Well I am in Uganda these days, and have had a busy last 2 weeks. The first week was spent at Bujagali Falls, near Jinja in the central east, the adventure capital of East Africa. Jinja is home to the source of the legendary Nile River, the longest in the world, as it flows out of Lake Victoria and heads North to Egypt.
The first 40km of river contains some big rapids, often split into 2-4 channels, mainly huge waves, holes and other scary white things! Most rapids are in the 3-5 range, with warm water making it one of the best play rivers in the world.
I hired some gear and got myself spanked on the river for a week, paddling half the time with the local safety kayakers, and half the time with Gert and Rob. Here are some fotos!!
Gert paddling the lower half of Itanda (the bad place)
Myself running Overtime
Using the towrope and local help to surf Nile Special, the best play wave on the Nile
The view from the back of the shuttle-truck...hello Uganda!
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