3-Day Sipi Falls & Jinja Adventure

About This Tour

This three-day run east from Kampala pairs Uganda's most photographed waterfall with its adventure capital. The first day is a 300-kilometre drive via Jinja, breaking for breakfast and photographs at the Source of the Nile before climbing to Kapchorwa on the shoulder of Mount Elgon. Sipi Falls is really three separate falls on one trail, and the 1.5-kilometre guided walk takes you behind the middle one — close enough that the spray reaches you. Evenings are spent around a bonfire with the Karamojong plains spread out below. Day two starts on a smallholding at 8am, where farmers walk you through Arabica from cherry to cup: you pick, roast, grind and drink coffee that has not travelled more than a few metres. Then you choose your morning — a 110-metre abseil down the face of the main fall, or a full-day hike taking in all three falls and the caves behind them — before the three-hour drive down to Jinja and an optional sunset cruise on the Nile. The final morning is yours to spend on the river: white-water rafting on the Victoria Nile, bungee jumping, quad biking or horse riding, or a quieter visit to the Source of the Nile gardens and the craft market, before lunch and the two-hour drive back to Kampala. Ugandan residents travel at a reduced rate — ask us when you enquire.