Located in the eastern part of Uganda, Jinja city is approximately 85 km away from Kampala the capital city of Uganda. Jinja City is known to be the adventurous capital city of East Africa, this is because of a lot of adventure activities to be done. On top of that jinja is where the longest river in the whole world starts from (the source of the River Nile). This 3-day Jinja rafting tour is going to give you a chance to explore some of the amazing adventurous activities done in Jinja City. Some of the activities to look up to on this trip include rafting, community visits, zip lining or nature walks in the Mabira forest.
On your arrival at the Entebbe International Airport, you will be picked up by one of our company tour guides who will transfer you to Jinja. A stopover will be made at Sezibwa Falls for a small adventure and picnic lunch. From there you will proceed with the journey and stop at Mabira forest where you will have two options to explore the biggest forest in Uganda. Option one will be a guided nature walk in Mabira and option two will be zip lining in Mabira. After doing any of that you will head straight to Jinja, check in, and call it a day.
Meal plan; lunch and dinner
After having your breakfast, you will head to the base camp for a briefing so that you get to learn more about the activity and get to choose which level you want. A selection between level 3 – level 5 can be made after knowing what the levels mean and how they differ. Rafting activity takes about 1-3 hours and always ends with a bottle of Nile special (A beer drink named after the River Nile). From there you will head back to the lodge for lunch and go for a community visit where you will spend the rest of the day. You will learn about the culture, customs, and norms of the local people through traditional dances, stories, and food, to mention a few. After you will return to the lodge for dinner and call it a day.
Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Wake up to an amazing breakfast then head out for a quick Jinja City tour and head back to Kampala/ Entebbe. Lunch will be served along the way.
Meal plan; breakfast and lunch