Jinja - source of the Nile

Saturday the 17th was our day trip to Jinja - about a 2 hour drive from Kampala and is Uganda's second largest urban centre. We didn't see much of the city itself, we skirted around it and headed out towards the Nile. The source of the Nile is a spring coming up from the ground out of Lake Victoria. You can't see the spring now as the river has been dammed and the only evidence it is there are bubbles breaking the surface.









It was beautiful on the Nile itself, very calm with just a few fishing boats about and resting by the water. Uganda is a bird watchers dream, however I am not studied enough (or interested enough to be honest!) to worry what their names are.

Our next stop after the River Nile was to Bujagali Falls where we were able to see the rapids. We paid two local men 5,000 shillings each to ride down the rapids holding only a jerry can. I know it's something they must do regularly for tourists and it was obvious they knew the best parts to swim through, but I did wonder if it were wise to be encouraging this sort of behaviour.

Lunch was at the Nile Resort, a beautiful hotel down the road from the Falls. I ate my first Tilapia, a local fish which was absolutely gorgeous. I know it doesn't look particularly appealing but it was yum, I assure you!