More like the 'sauce' of the Nile

Uganda’s ‘source of the Nile’ is a popular place for unsuspecting tourists who pay for the privilege.

The man on the gate asks for a few extra coins just to lift the barrier. You have to pay for the toilet before you go in – if you went in first, you may decide not to use it after all. The route down to the river is lined with stallholders of all-sorts looking to sell you all-and-sundry. And a well-practised ‘friend’, anxious to point out the attractions, eventually tries to sell you his trip across to an island in a rickety-looking boat.

Only when you get to the river’s edge are there notices, making no bones about the fact that the real source of the Nile is actually upstream, round a bend in the river, out of sight, at Lake Victoria (although some would even dispute that).

But... what the heck. The sign says ‘The source of River Nile’, and you can show your pictures to people when you get back home.