1 Day Source of the Nile Tour – Boat Cruise to River Nile Starting Point
Take a 1 Day Source of the Nile tour in Uganda and visit one of Uganda’s best safari destinations full of activities for fun. The Source of River Nile in Jinja Uganda is the starting point of the River considered to be the world’s longest.
Full 1 Day Jinja Trip to the Source of the Nile
Early in the morning after your breakfast, our safari guide will pick at the hotel or lodge and transfer you to Jinja. On your way, you will visit a few places of attraction like Ssezibwa Falls and Mabira Forest which has got over 312 tree plant species. The forest has over 300 species of birds and over 218 of butterflies. You will spot out different types of monkey and other mammals in this Forest. Walking underneath this canopy of an African tropical Rain forest. After get back into the vehicle and drive to Jinja town for your lunch, the place has got for lovely restaurant perched on a hill over the Nile serving very good with chicken breast stuffed with spinach a great delicacy. The restaurants have Ugandan, Chinese, Indian and Italian dishes. After lunch you will take a short ride to the source of the Nile-a quiet beautiful place, filled with palm trees, fantastic tropical plants and as you walk down the steps toward the Nile you can smell of the flowers there.
As you stand on the Nile, listen to the burbling water, lookout for native fishermen as they throw their nets in the longest river in Africa, You will take a Boat Cruise to the actual source of the Nile and beyond the lake where you will take great pictures for future memories.
After this amazing boat cruise, you will drive back to Jinja town once the industrial capital of Uganda but presently a residential town occupied with many old Indian styled buildings in which many Indians lived during the Amin’s regime. Nevertheless Jinja is a multicultural town, subjugated by inborn Basoga that are mixed up with Baganda, Banyankore, Bagwere, Basamya as well as other eastern tribes making it a fusion of a true Uganda town good for any visitor to interact with. Jinja has many shops besides the main road and also a place where to buy Ugandan crafts. Drive back to Kampala for dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
