Barnaby Bear travels down the Nile!

Barnaby Bear was very excited to find out that the source of the River Nile was here in Uganda! How different it is from the source of the River Fowey in Cornwall!

Barnaby Bear decided that he couldn't waste this opportunity, and that he had to take a boat trip down the River Nile, and see what he could learn.

This part of the river coming out of Lake Victoria is called the Victoria Nile. Later, it becomes the White Nile (can you see why?) It is the best place in the world to go white water rafting.

Ugandans have made Bujagali Falls into a tourist attraction.

Here you can pay professional people to swim down the rapids with a jerry can. Can you see the jerry can in the sign? What do you think Ugandans usually use these jerry cans for?

And you can stop to see people playing traditional Ugandan music and dancing while you have a refreshing drink.

The river journeys from Uganda, up through Sudan and eventually winds its way to its mouth in Egypt.

The River Nile is very important to the animals and people in Uganda.

Some Ugandans rely on the tourist trade that the Nile brings. Just like Barnaby Bear, lots of people are excited to travel down the Nile! This is a good job for the boat owners, and the tour guides. People come here to see the wildlife that lives along the Nile.

Many birds live along the banks of the river.

This pied kingfisher lives in the banks of the River Nile. Can you guess what he eats?

These Fish Eagles rely on the river for their food, too!

These weaverbirds also make their homes by the river. How do you think they got their name?

	Some animals who rely on the river are much bigger than the birds...
...and some are much more scary!

Click here to see more animals who live in Africa

Barnaby Bear made the journey all the way up to Murchison falls.

	This is Murchison Falls. Here, the water falls for 122 metres just before it flows into Lake Albert
All this water has to fit through a 7 metre gap in the rock - that is why there is so much spray. After Lake Albert, the Victoria Nile turns into the Albert Nile.