![]() Some toads, geckos, 'barbwire' reed frogs and a worm snake that was climbing the bark of a tree were the living trophies for that night, we also enjoyed the smell of a dead Nile Monitor that I Jelmer had to go back through customs to get the gentle giant again, they stayed away for a long time, so I think they used the biggest part for smoking secretly after they got cold turkey of theįrom the airport it was around 7 km to our airbnb stay and when we arrived it did not take long before we were outside looking for our first finds in Uganda. Outside Jeff was already waiting for us with our rental car, a Toyota Landcruiser Prado, when we were almost at the car Jelmer looked at his hands and noticed something was missing. We just landed, but Jelmer was already holding his gentle giant in his hands, he really can't get enough of that thing, or. There is nothing better than going through customs, everybody had to give all fingerprints and other things and I got to walk straight ![]() ![]() Late at night we finally arrived in Entebbe. The duration of the flight was around 11 hours with a short stop in We first tried to get some dollars and after that some fat food. On the birthday of our King we all met on Schiphol airport. * Bwindi Impenetrable Forest: Mountain Gorillas * Queen Elizabeth NP: Big African Safari animals * Rwenzori Mountains at 2 locations: Chameleons * Kibale NP: Chimpanzees and Olive Baboons all over the place ![]() * Mityana area: Mainly for some of the coolest snakes on the planet The plan for the trip, april 27th - may 12th. *Prefers to herp in local nature clothing with my buddy!! *Loves it when people keep asking for money, haha. *Forgot my boot inlay soles and cried about that. *Dont like smokers, made a tiny exception here. *Like to drive and I like to drive people mad. *Does not need rubber boots and a poncho. *Remains the most friendly man ever when people keep asking for money, or definitely not. *Sometimes changes his name to Jason, we don't know why. *Likes to walk around with always his gentle giant in his hands. *Got a fettish for black (melanistic) animals and bats. This was my first trip with Jelmer and I hope we will do some more. *Prefers to wear a very special custom made pair of herping trousers. *A bit slow with photography, but making nice shots! *Best teacher in talking really weird German stuff. *Skilled with the iPhone to make video's. *Likes to steal complete plates with breakfast. *Prefers to herp in local nature clothing. *Has very nice hair, but only after we made it nice. *Not always on time but a great dancer, singer and always a smile on his face (only possible after the early morning). *Remains the most friendly man ever when people keep asking for money, or maybe not. *Loves all children.or maybe only his students. *Excellent snake poser, which is almost his fulltime job now and he never complains about that. *Smoker which always starts smoking at times that non smokers can already move on. Laura & Bobby, 2 familiar faces for many herpers around the world already, since almost 2 years a married couple and combining their skills & passion to get to a good set of herping trips To start a big thanks to all my trip members since they did share all the preparation that was done to organise this Lets have a look at the team, Laura and Bobby Bok, Jelmer Groen and myself. Jelmer Groen was the replacement for Frank and after a long time of waiting, work gave in and I was sure to join as well. Possibilities for seeing some African big mammals, than it is even more perfect for me!Īctually I prefered South Africa because I really love the small Bitis species that can be found there, but Bobby promised me that bigger Bitis are also nice, so Uganda it was.Ĭreating the team was as always a slow thing, Bobby asked Frank as well, but it was not fitting his busy life, so now he has to go without his 'favorite' Dutch herping buddies I guess. Uganda, The Pearl of Africa, why would you want to go there? The presence of some of the most iconic African snake & chameleon species is already reason enough and if you add the So the next plan was to do it in the spring of 2018. My friend Bobby was already trying to motivate me to go to Uganda with him and his wife Laura after the summer of 2017, the first idea was to make it a christmas / New year getaway, but that did VERSPUI 2018 ©įor viewing the photos in a bigger size, just click on them
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