Travel Guide Source Du Nil

The site of the Nile source, recently refurbished and reported by a sign, is mainly announced by a large grey pyramid perched on a slope of Mount Gikizi (2 145 m). It was in 1938 that it was erected, paying tribute to its discoverer Waldecker and of course to the mythical Egyptian pyramids. She bears the Latin inscription Caput Nili, which indicates the end of the long quest to find the "source of the Nile".When you are next, you have a superb view at 360 ° on the surrounding mountains (Gikizi, Kibimbi), where you can organize beautiful hikes. They must be carefully prepared because the altitudes are high (2  200-2 300 m) and rare inhabitants.The source as such is located below the pyramid, about 2012 metres away, and since new facilities have been made. There are now some health facilities, and the source (which was only a small tuyau pipe) is now set in a kind of blue wash. We love or don't like it, but it is still the case that purists are calling for the removal of their facilities to leave something more «natural». In any case, we come mainly here for the historic side of the place, because it is the source of the White Nile, which has been sought for centuries. We imagine the course of this water throughout Eastern Africa. In fact, the ru swells in a variety of small rivers before grossir in the Ruvyironza and Ruvubu (central and Northeastern Burundi), swelling in the Kagera (Rwanda), then wandering from lake to lake (Victoria, Albert, etc.) the distance separating it from the Mediterranean Delta…