Bandigalo National Park - Day 2

Apparently September isn’t the best time of year to visit the park and view wildlife. There wasn’t any wildlife near the park’s headquarters, even though the promo stated the park “migrating herds of Tiang, White-eared Kob and Mongalla Gazelle enter the park during the wet season months of May through September”. We drove for four to get there and 4 hrs back. The road was horrible. Instead of viewing wildlife, I had tea with the park’s game warden and his staff. My private security guard and personal driver focused on getting there and back safely. They succeed. The cows were a bonus!

The toursism advertisement that inspired my to want to visit the park: "Just north of Juba is Bandigalo National Park which was recently expanded to receive the migrating herds of Tiang, White-eared Kob and Mongalla Gazella, in the wet season months of May through September. The park actually starts just past the northern city limits of Juba, with the entrance being about 45 minutes north of Juba, on the road to Bor. Baboons and vervet monkeys are year around residence. The park is a series of small rivers and swamps with no internal road system. This one day safari is best taken when the migrating herds are present May through September. Be prepared for rain and mud."

All in all  it was a bit risky visiting the park so soon after the end of the civil war. It's also why the tour company insisted an armed guard accompany me to the park.  But I felt safe during the entire trip, perhaps because there was a desire for peace by all citizens.