White Water Rafting the Nile and a Safari

We were so lucky to have two incredible free days while in Uganda. Half way through the trip we had the option of white-water rafting the Nile River. It was so amazing just to be on and in the Nile, but then to raft it was incredible! While floating we would see village children playing or out washing their laundry, people fishing, monkeys, eagles, and a cobra, and of course class 1-5 rapids (equivalent of class 2-6 in America) I, Cheryl, was flipped out three times and was completely terrified the first time. Everyone had the option of whether or not to go on the very last rapid, The Bad Place, you get out and walk over to look at it. Micah and I decided to go for it and go down the toughest path. We were thrown pretty quickly from the boat, and I lost track of how many times the water sucked me down into a whirlpool of water, or a wall of water just crushed me. Fortunately our guide told me to count to 10 each time so that I wouln't panic as the rapids would keep you under-water for about that long before shooting you up and then back down again. It was crazy, fun, rough, but I think we would both do it again in a heart-beat.
Our second free day was the last day full day in the country. We went to Lake Mbura National Park on a mini-safari. We saw tons of Zebra everywhere, a hippopotomus as it was getting out of a mud hole, impala, baboons, monkeys, mongoose, wild boar, water buffalo, Crested Crane, and half our team also saw a leopard. Unfortunately, Micah and I missed spotting the leopard. It was really amazing to see all of those animals in the wild.