Source of the Nile Jinja

Distance from Kampala: approx. 80 km / 3 hours driving.

“ If pure relaxation, water rafting, bungee jumping and a chance to complete de-stress is what you are in need of, then take a cruise on the River Nile in Uganda .”

At the shores of Lake Victoria and is famous for being the Source of the mighty river Nile. The main attractions are found at a small distance from the city at the Source of the Nile Gardens an obelisk monument was raised to commemorate the 19th century explorer Speke who discovered the origin of the world’s longest river. From here you can make a boat ride to the true origin while enjoying the beauty of the Nile and the many water birds. Adventures can decide to go rafting the Source of the Nile with rapids up till grade 5, the Nile is one of the world’s best places for white-water rafting, a quad bike safari along the shores of the Nile, bungee jumping, jet boat tour on the Nile, kayaking, horseback riding and village walks..

River Nile is well known to be the longest river in the world. Its source starts right from Jinja Uganda, some people may be wondering how the name Nile come about. It’s a famous Greek word simply meaning valley. The river starts from the Northeastern part of Africa. It flows from the surrounding areas close to the equator to the outrageous Safari desert and up to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The river is about 6696km long and pours its water to over nine countries although it’s more centered to Uganda as well as Egypt. Countries include Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zair and Ethiopia.

This famous river and longest comprises of two major twigs, the white and blue Nile that connects in Khartoum to form the core Nile that is made up of Cataract Nile along with Egyptian Nile. The white Nile is the longest and splits into three parts;1)the lake plateau region,2)The sudd,3)The central Sudan region.

The Nile has contributed a lot to the modernization of countries like Uganda and Egypt. Its history has been the major source as why people have been Uganda. The Nile provides power to Ugandans and it’s the source of energy, the dam gives electricity to country to enable them carry out their daily activities. The banks of the Nile are too fertile to favor agriculture and still provide water to people. Egypt is acknowledged to be a dry land but it has been able to do its farming on irrigation and the fertile soils that are close to the nile. The Nile has also been the source of life to some animals that enjoy water like the crocodiles that occupy the river banks in Egypt. The crocodiles discover in Egypt are stated to be longer and dangerous as well.