 "I haven't seen a giraffe yet," responded our travelling companion to our park ranger when he asked us what we would like to see when we arrived at Lake Mburo National Park for our late afternoon walking safari.
We drove around the winding roads for a while looking for giraffes but no luck. But, our ranger had received word that the resident giraffes had been seen in a certain area that morning, so that seemed promising. Although Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest savannah park in Uganda, finding giraffes in its 260 square kilometers did seem rather unlikely to me as we'd already toured the park extensively and not seen even one. And, what would be the chances that the giraffes seen in the morning would still be in the same area when they have all that space to roam? Slim I would think. But what do I know? The answer is nothing. Nothing apparently compared to the years of wisdom our ranger had. Well, not only did the ranger rise to the challenge of finding us a giraffe but he delivered an experience we will remember for a lifetime.
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