Kazinga Wilderness Safari Camp

Robert, the owner, made booking my two-day safari with Kazinga Safari camp a good experience from our first conversation through to my departure. The staff were accommodating, and Jerome, my driver and guide for both days, knew a lot and helped me spot birds as well as animals. The first day was a morning game drive on the Kesenyi plains, followed by a two-hour boat ride on the Kazinga channel. We saw antelopes, warthogs, hippos, elephants, savannah buffaloes, and lions on the drive, along with raptors including a martial eagle, long-crested eagle, and serpent eagles, plus vultures scavenging. The boat ride was disappointing, with no significant sightings. I found it a rip-off; they should consider an afternoon drive after lunch, or ideally a night drive like they have in South Luangwa in Zambia. Day two was for Ishasha in the south of QENP. The 80 km drive each way on a dirt track full of deep potholes and water puddles was tough and took three hours. Ishasha is known for tree-climbing lions, but rangers at the gate said the pride had moved into neighbouring Congo forests and hadn’t been seen for the previous five days. We didn’t see leopards either, only savannah buffaloes, antelopes, elephants, warthogs, and hyenas in the area. Actually, the drive to Ishasha was more fruitful than the area itself. Along the way we saw a pride of lions, hippos fighting, huge elephants with amazing tusks, baboons, black and white monkeys, raptors, and vultures. No martial eagle this time, but there were plenty of long-crested black eagles and at least two types of serpent eagles. Wildlife is unpredictable, so you have to be content with the effort of exploring. Jerome did his best, and my photos show that. Enjoyable.