OPENING OF THE JINJA NILE BRIDGE BY H.E. YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI
The New Jinja Bridge named: "The Source of the Nile Bridge"
The New Jinja Bridge named: "The Source of the Nile Bridge"
The falls are found on the Nile, about 18 kilometers North- West of Jinja town. They offer you great opportunity for bird watching especially the weaver bird, camping and picnic outings. The falls are located about 8 kilometers from Jinja. There is great potential of bird watching and Ethno botany.
Within the proximity of 10 kilometers, from Jinja municipality, Bujagali Lake is best known for both excursions and international tourism. The Lake also offers opportunity for bird watching, sunset cruises, canoeing and more.
River Nile is well known to be the longest river in the world. Its source starts right from Jinja Uganda, some people may be wondering how the name Nile come about. It’s a famous Greek word simply meaning valley. The river starts from the Northeastern part of Africa. It flows from the surrounding areas close to the equator to the outrageous Safari desert and up to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The river is about 6696km long and pours its water to over nine countries although it’s more centered to Uganda as well as Egypt.
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