Wild Water Rafting the Nile with “Nalubale Rafting” - a must in Uganda!

I had a wonderful day on the river Nile on Saturday. I went on a full day rafting trip with “Nalubale Rafting”, a new rafting company in town. It was just great fun the whole day long – despite some near death experiences ;-) But I admit it is a stupid idea to try to swim a waterfall upstream and to check out the toughness of stones underwater with your shoulder and knee – but hey, now I know how my clothes feel in the washing machine ;-)

The whole trip was extremely well organised. We were picked up at Blue Mango and when we arrived at the company's beautiful premises in Jinja, the breakfast¹ was already ready. During the trip most people could have another valuable hour of sleep (or however else they wanted to treat their hangovers).

After a short but comprehensive safety instruction and the hand over of the brand new “personal” equipment (helmet, life jackets and paddles), we headed off to the river shore, were we boarded the rafts. Unfortunately, not everybody was allowed to enjoy the rafting... Two Ugandan ladies, who could barely swim, were asked to do the trip on the safety boat. A wise decision, considering the fact, that they already screamed, when they had to jump into the calm water where we started.

I do not want to describe each rapid, water fall etc. Everybody should go and enjoy it on their own! It is just an awesome experience and I will definitely do it again. Next I will do a kayak course and a two day rafting trip. And I will definitely chose “Nalubale Rafting” again. I prefer them to their main competitor adrift. Adrift is not bad (definitely better than the other two (?) rafting companies), but Nalubale is just more personal, and they have a better concept for their trip. They do not stop for lunch. You have yummy sandwiches, fruits and water on the boat. Thus, you do not get bored on the long stretch after lunch without rapids etc.

1Breakfast was tea/coffee, delicious pancakes and fruits.