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Animals rule the waves

June 27, 2011

Below article by Roy Bailey from New Zealand, a good friend of Cam and Kate McLeay, appeared in the ‘Otago Daily Times’ of the 21st of June 2011. Uganda’s white water was the main attraction, but Roy Bailey found much more to like about the country. Really, I couldn’t not go to Uganda. For a [...]

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The Nile high club

January 31, 2011

(artwork IGOR SAKTOR – copyright ‘The Australian’) A whitewater adventure in Uganda is wild, wet and a thrill a minute Steve Cartwright wrote a great article about rafting with Adrift in The Weekend Australian. Read the article online or download it here

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Change of address

October 5, 2010

We moved office location. This is our new physical address, all telephone numbers remain the same: Adrift Adventure Co. York Terrace, plot 14 Kololo [near Kololo airstrip / MTN Nyonyi Gardens] We are sharing the office with AUTO (Association of Uganda Tour Operators). New office location on Google Maps: View Adrift Change of Office in [...]

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An Elephant for breakfast

June 23, 2010

There is no substitute for time when it comes to game viewing.  Quite simply, the more time you spend in Uganda’s protected areas, the more game you are going to see.  I can recount dozens of times when vehicles filled with anxious visitors to Uganda, have raced past us in clouds of dust, driver/guides doing [...]

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Job Opportunities with Adrift Adventure Co / Wildwaters Lodge

June 15, 2010

Location: Jinja / Kayunga Bugerere 1. Accountants – 2 Positions Required Qualifications: The successful candidate should posses a Bachelor of Commerce degree or Bachelor of Business Administration A minimum of two years’ professional work experience as an Accountant Knowledge of accounting software & skills in hotel book keeping is an added advantage 2. Chef – [...]

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Out of Africa

April 19, 2010

In every direction game was on the move, tens of thousands of Uganda kob bounded out of our way, often leaping metres in the air. Tiny oribi (a much smaller antelope) that humbles the performance of any human gymnast, leapt repeatedly in the air, momentarily holding a poise with their back legs parallel the ground [...]

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Mountain Biking Mount Elgon

April 13, 2010

This article appeared in The Eye Magazine of April – May 2010 Link to the original article For a moment, I envisaged him riding my bike but made it clear that he was to carry it. He smiled again, hoisted my bike over his head upside down and sat his bag on the crown of [...]

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Lake Chibwera – Queen Elisabeth Protected Area

February 2, 2010

It had rained very heavily the afternoon before and we had erected our tent in the rain, slightly anxious that the downpour might not stop before dark.  Bare topped and soon drenched the skin, we used several towels to mop the inside of the tent.  The thunderstorms had performed their wild dance across the hills [...]

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Seasons Greetings 2009

December 23, 2009

Wishing you all a very warm, wet and wild festive season THE ADRIFT TEAM

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Henry Kyabalema – Adrift team member of the month November

November 22, 2009

Henry began his career with Adrift by carrying rafts to and from the river after being introduced to Adrift by a friend. He learnt to swim in the sandy ponds near his village and it is for this reason, he believes, he was selected to train as a safety kayaker. He paddles each rapid ahead [...]

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