Jinja
Good to know
- Best time to go
- June to September, December to February
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Jinja sits at the point where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria, historically confirmed by John Hanning Speke in 1862 as the source of the world's longest river. The town has developed into East Africa's white-water rafting capital, with grade-five rapids on the Nile downstream of the Owen Falls Dam drawing kayakers and rafters year-round. The broader Jinja area offers bungee jumping over the Nile, quad biking, and horseback riding through surrounding sugarcane and banana plantations.
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