL PN BWINDI HASTA EL LAGO MUTANDA-UGANDA-AFRICA
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- Distance
- 9.22 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,182 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,156 ft
- Max elevation
- 6,658 ft
- TrailRank
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74
5
- Min elevation
- 5,856 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 6 hours 41 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1114
- Uploaded
- September 11, 2017
- Recorded
- August 2017
near Bugambira, Western Region (ئۇگاندا)
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March held on Thursday, August 10, 2017
NOTICE: It is understood that anyone who wants to do this same route assumes the responsibility that an activity entails that is not exempt from possible risks or incidents, in an environment in which common sense and circumstances can make the difference between having a good day or the opposite.
After yesterday's experience with the mountain gorillas, today it is time to change places in Ugandan territory, and unlike the other trips, this time we will do it by making a crossing, which will border a part of the Bwindi National Park, and will take us to our next destination, the Chameleon Hill Lodge, next to Lake Mutanda.
On this occasion with two local guides, one in front and one behind who will take us all the time heading south, until at the height of the village of Mushongero, we will make a sudden change of direction, to finish the last kilometer and a half heading northwest. During the crossing, we pass through several villages, through an area of the river where three gold prospectors tell us how lucky they were yesterday and today to find some nugget in the river, and through multiple farmlands where potatoes predominate. , taro, sorbo and papyrus. In the final part, and when we begin to see the Mutanda lake, we verify that the means of subsistence in the area is rather the fish of the lake, than the subsistence agriculture that we have been seeing in the many hundreds of kilometers that we have done through Uganda, and that tomorrow we will complement with the crossing of this beautiful lake in the boats used by the fishermen themselves, and which consist of the hollowed-out trunk of the large eucalyptus trees in this area. In the end, fifteen kilometers of a beautiful walk, in which we sparkled for a short stretch, but which was very worth it, both for the landscapes, as for the people and especially children who are always willing to meet and play. .
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Intersection
6,397 ft
l. nuevo abandono de pista
10-AGO-17 9:43:09AM
River
Lake
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Mountain hut
6,240 ft
Inicio
09-AGO-17 7:25:59AM
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Bridge
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Hola sextante !
Que interesante tu recorrido por tierrras de África. Creo que tuviste la fortuna de observar paisajes exuberantes y muy diferentes los de tu país.
Ta va un saludo desde Colombia, Lili
Muy interesante Lili, y al final todo el grupo coincidió en que lo mejor del viaje: las personas (niños, mujeres y hombres de Uganda). Sus costumbres, su actitud ante la vida y las muchísimas dificultades que tienen y superan, así como la acogida a blancos como nosotros, que en algunos lugares por los que pasamos, llevaban mucho tiempo sin ver. Casi al final del viaje y cerca del PN Bwindi nos acercamos hasta una escuela de infantil y primaria, con la que teníamos concertada una visita. El recibimiento espectacular y el agradecimiento, por todo el material que llevamos desde España, no hay palabras para describirlo. En resumen, si tuvimos mucha suerte por todos los animales que pudimos ver y por los impresionantes paisajes de Uganda, incluyendo el nacimiento del Nilo y las cascadas Murchison, al final es el factor humano (con todo lo bueno y lo malo que pueda tener) lo que merece mucho la pena.
Saludos