This unassuming, relaxed backpackers is owned by a Kiwi-Aussie couple who've set up rooms in a large sheep shearing–like shed with dorms and private rooms centred on a ping-pong table. It's conveniently set just back from Bourbon bar and the waterfront, outside the town centre.
Jinja Backpackers
Jinja
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The birthplace of the mighty Nile river (or one of them anyway…), here the water spills out of Lake Victoria on its journey to the Mediterranean flowing…
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This commercial market is across from the bus stand with vendors selling fruit and vegetables, among other produce, and clothing.
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The birthplace of the mighty Nile river (or one of them anyway…), here the water spills out of Lake Victoria on its journey to the Mediterranean flowing…
0.54 MILES
On the western bank of the river you'll find the pleasant Source of the Nile Gardens and Speke Monument – a pillar commemorating where the British…
1.19 MILES
This commercial market is across from the bus stand with vendors selling fruit and vegetables, among other produce, and clothing.