Martin:
Kidepo National Park lies in the rugged, semi-arid valleys between Uganda's borders with South Sudan and Kenya. As Annemarie explained earlier this was once, and in someways still is, a troubled region and the park is Uganda's most isolated. As such it receives very few visitors willing to make the 700 km trek from Kampala. But the rewards for making the journey are enormous - literally. Vast herds of water buffalo and elephant make the park their home in the dry season - when we were there. The lions and leopards make way for them travelling to the outer reaches of the park - not surprisingly - though we ventured to the very edge of the park and the South Sudan border we didn't meet any big cats this time.
