Misty morning view of the River Nile from from The Haven, Jinja, Uganda
Misty morning view of the River Nile from from The Haven, Jinja, Uganda. The Haven is a family favourite. We've been visiting for eight years so far - and every visit is memorable!
Read my blog Messing about on the River Nile. A week-end at The Haven, Jinja
Men swimming in the River Nile, Jinja, eastern Uganda.
Nile River Festival 2019
Each year people from around the world gather and join with the local community to celebrate the amazing whitewater of the Nile River in Uganda. Nile River Festival 2019 was a crazy mix of epic, hilarious, scary, competition and fun, but mostly it was about getting everyone together for a good time and honouring an incredible section of river.
Check out the Nile River Festival 2020 event and put it into your calendar right now! Miss it, miss out!
A big thanks to all our sponsors:
- Nile Special
- Jackson Kayak
- Kayak Session Magazine
- Palm Equipment
- dewerstone
- Brussels Airlines
And to our event partners:
- International Rafting Federation
- Nile River Explorers
- Adrift
- Nalubale Rafting Uganda
- Love it Live it
- Bikeventures Uganda: Bicycle Tours and Rentals
- Nile SUP
... and thank you to Travel to Paddle Productions for all the hard work filming and creating an epic edit!
Rapids of the Nile River - GIGGITTY GIGGITTY on a SUP board
Many of the Nile's rapids can be paddle on a kayak, sit-on-top or stand-up-paddle board.
Debby Does Uganda! - A Paddleboard the Nile Special
Debby McKenzie (Voice of the Voiceless) visited Adam in Serere, Uganda while he was establishing Worldwide Trust Foundation and organisation founded to aid the local community.
Adam D Short will be Paddleboarding the Nile, a world first, from source to sea. Subscribe to his YouTube Channel to watch exclusive videos as he prepares, trains and completes the challenge.
NB Due to copyright Imagine Dragons has been removed from the end title
Stand Up Paddleboard on the Nile River
Try stand up paddleboarding on the calm flat water or the whitewater on the world-famous Nile River in Uganda with our sister-company NileSUP.
White Water Rafting on the white Nile (Jinja) Part 1
Part 1 of a video that was taken on a white water rafting trip that I took on the Nile.
Juma of Itanda
Humanity, hope and the fate of a mighty river.
As Juma Via Kalikwani walks through the dirt streets of his hometown, he is bombarded with children and adults alike who flock to see him–his role as the Director of Operations for Nile River Explorers, a large Jinja, Uganda based rafting company, has earned him hometown stardom. But Kalikwani’s beginnings are humble. As a young boy, he became friends with the first rafters to discover the warm rapids of the Victoria Nile, and slowly worked his way up through the ranks of NRE to his current role.
Kalikwani and the rest of the Ugandans who benefit from the rafting and tourism industry nearly lost their livelihoods in 2011 when the Bujagali Hydroelectric Project was completed, burying half of the Nile’s famous rapids in its reservoir. Fortunately, the companies were able to relocate downstream and continue their businesses. Following the construction and a public uproar from the local people, in 2007 the Ugandan Government signed a non-development agreement with the IDA/World Bank called the Kalagala Offset Indemnity Agreement to protect the area for its cultural significance and tourism value.
Despite the agreement, the World Bank and its affiliates were quiet as the Ugandan government accepted a loan from the Export-Import Bank of China and contracted China International Water and Electric Corporation to build the Isimba Power Station. Three dam heights were proposed; the largest, which would generate an estimated 183 MW will create a devastating reservoir to the people and economy of the Victoria Nile. The smallest, which would generate an estimated 170 MW–only 13 MW less–would spare most of the rapids and homes in its path.
From the Director:
While there is no denying the need for more power generation in Uganda, the Isimba Dam discussion bypasses the compromise that the local people are striving for. Please contact your country’s World Bank representatives; for more information about this, please go to:
Presented by NRS –
Director – Tommy Penick
Boy at Itanda – Nonbi Umal
Music by...
Sun Through The Clouds
Matthew Morgan
Marmoset Music
Who Will Remember
A. Taylor
The Music Bed
Media and Film Festival Inquiries
Tommy Penick - tommy@tommypenickphoto.com
Special thanks to Juma Via Kalikwani, Nile River Explorers, Jessie Stone, Kayak the Nile, our driver Godfrey, and the people of Bujagali
White Nile Rafting (Part 2)
Grade 5 white water rafting at the source of the White Nile in Jinja, Uganda. Watch out for The Bad Place. 27th July 2009.
NILE SURFER
A young man surfs on the Nile at Jinga, Uganda
Kayaking Uganda January 2013
Kayaking in Uganda January 2013
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Sonso chimpanzees in West Uganda getting their salt intake
Chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve, in West Uganda getting their sodium intake by eating the pith of Raphia palm trees. This vital source of sodium is under threat as these trees as also being used by tobacco farmers and the number of palm trees disappearing is increasing.
Video is courtesy of Cat Hobaiter
For more on this story look at Asha Tanna's blog
New Lipusitiki in town ????
Surfing on the White Nile
Video of us surfing a standing wave while riverboarding the white nile in Uganda. For the full story visit
Ark Fishduck
Ark fishduck 2 with 8hp mariner outboard
Neil's stv Otonabee river
The White Water Rafting Challenge is back in 2015
By popular demand our annual White Water Rafting Challenge is back and going to be held at the beautiful Tana River at Sagana on May 23rd and 24th 2015.
Held in partnership with Savage Wilderness this event is a wonderful team building activity or a perfect way for your colleagues / friends to enjoy the great outdoors, for a great cause! Last year 20 corporate teams took up this challenge and raised almost 2.5 million for adults and children with cancer.
What you need to know to secure your very own Raft:
All teams should consist of 5 people over the age of 10 years.
You need to pay a deposit of Kshs 50,000.
Your team will also commit to pay or fundraise a further Kshs 100,000 to be received by 10th Feb 2015. Early-birds enjoy a discount as this increases to Kshs 110,000 by March 28th or 120,000 by 15th April.
There will be two races this year, the Down River and Slalom Race.
All teams will be properly trained by professional guides who will ensure your safety throughout the challenge.
Once you are registered, you will receive a welcome DVD, fundraising support a fact sheet about Savage Wilderness, Faraja Cancer Support and cancer in Kenya.
There are prizes for our top fundraiser and the team that raises the most money gets to pick the best guide!
We are very much looking forward to sharing this challenge or rapids, campfires and laughter with you .
To register today please contact Cindy on email cindy@farajacancersupport.org or call 0727 529 287
Please note there is a great Corporate Sponsorship opportunity to become 'Captain Sponsor' for this high profile corporate event, which attracted wide spread media coverage last year'. Please see our Support page for details.
Early days in South Africa
The Kirk family and their early adventure in South Africa.
Juju on the beat ????crysto panda