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And just when you think that you have tamed this watery beast, you get lined up right into the rock-chomping roar of Total Ganja - and you die like a dog-end in a toilet bowl. Water. Air. Whirling cumulus sky. Manage a huge gulp of oxygen. Smashing into the next wave to go cartwheeling into that bloody G-Spot yet again. Someone hitting the Flush button just as you reach the surface. And just when you think your chest is about to explode, you’re in the clear. Running cool to where the Landy waits to take you back to camp. And up to the thatched pub where the smiling barman guards a frosty crop of Nile Specials. Where there is a view across the Nile that you will remember forever. And thinking how sweet it is to taste the true spirit of adventure ... Information:SAA flies to Entebbe from JHB three times a week and economy-class, return tickets are priced from R 2 580 (airport tax not included & with a stay of between five days & one month). Book on-line at www.flysaa.com. Nile River Explorers are experts at running river rafting (and boarding) excursions along the Nile River in the Bujagali Falls area near the town of Jinja. A day trip (including food, refreshment and enough Grade Five rapids to give you a healthy appetite) will come to US$65 per person, but book in advance - email them on rafting@starcom.co.ug or phone them on Tel: +256 (0) 43 120 236 or Mobile: (077) 422 373. If you’re keen on fitting in some great game viewing as well, head to the Queen Elizabeth National Park. Here Mweya Safari Lodge offers luxurious accommodation, sumptuous food and unparalleled hospitality to adventurous global travellers. Choose between an affordable B&B option (at US$65 pppn twin share) and the unqualified splendour of the Royal Cottage at US$ 450 per night, all inclusive). Contact Anjelica Arden at MARASA Central Reservations on Tel. +256 (0) 78 260 260 or email her on MweyaParaa@africaonline.co.ug UCOTA (Uganda Community Tourism Association) runs various community tourism projects in Uganda, including the Kibale Forest Chimp Tracking (US$20) or the Bigodi Swamp Walk (US$10) near Fort Portal. Speak to Elissa Williams on Mobile: (077) 790 248 or email them on ucota@swiftuganda.com Copyright © 2002 Jacques Marais. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without the permission of the author is prohibited. By Jacques Marais | 
