Flanked today by the city of Jinja, the waterfall described by Speke now lies submerged beneath the Owen Falls Dam, Uganda’s main source of hydro-electric power. Still, a visit to the source of the Nile remains a moving and wondrous experience, no less so to those who have seen the same river as it flows past the ancient Egyptian temples of Luxor some 6,000 km downstream.
The source of the Nile, alluded to hazily in the ancient writings of Ptolemy, stood as one of the great geographical mysteries of the Victorian Age.
Closer to home, the Nile downriver from Jinja offers some superb white water rafting and game fishing. Its crowning glory, however, is Murchison Falls, where the world’s longest river funnels through a narrow fissure in the Rift Escarpment to erupt out of the other side in a crashing 43 metres plume of white water. The river below the falls is no less spectacular in its own way, with its profuse birdlife, thousands of hippos, and outsized, gape-mouthed crocodiles.
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4 Reviews
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-D24 SouthAfrica, 1 year ago
Peaceful, serene, superb views of the source of the Nile
A fairly long ride but you do get to see much of the country and scenery. The location was well maintained, green, peacefull and beautiful. There are no crowds or lines just open fields and tree’s atop a hill were you can have a great picnic overlooking the source of the nile itself. Better yet for a small fee you can take a boat ride up th river and observe the beauty up close and personal. You are surrounded by wildlife, greenary, and loads of water. You will even have an opportunity to stop on an island and observe the fishermen and there techniques, I highly recommend it.
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-Joseph, India, 10 months ago
The source of River Nile is a must visit.so beautiful, the greenery, the motorboat ride makes it a place worth to visit. so incredible
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-feathers, 6 months ago
Take a boat trip to the source of the Nile and enjoy the wildlife – Fisheagles, Egrets, River Birds, Monitor Lizards and many others. Use the toilet before you go but you need to have 500 shillings to pay first. There are places to buy souvenirs and if you are lucky you may spot some monkeys nearby.
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