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Gorilla Trek Ends with … Of Course!

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Like so many hikers before them, East African Playgrounds volunteers felt they wanted to stay at Mutanda Island Lodge on Gahiza Island for another day… Yet their program was tight. On Sunday, following four days of trekking that would warm them up at Lake Bunyonyi then lead them from Bunyonyi to Lakes Kayumbu and Mutanda and finally to the edge of Bwindi, there were 27 gorilla permits booked at Rushaga. Let Hannah Wedge’s photos do the talking:

Crossing Lake Mutanda by motorboat
Crossing Lake Mutanda by motorboat

Until the 1930s the dead would be burried on Kyangushu Island to avoid bringing bad omen to the mainland

Lunch destination - Chameleon Hill Lodge
Lunch destination – Chameleon Hill Lodge
Hikers at Chameleon Hill
Hikers at Chameleon Hill
Lake Mutanda vista during the walk to Rushaga
Lake Mutanda vista during the walk to Rushaga
And the day after volunteers reached Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - the grand finale!
And the day after volunteers reached Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – the grand finale!