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For several years now, I’ve had the habit of publishing a selection of photos with my highlights of the year on my personal Facebook page at the end of the year. This year, I also started publishing more of the photos I took in the Netherlands on my website. That started with the Spectacled Eider on Texel in January, and my first monthly overview covered May 2025. Recently, I also published an overview of autumn 2025. It seemed nice to also publish a full year overview here now. For readers who are not familiar with the Netherlands: the places I write about are located in the Netherlands unless stated otherwise.
The last place I’ll be writing a separate report about is Murchison Falls National Park. Uganda offers the best of both worlds with excellent rainforest and also excellent savanna where the more typical African animals can be found such as Lions, Giraffes, Elephants and so forth. During our trip, we visited several typical savanna parks, including Lake Mburo, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and finally Kidepo National Park. Personally, I thought Murchison Falls was the most beautiful location of the four, which is why the post will focus on this park. Of course I can’t help, but name a few of the highlights from the other parks as well!
In the summer of 2025, I spent three weeks traveling through Uganda. Some of the most remarkable days or sightings from this trip I’m writing out in separate blog posts with plenty of photos. This time it’s Semliki’s turn!
The Chimp Trek feels a bit like the natural counterpart to the Gorilla Trek in Uganda. The parallels are easy to see: both animals belong to the so-called great apes, and in both cases they are habituated to people. No binoculars required!
Some of my trips revolve around finding one very specific species. For example, when I traveled to China, my main goal was to see the Giant Panda. We invested two full weeks in the search, and fortunately, that effort paid off! On other trips, the focus isn’t always on a single species but rather on seeing as many birds or mammals as possible. In Uganda, it was clear from the very beginning that the main goal of our group was to see as many bird species as we could.
Uganda – a country I always knew I would visit one day! Not only is this the place where you can see Gorillas and Chimpanzees up close, but it also has so much more to offer. The trip I took in the summer of 2025 was mainly focused on seeing as many bird species as possible. Personally, I’ve long accepted that I won’t end up with the world’s biggest bird list, since I also love dedicating time to other animals. My personal “must-see” bird list was therefore quite short. But there was no doubt which one stood at the very top: the Shoebill.
