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Daan Kok

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29 year old Dutchman living in Kampala, Uganda. I have been travelling all over East Africa the last 4 years with the know how about all the hidden gems in this region.
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A snacking gorilla.

Kisoro, Uganda

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Kakira Workshop: Imigongo

Rwanda

Kakira Imigongo Cooperative

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

Baby mountain gorilla in Virunga National Park.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Virunga National Park

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

Kitum Cave

Kenya

Kitum Cave

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

Wildebeest plunge into the Mara River

Kenya

Mara River Crossing

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Semliki Safari Lodge

Bughendera, Uganda

Semliki Safari Lodge

Nestled in Uganda's Semliki Valley Wildlife Reserve, is a one-of-a-kind safari lodge.

Lake Mburo National Park

Nyabushozi, Uganda

Lake Mburo National Park

Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.

Equator Line Restaurant

Kayabwe, Uganda

Equator Line Restaurant

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

The source of the Nile.

Jinja, Uganda

Source of the Nile at Jinja

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

One of the planes in the resort's airplane graveyard.

Entebbe, Uganda

Aero Beach

An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.

As seen in 2007.

Kampala, Uganda

Kasubi Tombs Ruins

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

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