Jinja Uganda: Rafting the Source of the Nile

After the Gorillas, we spent two days at lake Bunyoni just chilling out and relaxing. From there, we headed off to Jinga, a city located at the source of the Nile river. The highlight of the place was whitewater rafting.

Those who signed up would be able to say that they rafted the source of the Nile river, and also lay claim to riding class 5 rapids. Chris was eager from the start, and after sleeping on it for the night, Justine decided that she would go along. It helped that the day looked spectacular and promised to be hot.

Unlike rafting the Tat in the Yukon, the Nile is a warm river (27 C) and therefore, no wet suit was required. 19 people from our tour decided that they would pay the price for the privalge and we loaded up two rafts.

The trip was four hours and included lunch and free drinks at the end.

The rapids were great, and it didn't take either of us long to remember how much fun rafting is! We ran a number of rapids and although we got very wet, we didn't flip once. Although there were long lulls between the waves, we ran rapids that ranged from class 1 to class 5 with names like The Bad Spot, The G Spot and 50/50. The last rapid of the day was the appropriately named, the Bad Place, where we held on tight and hoped for the best as giant walls of water threatened to tip our boat and throw us into the frothing white water, there was defintely some fear at times and a lot of fun was had.

The day definetly got our adrenaline pumping, and after hours and hours on the bus, it was very nice to have a day of activity.

We are now in our last weeks in Kenya. We are heading off to Lake Nakuru, where we will hopefully see some White Rhinos, and then we end our overland experience at Hells Gate National Park. Our plan is to try and do a mountain Bike tour of the park for a couple of days on our own as we wrap up the final days in East Africa