![]() ![]() After that, they stayed away from it,†Yvonne Verkaik, the executive director Rhino Fund Uganda, says. ![]() When they were released, they were deliberately left to wander into an electric fence so that they may “learn to respect the fence.†For the first two weeks of their quarantine, the rhinos were kept in wooden cages. The four white southern rhinos, brought from Solio Ranch in Kenya on July 20, 2005, have quickly settled in and are roaming the green plains of Nakasongola. ![]() But the intriguing attractions are the four-year-old paired rhinos, Bella and Taleo, and Moja and Kori. Pack your bags for Ziwa Ranches in Nakasongola District.Īfter 170 kilometres (about 2 hours drive) from Kampala to the ranch, you will not only have arrived at the biggest ranch in the country but you will wallow in the wild with duikers, bush bucks, crocodiles, hippos and a variety of birds including the shoebill stock. THE holiday season may be more than a month away, but here is an excuse to get away at an excursion in a relaxing countryside setting. It is open to the public from 7:00am to 7:00pm. Ziwa Ranch is about 170 kms north west of Kampala on the road to Gulu and Masindi. They start reproducing at between five and seven years. Factfile - Rhinos live for between 30 to 40 years (a bit longer in captivity than in the wild). ![]()
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