The Pearl of Africa

This is the first time we've traveled to the western part of Uganda and surely this is where this country got its nick name--"the pearl of Africa". We were amazed by the fertile beauty....green as far as the eye can see! An extremely agricultural area. 

We drove past banana plantations:

And massive tea plantations:

Here's a couple birds we saw along the way:

Because the area is so hilly, they grow their crops straight up the hillside, even surrounding a lake like below. (I'm not sure how they weed without falling backwards into the water! ;)

We are not sure why it is green, but this is actually a crater lake. There were many volcanic features in the area including several crater lakes. 

Below are twin crater lakes that we hiked to:

(Jonas always lives on the edge ;)

Here's a man on a homemade raft to show you the proportion of how big these lakes were:

Here is another view of the Rift Valley from a resort we stopped at for a break:

Such a gorgeous day's drive!! Thanking God for His Creation!!!