Amabere Falls and Hike- July 14, 2012

Amabere Falls

   Luan and I went hiking at Amabere (Ahm-bae-ree) Falls. The waterfall was really gorgeous and to get to it, we had to follow a small path through the jungle. The waterfall is from one of the small rivers from the Rwenzori (Ren-zor-ee) Mountains. The Rwenzori mountains can be seen in the background of some of the pictures.

Also, we could walk behind the waterfall! It was super cool! Never walked behind a waterfall before and as Apollos, our guide, took our picture, Luan and I laughed about always reading about going behind waterfalls and the hidden pathways under waterfalls. It was fun and super slippery. :)

Also with the falls was a hike, the whole thing took between 3-4 hours. The hike took us between three crater lakes, one no longer full of water, but grass instead, and the other two huge and still full. We climbed a big hill, and Apollos was amazed that I didn’t have hills like Africa’s where I live. It was fun and a really great way to see the countryside. Absolutely gorgeous.

One of the crater lakes, we climbed that hill over there...it was high! :)

 This shot is from the top of that big hill. And we walked on the road below. The view was totally worth it and plus, I love hiking more and more as I get to do it. :D It has been fun and good these past two weeks to get to go do something just to exercise and get away. 

Another shot is also from the top of another one of the lakes.