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EXPLORE UGANDA                      EQUATOR

          WATER SLIDE                         WHERE HEMISPHERES MEET!
                                              WHERE HEMISPHERES MEET!
          NILE RIVER EXPLORERS
          NILE RIVER EXPLORERS                There are only 13 countries in the world
          Bujagali, Jinja +256 772 422373     where you can take a photo of yourself in
          rafting@raftafrica.com www.raftafrica.com    the southern hemisphere AND in the northern
          @nileriverexplorers (f i)  @NRERafting (t)  hemisphere at the same time. One of these
                                              great photo ops is right here in Uganda--just 70
          WHITEWATER RAFTING                  kilometers (43 miles) from the edge of
                                              Kampala--on your way to Lake Mburo and
          ADRIFT O VERLAND CAMP & RIVER CLUB  Queen Elizabeth national parks, and on your
          ADRIFT OVERLAND CAMP & RIVER CLUB
          River Nile, Kangulumira, Kayunga    way to visit our beloved gorillas, Rwanda,
          +256 755 225587 / +256 752 225587   Congo, and all-things west.
                                              At the roadside line-marker, you can position
          info@adrift.ug www.adrift.ug @adrift.u (i)  one foot in the south, and the other foot next
          @Adriftug                           to it in the north--and suddenly you’re the
          NALUB ALE RAFTING                   center of the world (or at least you’re standing
          NALUBALE RAFTING
          38 Kiira Road, Jinja +256 782 638938  on it).
          bookings@nalubalerafting.com        In 2002, AidChild (aidchild.org) received a
          www.nalubalerafting.com @nalubalerafting (i)  grant from USAID, and brought water and
          @Nalubale Rafting Uganda (f)        electricity to the equator-village while creating
          NILE RIVER EXPLORERS                the first coffee shop and art gallery at the
          NILE RIVER EXPLORERS
          Bujagali, Jinja +256 772 422373     equator-crossing, spawning an arts and crafts
          rafting@raftafrica.com  www.raftafrica.com  destination. More than twenty years later,
                                              AidChild still has a shop here (including one of
           @nileriverexplorers (f i)  @NRERafting (t)  Uganda’s few galleries of original art, a garden
          RAFT UGAND A AD VENTURES            cafe’, and a plastics-recycling-collection
          RAFT UGANDA ADVENTURES
          Bookings: Acacia Mall, John Babiha (Acacia)   point), just a few steps north of the line, do-
          Avenue, Kololo, Kampala +256 393 217951  nating all its profits to scholarships for students
          +256 750 237438  info@raftuganda.com  living with HIV. Try a FREE Equator Chocolate
          www.raftuganda.com @raftthenile (f)  when you buy a cup of coffee or tea at
                                              AidChild, too. There is also a unique demon-
          @raftugandaltd (i)                  stration point where you can see how water
          WHITE NILE RAFTING
          WHITE NILE RAFTING                  swirls and drains differently in each hemisphere
          1902 Jinja-Budondo Road, Buwenda    (some claim it’s a trick, you decide), making
          +256 787 508236 / +256 702 468286   this a quick-pic-stop, or a fun and educational,
          info@whitenilerafting.com @whitenilerafting (f)  shopping day-trip from the city.
          www.whitenilerafting.com @whitenilerafting2 (i)   Where else can you have one foot in winter,
          @WhiteNileraftUG (t)                and another foot in summer? Here in Uganda,
                                              several roads cross the equator. Currently,
          ZIP LINING                          markers are on the Kampala-Masaka Road,
                                              the Ibanda-Kamwenge Road, and one soon
          GRIFFIN F ALLS CAMP                 to be reinstalled on the Mbarara-Kasese
          GRIFFIN FALLS CAMP
          Mabira Forest, Kampala-Jinja Highway   Road near the main gate of Queen Elizabeth
          +256 751 949368 / +256 752 920515   National Park. And there’s one more on a tiny
          info@mabiraforestcamp.com           uninhabited island in Lake Victoria—just south
          www.mabiraforestcamp.com            of Entebbe.
          @Mabira Forest Camp (f)             The 12 other equatorial countries are:
          SAMBIY A RIVER LODGE                Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Sao Tome and
          SAMBIYA RIVER LODGE
          Murchison Falls National Park       Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo,
          +256 465 423174 / +256 776 778908   Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya,
          reservations@sambiyariverlodge.com  Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, and Kiribati.
          www.sambiyariverlodge.com           To plan your own equator visit on Masaka
          @SambiyaRiverLodge (f)              Road, check out aidchild.org/equator, or the
          @sambiyariverlodge (i)              hashtags: #UgandaEquator #EquatorLine.
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          Lake Bunyonyi +256 772 423215       AIDCHILD EQU A TOR SHOP
                                              A few steps north of the equator line on
          +256 753 333012                     Masaka Road +256 780 282697
          info@supremeadventurepark.com       info@aidchild.org
          www.supremeadventurepark.com        www.aidchild.org/equator
          @Supreme Adventure Park Bunyonyi (f)  @AidChildEquator (f i)
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