chimpanzees

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Family time with chimpanzees

December 2018 I looked out of the window of the Cessna Caravan 12-seater aircraft as it banked and descended. The aquamarine waters of Lake…

African Safari, Gorillas and Chimps, Justin Bell, Mountains and hikes, Tanzania

We disembark onto the beach and are welcomed to one of the most remote camps in Africa. The waves lapping gently onto the sandy shore are rhythmical and peaceful, but the atmosphere in camp is electric. Talk is centred on who will be the next President. Of course, this camp is not on the arid shores of the Libyan desert, and the executed President was not Muammar Gaddafi.

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Quest for chimpanzees

Gillian and I had been to Uganda before to see the rare mountain gorilla, and this time we decided to travel there to see…