White Water Rafting
White Water Rafting
White water rafting is done in Jinja the largest city in the eastern region of Uganda. Apart from visiting Queen Elizabeth National Park, tourists usually travel to Jinja to opt for the water rafting activity. Jinja is a colonial town of Uganda and is commonly referred to as the adventure capital of Uganda. This is where rafting takes place at River Nile. The white water rafting activity is one of the best tourist activities in Uganda.
White water rafting has been in existence for over 10 years. Rafting is an exciting adventure for everyone and at times you fall into the river. However sometimes the Nile is constrained to one channel.
There are strong rapids that hit between the beautiful mid-river island however the guides always are there available to protect you and guide you.
White water rafting is done in paddle rafts which carry a maximum of six people plus a rafting guide who is well trained in rafting.
Each person is given a paddle and the guide keeps instructing you on how best to use the paddle to enjoy the raft and how to be safe. There are safety kayakers who move with the rafters on river Nile. They are also highly trained to give safety of the first world class paddlers, the kayaks run through the rapid a head of the raft.
In case the raft flips upside down and your thrown into the water the nearby kayakers and guides help you to get back on the boat.
When the water is calm the guides on the raft have a chance to train their crew during this time of rafting. The rapids become more adventurous when you paddle at the Bujagali falls where a major rapid swiftly hits the other. When the raft boats enter the wild waters, the rapids become larger and more spectacular.
When you reach the Itanda which is called the bad place of rapids the Nile hits so powerful so you get off the rafts and carry them on the land until when you reach the come rapids.
There are different grading of the rapids running from 1-5 where you can chose to go through the middle of the rapids that are larger and higher or go through the edges of the rapids, however take note this may not turn the way you expected if some of you fail to paddle well then the raft might flip or take you in the wrong direction.
White water rafting is a wonderful activities and a whole family can option to love it. For those with young teens you can chose the small rapids since the adults always prefer the wildest rapids. Visit the forested islands in different channels of the river.
