Guests manoeuvre the rapids during the water rafting bit of
the adrift experience
If you love to get your adrenaline pumping, this place in
Jinja will do it for you with its lineup of white water rafting, wild jet races
and high bungee jumping.
It may not sound so familiar to local tourists possibly
because of the challenges involved and the fee charged but the nice services
and beautiful setting of the Adrift camp make it an attractive place. Adrift is
currently the only adventure company offering white water rafting, bungee
jumping, jet boating and river surfing on source of the Nile near the then
Bujagali Falls in Jinja.
With a daily free shuttle from Kampala to Jinja, after
booking at $125 (about Shs337, 500) for a day and $115 (about Shs310, 500) for
half a day respectively, there are guides available to serve breakfast upon
arrival and take you through the drills of white water rafting.
“You shouldn’t carry any valuable items save for the costume
you are going to raft in,” Yasin Magembe, a guide, said at a recent visit.
Equipped with paddles, life jackets and helmets, you paddle in inflatable boats
or rafting boat as you navigate Africa’s longest river, the Nile.
Minutes into the paddling, you are advised to hold on to the
boat as the waves lead you to the rapid falls where the high water pressure
forces you down the falls. With rescuers waiting down the falls, cheers from
fellow rafters who have already completed the challenge welcome you. It all
gives cadence to just how memorable this experience is.
Jet boating
Before you get over the rafting challenge, another exciting
one awaits you –racing on the jetting boats, up and down the Nile rapids.
At about 90 kilometers per hour, the boat comes with
propulsion jets at the sides which spin at 360 degrees, giving you an
experience similar to driving a car on a muddy surface. The challenge costs $75
(about Shs202, 500) per person and is just as memorable.
Bungee jumping
As one marvels about the country’s great wonders on the
Nile, the guides take you to another exciting activity – the Nile high bungee
jumping at a fee of Shs $115 (about Shs310, 500). Here, one is taken to the
Nile High Tower which is about 44 metres high, to free fall to the bottom while
you are attached to an elastic rope, which lets you hover above the water
before rebounding high above the river and back.
Mr. Gav Fahey, the Adrift Director says the challenge is 100
per cent safe and the tower is therefore built with this in mind.
“Because our tower has been built and operated to such high
specifications, jumpers are much more likely to get injured on the road travel
from or back to Kampala [than on the tower],” he quips.
Lodging
After burning up all that energy with the jet race, bungee
jumping and water rafting, a guest is given different meals of his/her choice
at the Wild Waters Lodges. The beautiful scenery at the lodges and rare setting
provides another experience at $250 (about Shs 675,000) for a night.
Although each adventure has its own price tag, you can take
the challenge of doing all of them in one day and leave Jinja believing that Uganda
really is the pearl of Africa.
To get the experience of water rafting and bungee jumping
adventure in Uganda contact Nature Adventure Tours & Safaris-Uganda foradventure tours
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