What to Bring for a Day of Tubing on the Nile
A short packing list so you can relax and enjoy the river: what to wear, what to leave behind and what you will be glad you brought.
April 21, 2026
What an incredible experience! During our trip to Kampala in October 2024, we had the opportunity to take a ride up to Jinja to go whitewater tubing down the Nile River. It was an absolute blast! The Adventure Source team were professionals and made us feel very safe while still having fun during the whitewater rapids, and after they treated us to delicious pineapple and drinks. It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip for me, and I highly recommend anyone visiting Uganda to do this!
Such wonderful experience! I highly recommend this place. Extremely skilled instructors made us feel safe and made tubing experience even more enjoyable. Overall - above and beyond! Ps very reasonably priced too!
We had a fabulous time on this trip. Our guide Jeffery was very knowledgeable and friendly. The Air BNB we stayed at was located in the cool place, it was lovely. The food was definitely a highlight. The Gorilla trekking, bwindi was very well organised and really was absolutely amazing! We had alot of fun with my friends.
I highly recommend the adventure source uganda to you all.
I highly recommend the adventure source uganda to you all.
Thank you @The Adventure source (u)ltd for an exceptional trip! This was a dream come true for me and I couldn’t have asked for better. A big thank you to shamushed isma the CEO who picked us from the airport and brought us to the hotel where we met our guide Peter and drive safa who went above and beyond for us. From the second he greeted us at the hotel in Kampala, I knew we were in great hands. Always smiling and just an awesome person to have shared thistles
experience with. The adventure source (u)ltd, you made our trip even better so thank you! I hope to come back soon. for bwindi
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I highly recommend this company for your adventure trip while in Uganda 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
experience with. The adventure source (u)ltd, you made our trip even better so thank you! I hope to come back soon. for bwindi
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I highly recommend this company for your adventure trip while in Uganda 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
I cannot speak highly enough of the experience we had the adventure source. The staff was attentive and friendly and extremely skilled with the water we felt so safe in their hands. We started the day down stream. A small boat picked all 8 of ( we were a family of
5, 3 children 2 teenagers and an 8 year old plus our guide, captain and kayak specialist, Jeffrey) and us up took us to a small an island where we went white water tubing down the rapids. During our 1hr we also had moments of calm in the stream where we were served freshly cut pineapple biscuits and cool soft drinks from the cooler in the kayak. Even the brief rain lulled us with the sounds of the rapids.
Next we were driven to another dock where we started our amazing tour of the source of the Nile. Again our competent tour guide Shamshed.
The 12-km small boat trip down the lake Victoria began with ride in an old small boat matatu to put us in site of the fast-flowing Source of the River Nile.
Shamshed and Jeffrey were excellent guides on our trip.ALL of the staff members at Adventure Source who were with us through the day deserve special attention as well. They are friendly, attentive, and informative and went out of their way to make sure we had a super nice experience.
This is one of the greatest water experiences of our lives ...and as a family we've done the cruises, boat and ferry trips through south of France, Sweden and Finland . Thanks to the staff at Adventure Source for making it happen. We will be back.!!!!!
5, 3 children 2 teenagers and an 8 year old plus our guide, captain and kayak specialist, Jeffrey) and us up took us to a small an island where we went white water tubing down the rapids. During our 1hr we also had moments of calm in the stream where we were served freshly cut pineapple biscuits and cool soft drinks from the cooler in the kayak. Even the brief rain lulled us with the sounds of the rapids.
Next we were driven to another dock where we started our amazing tour of the source of the Nile. Again our competent tour guide Shamshed.
The 12-km small boat trip down the lake Victoria began with ride in an old small boat matatu to put us in site of the fast-flowing Source of the River Nile.
Shamshed and Jeffrey were excellent guides on our trip.ALL of the staff members at Adventure Source who were with us through the day deserve special attention as well. They are friendly, attentive, and informative and went out of their way to make sure we had a super nice experience.
This is one of the greatest water experiences of our lives ...and as a family we've done the cruises, boat and ferry trips through south of France, Sweden and Finland . Thanks to the staff at Adventure Source for making it happen. We will be back.!!!!!
Source of the Nile is the BEST!!! So many fun excursions- from tubing to white water rafting!! Our group of 15 people had a blast. They even went above and beyond to provide fresh pineapple, drinks, and snacks!
We had an amazing day on the river with Source of the Nile Tubing! Great service and attention to safety. The scenery was incredible. It was great that there were options for bigger and smaller rapids depending on people’s preferences. Highly recommend spending the day on the river with this crew if your in the Jinja area.
