Could someone enlighten me regarding a visit to Jinja, Uganda. How much time should I spend there and what should I see?

Thanks

A day at most. I haven't been since '98, but it is a very pleasant place. If you are history buff (as I am) about the exploration of the source Nile, then it has added interest. There is a monument to Speke.

The Falls are nice, and the area flowing into the lake is beautiful. It is a pretty laid back place, and there are some lovely tea plantations on the road from Kampala. The mode transportation is "bicycle taxi." I was reticent about getting on one, but it's really the best one around. I'm sure there is more for tourists these days.

Daniel

You must try the white water rafting too. I went with Nile River Explorers back in '97. Its a lot of fun. That would make if a 2 nite trip.

www.raftafrica.com/rafting.htm

The other company is Adrift.

actually, daniel, no, there is not!

if you do the river trip, you should know that you will not be told until after you are soaking wet that you have been exposed to bilharzia and that you must begin the treatments for it 6 weeks later.

just fyi.

kerikeri

Actually the odds of getting bilharzia are extremely low. Never met any river rafters on the Zambezi or Nile that has contracted it. And the guides are in the water all day. I've been rafting in the Nile and Zambezi rivers many times, wading in many more rivers, sometimes for hours, and even swimming in well chosen spots in Lake Malawi.

It is still or slow moving waters and reeds(snails) where you need to be worried. This is where part of their reproductive cycle takes place.

The parasite just doesn't do well in the fast moving waters where the rafting takes place.

thanks for that reassurig info on bilharzia.

i'm not a doctor, just a tourist and that's what will happen to the poster if he decides to do the trip.
kerikeri