Budget Adventure

Adrift is Uganda’s favourite adventure company offering whitewater rafting, bungee jumping, river surfing and cruises on the Victoria Nile, close to its source near Bujagali Falls in Jinja. Join us for some of the most heart-pounding whitewater rafting on the planet; or choose another thrilling adventure. Adrift has an unparalleled worldwide reputation for safety and excellence.

Adrift is Uganda’s favourite adventure company offering whitewater rafting, bungee jumping, river surfing and cruises on the Victoria Nile, close to its source near Bujagali Falls in Jinja. Join us for some of the most heart-pounding whitewater rafting on the planet; or choose another thrilling adventure. Adrift has an unparalleled worldwide reputation for safety and excellence.

Guests are able to go fishing from the lodge, dropping their line directly into the River Nile to catch the incredible (and plentiful!) Nile Perch.

Safaris on horseback range from 1-3hrs rides, and are available 7 days a week starting from 10am and 2pm. Bookings are essential. Enjoy a leisurely ride through villages, farm land and along the River Nile, and see the life in Uganda from a whole other perspective.

Take a relaxing Kayak Sundowner Cruise or use a Stand up Paddle Board amongst the jungle and tropical islands on the flat water section of the famous White Nile. This slow paced activity is

suitable for a variety of ages and no prior paddling experience is needed. Our guide will entertain you with local stories and share his knowledge of the wildlife found in this paradise. Sundowner

drinks included.

Warm water, sunshine, tropical islands and the perfect introductory rapids makes the Nile the perfect place to learn how to whitewater kayak. The day is designed to teach the skills you need to

run a fun white water section on your first day. One of our highly qualified guides will be with you every step of the way. This is our most popular option – another tick on the worldwide bucket list.

The gorillas are completely wild but have become used to seeing a few humans after years of habituation. Many of the expert guides have been involved in this process since the beginning and are able to explain the complicated etiquette involved in meeting a giant silverback. This is an opportunity afforded only to a select few, as just eight visitors are allowed to view each group every day. Tracking through dense forest with steep slopes means that participants do need to be physically fit to enjoy the track. Once the gorillas are located, spend a maximum of one hour with them before returning back to camp. Please note only children aged 15 and above can track gorilla.

A tracking permit must be bought in advance in person in Bwindi.

Learn about and interact with the local Batwa People. This full day activity involves a three hour walk followed by about an hour spent with the Batwa. The walk back to camp is two hours. The visit includes a music performance, visitation by the goddess, hunting and gathering demonstration and an opportunity to see how they live. The Twa tribe who are also known as the Batwa are the oldest inhabitants of the Great Lakes region of Central Africa. They speak the same language as the Hutu and Tutsi groups of Rwanda. Like most of the tribes in Africa, they have moved from place to place and are now found in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and eastern portions of the DRC. Statistics show that by the year 2000 their numbers were approximately 80,000 people, making them a significant minority group in these countries. The first records of the Batwa were made by the Egyptians over 4,000 years ago. They described them as short statured people living near the "Mountains of the Moon" extolling their abilities as dancers and story tellers.

Bwindi is surrounded on the Buhoma side by the Bakiga community and the Batwa people community. The walk takes about two hours and begins with a stroll through a small tea farming project. Here you can stop to meet the tea pickers and perhaps even learn how to pluck tea leaves along the way. Then visit a local beer brewery and see how they mash bananas to make a fermented brew which is mixed and distilled to make banana beer - a popular local drink in the area. From here walk a short distance to the local hospital which Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp supports through various projects. Learn about how it started and the work they do for the community. Continue your walk to a nearby village and visit a traditional medicine man. The knowledge of using herbs for healing has been passed on from generation to generation and he will show you some of the herbs that grow in the forest and talk about how they are used. Later, relax and enjoy a performance by the Batwa community before returning to the camp.

Bwindi boasts over 350 bird species, including 24 that are endemic to these highlands straddling Uganda, Rwanda and the Congo - the so-called the "Albertine Rift Endemics". For keen birders, we can arrange for a local expert to guide you on a fascinating 2-3 hour walk through the park.

Bwindi is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a spectacular place to visit. In addition to the gorillas, Bwindi is also home to rare forest elephants, giant forest hogs and eleven kinds of primates, such as red tailed and blue monkeys, black and white colobus, baboons and chimpanzees. You can also find forest duiker antelopes, bush buck antelopes and over 200 species of butterflies. We can offer a guided forest walk on the Munyaga waterfall trail. This trail starts from the Park office and ends at the magnificent Munyaga waterfall. The walk to and from the waterfall takes about three hours and is a good way to practice or cool down a day before or after the gorilla tracking.

While staying at Gorilla Forest Camp guests are able to venture out on game drives to Ishasha, located in the south of the well known Queen Elizabeth National Park popular for its tree climbing lions, savanna elephants, buffaloes, topi, hippos, various bird species, warthogs and the occational leopard.

The Ishasha Sector is famous for its population of tree-climbing lions. The Lions are normally seen lazily lying within the branches of the huge fig trees staring down at the numerous Uganda Kobs grazing in the open Ishasha plains. This is usually a full day outing where guests are able to stop for lunch at the hippo pool. Departure is 6:30 in the morning.