Jinja, Uganda The souce of River Nile

The 2nd day of the trip was to see the Beginning point of River Nile from Lake Victoria  at the place called Jinja.  

Jinja is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda, located on the North shores of Lake Victoria

This town is about 84 kms from Kampala the capital of Uganda.  The drive to this place takes about 2.5 to 3 hours.  The road runs through sugarcane fields, tea plantations coffee plantations.  Some places looks like you are driving through coorg.  On the way there are lot of vendors selling fruits just like in highways in India.  

Source of Nile river

The White Nile leaves Lake Victoria at Ripon Falls near Jinja, Uganda, as the "Victoria Nile." It flows north for some 130 kilometers to Lake Kyoga.

Getting onto the boat which took us to the center point, The guide was saying that beyond the point of a rock in the middle of the river is  Lake Victoria and the place marked by stone enclosure is the source of Nile.  







Info about Nile from Wikipedia 

The Nile has two major tributaries – the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The White Nile is traditionally considered to be the headwaters stream.  However, the Blue Nile is the source of most of the water of the Nile downstream, containing 80% of the water and silt. 

The White Nile is longer and rises in the Great Lakes region. It begins at Lake Victoria at Jinja and flows through Uganda and South Sudan. 

The Blue Nile begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopiaand flows into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet at the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.






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