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What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
Balloon flight over the Masai Mara and seeing lionesses with a fresh kill. The herds of wildebeest (and I thought sheep were stupid...). Drinking Tusker and toasting marshmallows over the camp fire in Lake Nakuru NP. Catching fireflies at Bujagali Falls. Quad biking at Bujagali Falls. Being able to sleep on a moving truck. The other people on the tour. And, of course, the gorillas - especially the boisterous blackback that grabbed 2 of the women in our viewing group!
Often Konzoro - top bloke! Him (plus Kenny and Bennard) helped make a brilliant holiday even better!
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
Standard advice: the most important thing to pack is a sense of humour - it'll get you through any situation!
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Unfortunately, if you're thinking about visiting gorillas, don't delay. It's an unforgettable experience and if you leave it too long there might not be any left to see!
What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
Three moments stand out the most for us.
1) The unbeliveable calmness and sheer lack of distance between us and a 35 stone silverback gorilla who didn't seem to mind we were following his family through the forest. It was simply amazing and the quickest hour of my life.
2) The welcoming hospitality of the people we met throughout Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya, especially the morning we spent at a school in Uganda at Lake Bunyoni where the head teacher showed us around his school and the children put on a show for us.
3) The sheer close proximity of sleeping lions who had just made a kill and were guarding it in the Masi Mara. Was totally unexpected to get that close to them - the pictures are wonderful.
Our leader Often was fantastic. His crew Bernard and Chris were also great, we really could not have asked for better. They were extremely friendly, welcoming, funny and above all very knowledgable. The reps could make or break your experience on this sort of holiday as you are living in close proxmity with others - they certainly made ours. Thank you very much.
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
This is a hands on holiday were you do put up and take down your tents, help prepare food and wash up. It isn't a relaxing holiday as there are long drives and early mornings but it was certainly worth it. A real aventure and would thoroughly recommend it.
Remember to take warm clothes as the back of the truck is cold and is certainly needed.
There is an option to go ballooning over the Masi Mara which was fantastic and would recommend bugeting for that - believe it was £200 each.
In Uganda if you don't want to go rafting, the quad biking was a brilliant alternative.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
This is a 100% worth it holiday. This holiday is made great by the fact that you do chip in and help out which brings the group closer together.
The stories we have come home with after just 15 days are tremendous, and endless!
Jane Taylor
Such an incredible journey
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What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
Seeing the sun rise over the Masai Mara whilst floating in a hot air balloon, followed by seeing an elephant stroll across as we ate our breakfast in the open air was truly amazing.
Watching the Susa group of gorillas was an unforgetable experience - not really able to find the words to describe it yet - but WOW!
The African people - stunning smiles everywhere you turn.
We had a fantastic leader who did everything within his powers to make sure everyone had a good trip.
His smiling face kept us going through the early mornings and the pouring rain.
The whole crew did a brilliant job.
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
I was really pleased that I had packed clothing in smaller compression bags as it made it easier to be organised when we emptied our packs into the lockers. Make sure you take a padlock too! And a spare torch - both mine broke while I was away.
I found that we needed more warm clothing than the trip notes had suggested - it was very cold at the back of the truck.
Take lots of camera memory cards, batteries, etc - sounds obvious but early in the trip we were not able to charge our equipment and this lead to problems. Take mains and car chargers as one or the other (in our case both!) may not be available.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Be careful when buying local crafts. I bought a bracelet at a craft market that we were taken to and was horrified to later be told that it was made from elephant hair as the result of illegal poaching (I didn't keep it).
If you haven't been to Africa yet - do it soon!
Sylvia Horsburgh
Traveling in the truck was un really seen more being that bit higher up
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What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
Walking round the corner and there they were the gorillas was out of this world. Could not believe how close we got to them. My whole was covered in goosepimples un real
The group leader was very good he would go out his way to make sure we seen everything
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
If you do this trip TAKE a jumper as it did get cool on the truck. Make sure you take a photo copy of all your paper work and don't leave important things in your tent
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Take a good camera and lots batteries and memory card
Rhiannon Smith
My gorillas and masai mara experience
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What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
I think that the most inspirational part of the trip was how lovely all of the locals were. I think that the locals can have a huge effect on the trip.
Our group leader was Andy (a kiwi). He was so fantastic! Everyone loved him and he was so easy to get on with!
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
Well, take a few extra tshirts (cheap ones!) coz the locals love to swap their wooden animals and other bits n pieces we tend to buy for a thsirt! (or watch,or flip flops!) Dont over pack tho!i brougth so much stuff and ended up leaving so many of my clothes!
Is there anything else you would like to add?
DO this trip!!! seeing the gorrilas was the most amazing feeling in the world! If you have any questions feel free to email me on [address removed for protection]
Elizabeth Mcelrea
Gorillas - the experience of a lifetime ...
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What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
Seeing the mountain gorillas and visiting the genocide memorial
We had a wonderful trip up until our journey home . From Kigali airport onwards, it was an absolute nightmare. Dealing with corrupt and incompetent airport staff, we were delayed by 24 hours and lied to repeatedly by all the airport staff. In particular the Kenyan airways staff who were rude, deceitful and extremely unhelpful. This has tainted our otherwise fantastic experience of Central Africa.
This Muzungu wishes all day every day could be like those 2 weeks
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What was the most inspirational moment of your trip?
Where do I start? Trip of a lifetime seems a cliche but it really was.
Trekking gorillas in Rwanda is unforgettable, not least because of the journey just to get to the volcanos they live on! But then an hour in their company is not nearly enough to appreciate their grace, intelligence and beauty and how similar they are to us.
After that it was one adventure after another: Swimming in the beautiful Lake Bunyoni, crossing the equator, hanging out at a chimpanzee sanctuary, nearly drowning on the crazy rapids of the Nile whilst white water rafting, getting our truck stuck in a Kenyan National Park and having to push in the rain and mud and buffalos, hot air ballooning over thousands of flamingos, spectacular panoramas out the truck window and game spotting the Big Five and loads more in the Masai Mara. All that plus an awesome bunch of people to spend the nights drinking, talking and playing cards with, and three wise men in charge. We cant get it out of our system and were plotting our return before we'd even unpacked.
He was an absolute legend as were his right hand man and our cook.
Every night we got a 'bed time story' with jokes, sadness, anecdotes, history, lessons and facts. Every night they were great company round the fire or at the bar and every morning they got us going and their enthusiasm was infectious.
Do you have any advice for potential travellers?
Try everything on offer and dont back out of any opportunity.
Dont believe what they say about long vs short gorilla treks or mild vs wild ways down the rapids!
Most useful stuff to take: head torch, cleaning wipes and antiseptic hand spray.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
This was my third trip to Africa with Exodus; they've all been awesome and though it's hard to imagine how, they do just get better and better!
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