White Water Rafting in Uganda
White water rafting in Uganda means rafting up to Grade IV and V world class. Though there are several hard adventures done like gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking, hiking the Rwenzori and so on, but it’s the rafting which can make your adrenaline burning. Undoubtly, Uganda suggest the best place to experience a kind of rafting on the stretching of the Nile River just some Kilometers from the source.
White water rafting is done in Jinja city, this the East African capital of adrenaline adventures. The adventure city forester your adventure end or beginning eastward from Kampala capital. The selection can be a better en-route to your safari trip on the northeastern route.
Tubing, kayaking, bungee jumping, and boat rides comes as accompaniments that boost the zeal for rafting. Though, the world classic grad IV and V on the advance rapids, still no rafting experience is needed. For starts training are done, all safety precautions are highly considered.
Along the World famous longest River, the Nile, are these great features of overlooking cliffs and rough gorges that accelerates rapids. The beauty of the rapids makes it possible to dive your head down ward, God! It seems dangerous? But most exciting moment as you loss you sense for a second.
How the rafting is done
It all start with booking, the process is a half day activity lasting for 6 hours. It’s a great idea not to add any other activity on your day of rafting.
White water rafting is done in paddle rafts that carry a maximum of 6 people (rafters). Each paddle raft if accompanied by a well-trained rafting guide. Each rafter on board is given a paddle, the keep following the guides advise on how enjoy you dive.
Along the rafting, there’re kayakers walking along the river banks to ensure safety, in cases where the raft tube flips and fails to turn then Kayaker are available to help.
Meanwhile the rafting covers distance of 20km from starting point and stretches to the rough rapids for advanced rafters. The rafting starts on calm waters as the guide helps and teachers first timers, the development comes with gentle rapids that accelerate to form the fuming and bubbling white waters.
Along the rapid development, can choose where to raft from considering grades that ranges from grade I to grade V.
The influential volumes of water create dreadful rapids are memorable rafting experience akin to that of Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. Then Jinja rafting brand’s it as East African ‘adrenaline capital.’
The rapids at the Nile blows up hug walls of white water that slide over the warm pools heated by the equatorial glare.
Safety of rafting
The rafting on the Nile is recorded at 100%, all safety precautions are taken to ensure that any one attain their self-afterwards.
Rafting is not for the hear faint must know this. So, when opting for the adventure must be cautiously and adhere to any instruction given.
Every rafting tube accommodates a maximum of 6 rafters plus a well trained and experienced guide. The guide keeps on instructing you on every issue for safety and enjoyments. Rafters relish the uproar as their safety is being guaranteed.
First timers are trained as the rafting sets and instructor is are always at hand through the starters grade 1-3 then argue the waterspouts and rapids for advancement.
The safety cautions comes maiden with safety briefing, practice and build confidence slower grades before embarking on the more puzzling sections.