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This Uganda tour takes you to Jinja popularly known for being the source of the Nile, the Longest River on planet earth for the magnificent white water rafting experience. The gorilla safari then takes you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will have a chance to trek one of the habituated mountain gorilla families and take back memories.

Upon arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will be met and transferred by the guide to Kampala for your overnight on your first day of gorilla trekking & white-water rafting Uganda tour. Depending on the traffic situation of the day, you may pass through the city centre for a brief city tour before proceeding to your overnight accommodation.

On the next day, drive to Jinja for the Magnificent water rafting adventure experience. The journey will take you through Mabira forest the tropical rain forest in central Uganda, tea and sugarcane plantations plus several roadside markets including Namawojolo and Najjembe chicken points arriving at Kalagala falls in time for your full or half day white water rafting adventure on the Nile.

All participants will be transferred to the banks of the river Nile. White-water rafting is a great spot that teaches how to remain calm under great pressure. The opportunity to do white-water rafting from the longest river on earth is amazing. The river Nile has been a source of water for several civilizations. White-water rafting in Jinja takes you in the middle of the river Nile while passing through chaotic and turbulent rapids.

The Nile rapids in Jinja are graded 4 and 5 and offer the best white-water rafting experiences in Africa. The rapids flow with more volume and power than those in river Zambezi. Although the recent construction of the Bujagali and Isimba dams have led to the destruction of some of the grade five rapids like Namizi, the bad place and Kyabirwa, white-water rafting remains intact, then return back to Kampala arriving in the evening for overnight at your hotel.

Take an early departure to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in South-western Uganda on the next day with a stopover at the equator for some informative talk, photography and some experiments before proceeding to Mbarara town arriving in time for Lunch. Drive through the rolling green hills of Banana and Tea plantations arriving in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the evening then dinner and overnight.

Early in the morning, take breakfast and you will report to the park headquarters for registration and join other trackers in a briefing about the dos and the don’ts during your gorilla trekking at 7:45 am. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the gorillas, which can take you half an hour to three quarters of the day.

The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered creatures. After all the memories, drive back to Kampala for your flight back home.

2023-06-14T12:12:05+00:00