Visiting The Source of The Nile, Jinja Uganda
Posted: August 8 2023 | Tagged: Uganda
I travel to Jinja, Uganda to see the Source of the Nile.
Jinja is where the waters of Lake Victoria empty out to form the White Nile and begin their 4000-mile journey towards Egypt.
Jinja is where the waters of Lake Victoria empty out to form the White Nile and begin their 4000-mile journey towards Egypt.
My first stop in Uganda, my 101st UN-listed country is Jinja, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest freshwater lake, 2nd biggest in the world to Lake Superior.
Jinja is considered to be the source of The River Nile. Though there are many places that claim that a small spring high in hills behind their grandmothers house is the primary source, the source of the water that leads to Lake Victoria.
And in Burundi, I eventually visited the Southernmost Source of the Nile.
Jinja is considered to be the source of The River Nile. Though there are many places that claim that a small spring high in hills behind their grandmothers house is the primary source, the source of the water that leads to Lake Victoria.
And in Burundi, I eventually visited the Southernmost Source of the Nile.
I'd crossed the Kenya-Uganda border at Busia and continued to Jinja.
I based myself at the Scindia Suites just off Main Street.
In my younger days, I would have gone to the Backpacker Hostel. These days, I prefer hotels.
The Scindia Suites Lodge and Restaurant. You won't find it on the booking sites, hell it's only on Google Maps because I added it.
I based myself at the Scindia Suites just off Main Street.
In my younger days, I would have gone to the Backpacker Hostel. These days, I prefer hotels.
The Scindia Suites Lodge and Restaurant. You won't find it on the booking sites, hell it's only on Google Maps because I added it.
In Khartoum, I once stood at the confluence of the White and Blue Niles. The Blue Nile originates at Lake Tana (I also went there in 2016) in Ethiopia (where it is called the Abay River)
There seems to be some dispute about whether the Nile or the Amazon is the longest in the world.
There seems to be some dispute about whether the Nile or the Amazon is the longest in the world.
Read more about the River Nile on Wikipedia.
But whether it's the longest or second longest, it is one of the world's mightiest rivers.
From Jinja town, it's about a 30 or 40-minute walk to the Source of the Nile Recreational Park.
There is a fee to pay. As per Kenya, the foreigner price is many times the local price.
A boda-boda guy suggested I ask for a discount.
So I used my charm (do I have charm?) and asked if they could let me in a lower price.
"I can let you in for half-price".
I was thirsty from the hike in the sun and the money I'd saved on the entrance fee allowed me to drink a couple of beers at the bar "Source of the Nile"
There is a fee to pay. As per Kenya, the foreigner price is many times the local price.
A boda-boda guy suggested I ask for a discount.
So I used my charm (do I have charm?) and asked if they could let me in a lower price.
"I can let you in for half-price".
I was thirsty from the hike in the sun and the money I'd saved on the entrance fee allowed me to drink a couple of beers at the bar "Source of the Nile"
Video in the Source of the River Nile bar, drinking a Nile beer, next to the Source of the River Nile, Jinja, Uganda:
Video at the Source of the River Nile:
Meeting locals in Jinja:
Who 'discovered' the Source of the River Nile?
The British explorer John Hanning Speke (1827-64) became the first European to visit Lake Victoria and having travelled around the lake, identified the point near Jinga as the source of the Nile.
Ghandi and the Source of the River Nile
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India.
He was assassinated in Delhi on 1948. Some of his ashes were taken to the Source of the River Nile at Jinja.
He was assassinated in Delhi on 1948. Some of his ashes were taken to the Source of the River Nile at Jinja.
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