Getting ready for the trip...

Heading back to one of our favorite places on earth! (with a short stopover in Dubai) This time it is all about Chimps, Golden Monkeys and Gorillas!  Our itinerary takes us from Dubai to Uganda to Rwanda, we will literally be going from a nation in the top 25% of the world’s economies to developing nations in the lowest 25% of the world’s economies.   This is going to be an experience!

…and what a flight path!

   

Where we are staying:

Dubai – Taj Dubai

Africa – Uganda & Rwanda

• Uganda

• Entebbe – The Boma Entebbe
• Kibale Forest National Park – Kyaninga Lodge
• Queen Elizabeth National Park – Mweya Safari Lodge
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park – Bwindi Lodge

• Rwanda

• Parc National des Volcans – Jack Hanna Private Villa
• Kigali – Kigali Serena Hotel

Luckily most of the vaccinations from our last trip are still good (Hep A, Hep B, Typhoid, Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, and yellow fever) so we only needed to add Meningococcal meningitis and Malaria medications.  One of the side effects from the malaria meds is intense vivid dreams/nightmares!  (it is going to be a wild ride for 9 weeks!)

Reading the travel’s health documents provided by our Doctor, one would question what we were thinking with this itinerary!  It will all be worth it when we get up close to Chimps, Golden Monkeys and Gorillas!!!

Mosquitoes - Yikes!

• Mosquitoes that transmit malaria are generally night biters
• Mosquitoes that transmit dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever are generally day biters
• Mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus and Japanese encephalitis are most active at dusk and again at dawn

So there is about 10 minutes in any day that we might be safe from being biten!

 

I think we are ready for the mosquitoes – our arsenal!

  

We are prepared in case the mosquitoes win  :^)