Day 1:  Leave Kampala at 7 am and head down the Jinja highway   Arrive at Mabira Rainforest, here have an opportunity to view a magnificent forest with its trees, plants, mammals, monkeys and birds.  It is one of the last remaining rainforests in the Central area of Uganda.  Uganda is where the West African Rainforests meet East Africa and Mabira is most magnificent example of the beauty found elsewhere of the rainforests in Western Uganda.

After a nice long morning walk we head off to Jinja where we go to the source of the Nile and see where John Speke discovered what is known today as the source of the Nile.  You can take a boat ride on the Nile and go right to where Lake Victoria and the Nile meet.

The Source of the Nile Park is simply lovely and lots of opportunities to take pictures from flowers to the Nile and its fishermen.

Afterwards it is lunch at the Sunset Hotel along the Nile where you can have Chinese, Indian, Continental and Ugandan fare and all the while look out on the Nile River down to Owen's Dam.

During the afternoon we will visit downtown Jinja and visit some local craft shops for Ugandan Souvenirs and view some of the Asian Homes that were pre-Idi Amin era. 

In the late afternoon we drive off to our accommodations located along the falls on the Nile.  A fabulously hidden jewel with a great dinner that will delight you. It is owned by a German man who has created a true Haven, though the name also Harbor in German. Relax to the sounds of rushing waters, take a walk across the grounds and rest for the next day of rafting.   You can pick any other lodging in Jinja from budget to up-market, just click on the link.

Day 2:  You can have a leisurely breakfast while looking at the Nile.  Then it is off for the rafting experience, you can choose from mild to wild, receive some instructions and off you go for your trip.  Lunch on an Island in the Nile and this will be one of the most fantastic experiences of your life.  Remember that it is not just any River, but the Nile, the longest river in Africa, flowing south to north.

Refreshments will be enjoyed after a fantastic day and then back to the "Haven" for a fantastic dinner with stories to tell.  Get an early rest since we will be leaving at 7 am in the morning for Murchison Falls National Park.

Day 3: Early Breakfast and off we go to Murchison Falls National Park, nice scenery along the way.  We stop for lunch in the town of Malindi and have lunch at the Malindi Hotel.  The Malindi Hotel is the oldest Hotel in Uganda built by the Ugandan Railroad in 1923 and it has certainly seen many a guests there including Kathryn Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart who stayed there for the making of portions of the African Queen.  Malindi is also the place where Ernest Hemingway recovered from injuries in two airplane mishaps near Murchison Falls.  He stayed for a few days at the Masindi Hospital.  After lunch it is back on the road to Murchison Falls. 

We move into the park and head for the top of Murchison Falls. The ground trembles as you approach the falls, you can see the Nile 50 meters wide and then it plunges down through a 7 meter gorge 47 meters downward.  There is an eternal rainbow created by the mist from the falls...you glance out and see the Nile gently moving toward its destiny, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.

After this most awesome experience we head for the  accommodation that you have chosen at Murchison Falls National Park and check in. 

Enjoy your dinner, in some cases overlooking the Nile, listen to the sounds of the African night

Day 4:  Early Breakfast and off for a morning game drive.  See the sun rise over the savannah and enjoy the lions, antelopes, elephants, giraffes, Buffaloes, birds and more along the way. 

We return for a break and lunch, enjoy an afternoon break for the.  In the afternoon we go for a boat ride on the Nile and often the highlight of the trip to Murchison Falls National Park.  Enjoy, take pictures of Hippopotamus, Buffaloes, crocodiles, birds, monkeys, elephants and of course the fabulous falls themselves.  One interesting note is that Idi Amin himself took a French News Crew here and pointed out the crocodiles along the way.  You can see the video on Google video, it is worthwhile seeing .

Back to your lodging for dinner and rest in the African Wilderness.

Day 5:  An early morning drive at dusk, then breakfast at the lodging and off we go for our journey, but it is not over yet...we go on  to tracking (trekking) chimpanzees  and that will another fantastic time for you.  A walk viewing chimpanzees in a mahogany  forest.

Lunch at the Masindi Hotel and off to Kampala where we return during the early evening hours in time for dinner. Another fantastic opportunity for your Kabiza Wilderness Safaris.

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