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White water rafting adventure in Uganda

Guests manoeuvre the rapids during the water rafting bit of the adrift experience 

 

If you love to get your adrenaline pumping, this place in Jinja will do it for you with its lineup of white water rafting, wild jet races and high bungee jumping.

It may not sound so familiar to local tourists possibly because of the challenges involved and the fee charged but the nice services and beautiful setting of the Adrift camp make it an attractive place. Adrift is currently the only adventure company offering white water rafting, bungee jumping, jet boating and river surfing on source of the Nile near the then Bujagali Falls in Jinja.

With a daily free shuttle from Kampala to Jinja, after booking at $125 (about Shs337, 500) for a day and $115 (about Shs310, 500) for half a day respectively, there are guides available to serve breakfast upon arrival and take you through the drills of white water rafting.

Water rafting

“You shouldn’t carry any valuable items save for the costume you are going to raft in,” Yasin Magembe, a guide, said at a recent visit. Equipped with paddles, life jackets and helmets, you paddle in inflatable boats or rafting boat as you navigate Africa’s longest river, the Nile.

Minutes into the paddling, you are advised to hold on to the boat as the waves lead you to the rapid falls where the high water pressure forces you down the falls. With rescuers waiting down the falls, cheers from fellow rafters who have already completed the challenge welcome you. It all gives cadence to just how memorable this experience is.

Jet boating

Before you get over the rafting challenge, another exciting one awaits you –racing on the jetting boats, up and down the Nile rapids.

At about 90 kilometers per hour, the boat comes with propulsion jets at the sides which spin at 360 degrees, giving you an experience similar to driving a car on a muddy surface. The challenge costs $75 (about Shs202, 500) per person and is just as memorable.

Bungee jumping

As one marvels about the country’s great wonders on the Nile, the guides take you to another exciting activity – the Nile high bungee jumping at a fee of Shs $115 (about Shs310, 500). Here, one is taken to the Nile High Tower which is about 44 metres high, to free fall to the bottom while you are attached to an elastic rope, which lets you hover above the water before rebounding high above the river and back.

Mr. Gav Fahey, the Adrift Director says the challenge is 100 per cent safe and the tower is therefore built with this in mind.

“Because our tower has been built and operated to such high specifications, jumpers are much more likely to get injured on the road travel from or back to Kampala [than on the tower],” he quips.

Lodging

After burning up all that energy with the jet race, bungee jumping and water rafting, a guest is given different meals of his/her choice at the Wild Waters Lodges. The beautiful scenery at the lodges and rare setting provides another experience at $250 (about Shs 675,000) for a night.

Although each adventure has its own price tag, you can take the challenge of doing all of them in one day and leave Jinja believing that Uganda really is the pearl of Africa.

Murchison Falls for wildlife tours

The best athletes from the Inter-Force Games were given a treat by the Uganda Wildlife Authority

Kampala.

                                         Giraffe view in Murchison falls national park

It’s a moment many yearn to see happen in their lives. Witnessing in sheer wonder as water gushes between rocks at the world’s most powerful falls.

This is what the eyes of the best athletes from the ninth edition of the 2011 Uganda Inter-force Games were treated to at the largest national park in the country - the Murchison Falls National Park.

This unique opportunity was a promise fulfilled by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). Despite the fact that it was delayed, it only remained a perfect way to start the year for the sportsmen.

“This has been nice and impressive for me,” Ali Ngaimoko, a sprinter from the Uganda Police Force said as the 30-man contingent returned to Kampala on Saturday.

Gifted by nature

“Uganda is gifted by nature,” Uganda Police Defence Forces (UPDF) best handball player Moses Akena said. His experience would differ much from that of the best shooting players Thomas Dilla (UPDF) and Norah Mbubi (UWA).

For a journey that stretches to about 380km from Kampala on road, to covering another 66km during game rides and finally a 17km boat ride upstream the Victoria Nile, it’s all quite breath taking but worth travelling. From the baboons, hippos, water bucks, giraffes, elephants to the numerous crocodiles and different bird species, some felt like staying longer than the three days.

Uganda diversified destination for cultural tourism

                                     The Sabiny cutural group presenting the culture

Participants at the Sabin cultural celebration show the evolution of their dress code clothing from leaves, backcloth to kanzu and gomesi.

Linking cultures and showing evolution of the Sabiny way of dressing had never been a point of interest until the 17th Sabiny cultural celebrations took place in November last year. Sabiny from Bukwo, Kween and Kapchorwa were yoked together as the crowds drew to commemorate the day together with the Ndorobo, Pokot, and Kalengin from Kenya.

Charles Chemonges who led the team of traditional artists took the celebrant’s through the cultural transformation of the Sabiny.

He told the people that whenever they speak about cultural heritage, most often people think of monuments, buildings, sites and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) but that as Sabiny, they must now think of the outstanding universal value of their own cultures especially how dressing has evolved and their ethnological or anthropological significance.

“How did we get to the modern way of dressing? Is this where we started from? And what about story-telling, traditional lore, performing arts, rituals, knowledge of nature, the universe, and other such phenomena? First, we started by putting on leaves from trees, then when we acquired tools for hunting, we started putting on animal skins before going in for a bark cloth and then modern wear, this is what we must guard,” said Chemonges.

Looking beyond FGM

The exuberant dances, display of the evolution of dress code and sounds of the traditional Sabiny music and delicacies prepared by traditional Sabiny elders were a show case of the Sabiny culture.  The Reproductive Education and Community Health programme executive director, Beatrice Chelangat, said the display of cultural exhibits, craft demonstrations and dressing exhibitions from Sabiny community reflects how rich Sabiny culture can be without necessarily practicing FGM.
“We shall actually carry on with this every year to ensure our culture is protected as we discard the bad practice of FGM. We must sensitize the communities through this to end the bad practice,” said Chelangat.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, who was the chief guest, urged respective governments to support a United Nations ban on FGM, by getting parliamentary motions adopted, or other measures that commit the government to fighting the bad practice. “Although we ought to protect cultural heritage like the one we have watched here, FGM is a violation of women’s rights. It is a dangerous and irreversible procedure that negatively impacts the general health, child-bearing capabilities and educational opportunities of girls. God is not happy about the practice,” said Kadaga.

About Tailor Safaris

Welcome to Africa, the world`s most thrilling continent to experience adventure .And welcome to Tailor tours and safaris limited one of the Great lakes regions leading operators for professional adventure travel.
This  is one of the most established tailor made safari companies operating in Uganda, Rwanda and is completely African based and each year sees us introduce new innovative itineraries due to increase demand in the tailored trips to fit individual or group clients budget, time and mostly value for their money  to Africa
We started with one office in Uganda and after hard work and commitment to professional approach in our services, we now have retail contact offices in Rwanda, United Kingdom and USA.
Tailor safaris is a GSM-Alumni family owned   company which was begun by some young Ugandans who lost all their parents as a result of wars and HIV in the great lakes region  and where  raised  in Africa by the Americans sponsorship programs  under  the Good Samaritan Ministries.
Seeing  this region  again in its medley of wonders in culture, birds, primates and the many investment opportunities  enjoy the real pearl of Africa after the many years of unsettlement from the 1970`s is a great achievement  .
With the passion and love for Africa about its vest nature, Tailor tours and safaris was established by these well trained and experienced orphans who were given the opportunity to study up to the university and also traveled to different countries to attain professionalism .So why not let Tailor safaris show you their real Africa and by traveling and with us, you are giving to the African children who are being sponsored through our different awareness programs in Rwanda and Uganda.
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