Some ten kilometres below Lake Victoria, lie the little-known but stunningly beautiful Bujagali Falls. Although lacking a single massive drop of the kind that generally earns waterfalls their fame, the Bujagali are distinctive because of the sheer volume of water cascading over the series of low rapids that would otherwise be unremarkable.
What the falls loose in height; they make up for in speed (only someone with a death wish would dive or swim there). The water is so fast that you can easily see how a few of these falls can move the Nile for the next 6000+ Km to Mediterranean Sea.
Unfortunately, this wonder of nature is about to disappear. To ease the power shortages (yes they have load-shedding in Uganda as well), the government has started the construction of a 250MW hydropower facility. This dam will result in water level rising and the falls disappearing for ever.
I know that since we have a serious power crisis in our country, it is very hard for us to sympathise about destruction of some falls. But in my opinion, if we play with nature too much... it does not like and bites back!
You can see the Bujagali Falls picture album on Picasa.
What the falls loose in height; they make up for in speed (only someone with a death wish would dive or swim there). The water is so fast that you can easily see how a few of these falls can move the Nile for the next 6000+ Km to Mediterranean Sea.
Unfortunately, this wonder of nature is about to disappear. To ease the power shortages (yes they have load-shedding in Uganda as well), the government has started the construction of a 250MW hydropower facility. This dam will result in water level rising and the falls disappearing for ever.
I know that since we have a serious power crisis in our country, it is very hard for us to sympathise about destruction of some falls. But in my opinion, if we play with nature too much... it does not like and bites back!
You can see the Bujagali Falls picture album on Picasa.
Labels: bujagali, falls, jinja, LakeVictoria, uganda
