Uganda

Friday 8th June 2007
Time’s been flying by at Lake Baringo – it’s been great to relax after the Rhino Charge, but we must make our way to Uganda now. The drive takes longer than expected, and we arrive at Bujugali falls just outside of Jinja after dark.
The border crossing was fairly painless – just the usual aggressive touts and insurance salesmen. The visas are $30 each and insurance for 4 months is just $14.

Bujugali falls are extensive – spanning 1km and our campsite is right next to the falls. The sound is deafening, but we sleep surprisingly well.

Our neighbours and pretty much the only other campers are Floris and Marika, overland from Holland in a 40 year old Unimog with their two charming dogs.

We get along instantly and talk about fishing together – maybe in the next few days we’ll head out onto the Nile (Jinja, just 9km from us is the source of the Nile) and see what we can catch.

Each day, white water rafters come through here – on their way to some much larger waters downstream. There’s five monster grade 5 red rapids here – making this river and this location one of the adrenalin capitals of Africa.

The boats come thick and fast through the middle of the day, many overland trucks and gap year students come here for an adrenalin hit.

After watching for a while we decide that soon we must do this – it’s a great way to see the river as the trip is 23km long… it’s also not bad value at $75 for a whole day (although I’m having to think about the budget constantly)