16th – Jinja

We broke down camp and left around 0830 to go further east to Jinja where we will be spending the next two nights with various (optional) activities.

The drive was short and we arrived around 1130 at the campsite, located near the start of the Nile. Lunch was had and the guides working at the campsite briefed us on our options for while we are staying here. When it was clear there would be (near) endless alcohol of in the open bar on the sunset cruise almost everyone signed up for it (it also helped that it would be free if you signed up for rafting tomorrow).

The afternoon was spent on relaxing, biking, coordinating tomorrow’s activities or whatever one fancied until we’d depart on the cruise.

The cruise was (almost) as expected; we saw a lot of wildlife while getting (somewhat) hammered in the open bar and snacks. Open bar was lacking, though; G&T with no tonic, rum & coke with no rum and some were disappointed they didn’t have cider. But no one left the boat sober so in all fairness it could be considered a success despite the setbacks.

Pied kingfishers.

Who doesn't want a house on their own island?

Coming back on land we had dinner and after cleanup some of us took two matatus (local minibuses) to a disco. While I’m not a big fan of such it was mentioned that one of the buses would return after an hour or so so I thought it would be nice getting out, having a few drinks, and get back to camp. Unfortunately that never really happened so we all got back to camp around 0130 which was tough and not quite what I had hoped for.