Rafting the Nile River

The minute we got settled as a group in Uganda, we immediately began looking into different adventures to go on. Our first major adventure of the summer was to go white water rafting on the Nile River. The Nile River actually starts in Uganda. It flows out of this enormous lake called Lake Victoria.  This lake is so big it even has small islands scattered throughout it, with remote villages on them. It's a massive lake. Before getting to Uganda, I never really realized that the Nile started in Uganda, in fact it is the only river in the world to flow north.

Since the Nile River is so deep, it is one of the few rivers in the world that contain true class five rapids and you won't have to worry about hitting any rocks. These rapids were insanely huge and by far the best adrenaline rush I have ever had. I loved absolutely every minute of it and our boat managed to only tip over once (other boats weren't nearly as lucky). There was even a section of the river we had to get out and hike around because the waterfall was too big and dangerous for people to raft over. And on the calm parts of the river we all jumped out and swam in the Nile. We didn't see any large crocodiles, just a baby one floating along next to us swimming. We spent most of the day out on the river and of course we came back with some painful sunburns. This was an experience of a lifetime and I would give anything to go back and do it again!

They had people go ahead of us and take pictures of each of the boats coming through the different rapid sections. I posted some of the best ones from my boat and some of my favorites...