Day 2: Walk from Sala Gate to Durusirkale

So we have started walking! At the end of a long day we feel our expedition is well under way. We started out under a blissfully overcast sky at 7.30am - any earlier and the hippos are trotting back to the river and are best avoided.

Down by the gate looks pretty barren, but full of surprises:
We are following the Galana River, snaking through the landscape, sometimes cutting off corners walking further inland. The river is full of hippos, crocodiles and wonderful birdlife.
Highlight of the morning was meeting a family of 5 bat-eared foxes, who were very inquisitive - at a good distance. In the afternoon we came round the corner face to face with and elephant and her 2 young. We held our ground nervously, were treated to some flapping ears and then walked a very slow retreat.

When Frederick Lugard walked through here in the 1890s, there was a canopy on much of the river, which was still intact when Bror Blixen was here in the 1920s (we found bricks from one of his camps today). Since the area was made a national park in 1948 the elephant numbers have increased which has lead to their being fewer trees, as the elephants can be quite destructive.

Back to today and we walked about 23km. Here is our route on Relive here, a great video graphic. 

PS Nobody gave Daniel the brief on which shirt to wear! 

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  1. UnknownJanuary 28, 2022 at 3:44 PM

    As long as Danny didn't wear that cycling jersey which by now must be well beyond its safe-to-wear date, you all got off very lightly! Enjoy yourselves good people and watch out for the tigers.

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