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Wildwaters Lodge

February 2, 2010

Extraordinary. Unique. Unforgettable.
There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a dream fulfilled. One dream was to raft the Nile and after first casting my eyes across the river in 1986, I had promised myself I would return one day to raft it. A second dream was to build unique accommodation on [...]

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Lake Chibwera – Queen Elisabeth Protected Area

February 2, 2010

It had rained very heavily the afternoon before and we had erected our tent in the rain, slightly anxious that the downpour might not stop before dark. Bare topped and soon drenched the skin, we used several towels to mop the inside of the tent. The thunderstorms had performed their wild dance across [...]

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Josh Melcher – Operations Manager

February 2, 2010

‘I am not sure I can get up there?’ Josh called from below. ‘Lets try without your pack’ I had returned. We had just spent two nights high on Mt. Kaddam in Southern Karamoja looking for a route to the summit. We were due to lead a commercial trip to the summit [...]

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Gavin Fahey – Wild Nile Jet

February 2, 2010

The possibilities were always going to be fantastic. I knew from the Adrift rafting experience that we had run the river for years without exploring every channel of it – some we still have not explored. In most sections of the Nile in Uganda, the river is divided into multiple channels, solid mounds [...]

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Henry Kyabalema – Adrift team member of the month November

November 22, 2009

Henry began his career with Adrift by carrying rafts to and from the river after being introduced to Adrift by a friend. He learnt to swim in the sandy ponds near his village and it is for this reason, he believes, he was selected to train as a safety kayaker. He paddles [...]

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Riots in Kampala

November 22, 2009

The trouble started when the Kabaka (traditional King of Buganda) planned a visit to the town of Kayunga (about an 1.1/2 hours). A self-styled clan leader (from the Buganda people) stood up in Kayunga and said that the Kabaka must ask permission from him to visit the town. At this point President Museveni’s [...]

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Wildwaters Reserve

November 22, 2009

In an exciting initiative driven by Adrift, dozens of mid-river islands at the Victorian source of the Nile will be protected for future generations to enjoy. Since Adrift introduced commercial rafting to Uganda in 1996, the company has witnessed accelerated degradation of the river banks and islands along the Nile between lakes Victoria and [...]

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