On October 3rd and 4th 2015, people throughout the world will march as one for one common purpose: to educate and spread awareness about the poaching crisis and illegal wildlife trade in ivory and rhino horn that is plaguing our world RIGHT NOW.
Nile River Explorers (U) Ltd is a South African owned adventure business based in Jinja. For the last 6 years we have held a raft race on the Nile where all proceeds went to Rhino Fund Uganda. In Jinja however, we will be doing it a little bit different – because instead of MARCHING we will be RAFTING!!!
Over the era of Idi Amin and the civil wars that followed, severe poaching across Uganda resulted in the violent demise of Northern white rhinos and elephants in Uganda. Uganda went from having more mega-herbivores per square kilometer than anywhere else in Africa – with famed herds of thousands of elephants – to seeing rhinos become extinct and elephants dropping to their lowest ever population of just a few hundred.
In recent years the poaching of elephants and rhinos in Africa has reached unprecedented heights as the demand for ivory and rhino horn has soared in China and other mainly Asian markets. Whilst poaching is of concern in Uganda, the efforts of the UWA and partner conservation organisations have succeeded in sustaining a slow but steady growth in its elephant population. Uganda’s elephant numbers have increased by 600% since their lowest point in the mid-1990s, and we are the only country in Africa who can claim zero poaching of rhino since their reintroduction in 2006.
We also know that in order not only to maintain the levels of growth that have already been achieved, but improve them, that a lot of work still needs to be done and of course it all costs money. That is whyNile River Explorers (NRE) is dedicating October 3rd 2015 to conservation. NRE want to sell EVERY SEAT on EVERY BOAT and give all the proceeds of the day to the Uganda Conservation Foundation & Rhino Fund Uganda. And we would like you to stand with us on the day.
We want to use the Global March Raft for Elephants and Rhinos – Jinja, Uganda to tell the world about these achievements and celebrate our successes as a country at the forefront of conservation in Africa. A united gathering of the UWA, conservation organisations, the tourism sector, corporate companies & general public showing support for Uganda’s wildlife.
The event will has its own facebook event page and will be highlighted on a global website March 4 Elephants & Rhinos. We will also be approaching individuals and companies to join us on the day, and will be looking for corporates to sponsor rangers from both the UWA and Rhino Fund to participate in the rafting so they may paddle alongside their supporters. Finally, the event includes a symbolic handing over of a Memorandum appealing for more stringent legislation to combat and deter wildlife crime. We expect the UWA to be on hand to receive this Memorandum on behalf of the Government of Uganda, and hope that it will add support to their commendable campaign to review these areas of the Wildlife Act.
THE DAYS RAFTING INCLUDES:
· AFRICA’S MOST EXPERIENCED & QUALIFIED RIVER CREW
· PACKED BREAKFAST AT EXPLORERS BACKPACKERS
· LIGHT MIDDAY SNACKS ON THE RIVER
· DRINKING WATER ON THE RIVER
· COLD BUFFET WITH BEERS & SODAS AT THE END OF THE DAY
· FREE KAMPALA – JINJA SHUTTLE ON THE DAY
· ALL THE LATEST EQUIPMENT
· EXTENSIVE SAFETY BRIEFING & PRACTICE DRILLS
· SAFETY RAFT AND KAYAKERS
· PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER
AND THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS FRIENDS & SUPPORTERS THOSE THAT RAFT WILL ALSO RECEIVE:
- EVENT T-SHIRT
- PHOTO DVD OF THE DAY
- FREE RHINO TRACKING AT ZIWA RHINO SANCTUARY
- 1 YEARS MEMBERSHIP TO UGANDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
- A RE-RUN VOUCHER ENTITLING YOU TO RAFT AGAIN WITH NILE RIVER EXPLORERS FOR JUST $65
- 10% DISCOUNT ON A BROCHURED TOUR WITH PEARL OF AFRICA TOURS & TRAVEL
- 10% OFF YOUR NEXT STAY AT AMUKA LODGE
- 10% OFF 1 OR 2 NIGHTS STAY AT LAKE MUTANDA RESORT
- 10% OFF A MEAL AT SEVEN SEAS RESTAURANT, SHERATON KAMPALA
- $5 OFF QUAD BIKING WITH ALL TERRAIN ADVENTURES
- $5 OFF HORSE RIDING WITH NILE HORSEBACK SAFARIS
- $5 OFF MOUNTAIN BIKING WITH EXPLORERS MOUNTAIN BIKING
- $20 OFF A KAYAK LESSON WITH KAYAK THE NILE
- 15% OFF ONE NIGHTS STAY AT THE HAIRY LEMON
- 10% OFF A MEAL AT FLAVOURS, JINJA
- BUNGY JUMP WITH ADRIFT FOR JUST $70 ON 3RD OR 4TH OCTOBER & ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE EVENT
AND THE PRIZE FOR EACH PERSON IN THE BOAT THAT HAS THE BEST FLIP OF THE DAY:
- 15% OFF A FLIGHT FOR TWO PEOPLE WITH BRUSSELS AIRLINES
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
· COME RAFTING WITH US FOR THE DAY @$125 pp
· BUY A WHOLE BOAT @$750 max 7 people
· SPONSOR A UWA OR RFU RANGER to raft with us @$125
· OFFER A COUPON to all those who raft with us eg 10% off next stay, free cup of coffee, $5 discount.
Regards,
Jon Dahl
Managing Director
Nile River Explorers
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