2 Days Jinja Rafting Adventure Tour
This 2 days Jinja tour will take you to Uganda’s second largest and busiest commercial. Jinja city was established in 1906 as the industrialized center located in the east about 85km away from Kampala Uganda’s capital city on the shores of lake victoria. The name Jinja means “Rock” in Buganda and Basoga and in Jinja is where you will find the source of the river Nile, the world’s longest river.
It s a very interesting and adventurous City with a lot of attractions and activities to do such as Rafting on the river Nile, sunset boat ride, kayaking, quad biking, bungee jumping, nature walks, and events like Nyenge nyenge, and some much more.
Tour Overview
SAFARI HIGHLIGHTS
- White Water Rafting on the Nile
- Tour to The Source of The Nile
- Boat Cruise on Lake Victoria
- Countryside Encounters
- Chasing Waterfalls
- Full board accommodation at selected Lodges
- All activities as per itinerary
- Water during lunch and dinner (500ML per person per meal)
- Service of a qualified English Speaking Guide
- Transport in a 4×4 Safari Land cruiser as necessary
- 1 Litter bottled mineral drinking water per person per day while on the road in the car
- All international flights and taxes
- Any Domestic Flights
- Visas at USD 50 per person for single entry visa
- Travel and Personal accident insurance
- Excursions not detailed in the itinerary
- Personal nature items like laundry
- Tips and porterage at the hotels and lodges including tips at meals
- Porterage during Gorilla trekking
Detailed Itinerary
Today after your breakfast, your guide shall give you a detailed brief about your 2 Days Rafting Adventure. You shall discuss the itinerary and thereafter set off for your transfer to Jinja, the city across the bridge also popularly referred to as The Adventure Capital of East Africa.
The drive shall take you through the suburbs of Kampala towards the east, driving on the countryside through small villages dotted with tea plantations and sugarcane estates, a tropical rainforest and roadside markets with vendors selling roasted plantain, roadside chicken and meat a delicacy for most travelers visiting Jinja. You shall reach Jinja just in time for lunch. Jinja is a cosmopolitan town with residents from all walks of life and culture, depicted in its architecture that’s mostly Indian dominated and cuisines both local and international.
After your lunch in a local restaurant, you shall go for a visit to the Source of the Nile, the World’s longest river. From there, you shall then transfer to your booked hotel for check-in and dinner.
You shall wake up early today and prepare for your transfer to Bujagaali for your white water rafting adventure. A team of experienced rafting guides shall accompany you on your rafting trip on the Nile. This grade 5 adventure takes you across bands of rapids and waterfalls on the Nile. It’s a half day activity that takes you to meet with the Nile up-close. After your tour, you shall go for lunch and thereafter go for quad biking then hit the road back to Kampala reaching in the Evening.
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