Sipi Falls

So aside from the 9-5, we are here in Uganda for two months which gives us a bit of time to get to know the country, its people and visit some of its attractions. Easing ourselves in to this gently, we started with the walk up nearby Wanale, and then June and I spent last weekend at Sipi Falls. 

About an hour away on the edge of the Mount Elgon National Park, we took a guided walk to the bottom of the first waterfall before driving up for a birds eye view of it – I wasn’t going to be abseiling down it with the nearby group!

Although the sun greeted us for another couple of days of walking, it was a good few degrees cooler up in the mountains so that was a welcome change to the heat of Wanale.

Along for the ride were Chris Rob and Nikki, currently out here filming a documentary about a new Pont Mbale CAP animal centre that they are building close to Mbale – more on that in a separate blog.  After they headed back to Mbale – to watch the rugby – June and I checked into our accommodation, Sipi River Lodge. It was pretty nice and we got upgraded to a private cottage overlooking one of the waterfalls – result! It’s run by Ian from Cambridge and his Canadian wife Meagan and it was just the little haven we were looking for after a day walking in the sun.

I believe there are three waterfalls altogether so we walked to the base of the second one on Saturday afternoon then walked back to the top of it on Sunday morning and on up to the base of the third waterfall before heading back to Mbale.  The falls were beautiful so I imagine give it a few more weeks when we arrive into rainy season and they’ll be quite powerful!