For our last game activity we tried out the game walk. We drove out to an area that giraffes frequently graze, and then started the game walk, joined by an armed ranger.
Our guide went through some pointers: walk in single file, some hand signals, and what to do if an animal charged us (hide between the guide and ranger).
We saw the usual animals, but the giraffes were in a distant field and so we didn't get close. Apparently the giraffes just ignore people and you can get within a few feet. A selfie with a giraffe would have been cool.
On the drive back we saw a large group of 35 elephants.
For the record, over our time at Kidepo we saw:
Reeboks, Cape buffalo, vultures, waterbucks, Patas monkeys, jackals, Jackson hartebeest, absent brown hornbills, Rothschild giraffe, oribi, lion, warthogs, Marshall eagles, Abyssinian rollers, storks, kobs, leopard and Abyssinian ground hornbill.
At the lodge we packed up, had lunch, and then departed for the airstrip. Zac took us on a fly-by of the lodge and then flew low over the park so we could see the game from the air. It was really cool.
We were whisked immigration and security by the Aerolink staff, continuing the VIP experience. We had had a private plane to Apoka, and then the lodge and national park to pretty much ourselves for three days.
Back in Entebbe we watched another beautiful sunset and had dinner. We were all tired (probably catching up from the lack of sleep) so had an early night.
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