Jinja Things to Do

Nile High Bungy is in Jinja, a short trip of 4 km from the jinja town is the Nile Resort. The bungy jumping booking can be done here for 55 $ per person. It is one of the beautiful locations overlooking the Nile River. The bungy is 44 m high and at the top the feeling is just great !!!

When I asked in a local bar where I could go for a swim in Jinja I was pointed in the direction of the Triangle Hotel.

I took a Boda to the Triangle 700UGX from the market.

It cost me 5,000 for a swim but I hadn’t brought a towel so had to pay an extra 2,000 to use one of the hotel’s. The small pool had a concrete arch spanning the pool and on top of the arch were two concrete crocodiles, the whole afternoon apart from 5 minutes I was the only one in the pool.

The hotel seemed to be busy with a conference while I was there and during a break in proceedings several of the conference goers step out for breather and a moan to each other about the price of breakfast.

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Beautiful landscape.Mainly visited by people which like rafting and kayaking but also worth a visit for ,,normal`` visitors.Boat trips are avaiable to visit some small islands around the falls.8km out of Jinja.Lovely to hike around .Very good restaurant not far away from the falls(the black lantern)

WOW!

See this view - well this is the view you get from the showers at Nile River Explorers Bujagali Falls.
Yep, actually inside your little private area where you take the shower.
At first its very weird - and I couldnt stop thinking that someone would see me any minute! They wont of course, there are plenty of trees between you and the river and nothing else inbetween.

The only downside about these showers is if you shower too late you could be bitten by the blood sucking mozzie that inhabit this part of the world.
Other than that its amazing isnt it!?!

The locals in Africa are the main thing that makes the continent so special.
When I arrived down at the Nile to watch the Rafters the entire place was full of locals, they were all so excited at watching the foreigners (Or Mzungus as the dub us!).
Women were there with their children, washing them in the Nile, children were there with their friends who were there with their aunts who were there with their cows.....And as always they were so happy and friendly.

This is Africa. As you can imagine the road will be dusty, bumpy and long! They always are LOL.....

I drove down to the source of the Nile in the back of a 4x4 - after taking that trip I would imagine the only transport you could take would be a 4x4 but you would be suprised!

The trip wasnt far down there, we drove past people and their homes waving frantically at us - as always happy to say hello to a Mzungu!

The drive in itself was an adventure.

Bujagali Falls are beautiful, situated along the Nile just outside of Jinja Township.
From our camp you can see the Falls - which is where I took this photo from, but if you take a rafting day you will encounter the falls at a totally different perspective!

The main reason that a Jinja receives a lot of visitors in for the White Water Rafting.
Rafting is a big business here, if you decide to raft on the Nile you will have a hot, wet, exhausting day but so much fun!

The Nile offers up to grade 6 rafting but on a trip you will only get up to grade 5 - which is enough anyway! The famous G Spot is something that not everyone does - but you should at least try it!

On leaving the camp in the morning the tour stopped in Jinja at the Nile River Explorers and had breakfast this consisted of a buffet breakfast with bananas, pineapple, apples, watermelon, sausages, eggs, bacon and toast and free tea and coffee - enough to fill you up before a hard day taking on the white waters on the Nile!!

This was included in the price of the trip - the DVD was as always extra!