TUTI ISLAND AND CONFLUENCE OF THE NILE

Tuti offers the opportunity to spend a afternoon relaxing, between promenade, picnic and, possibly, swimming (make sure to remain discreet, especially women who need to be more "covered" than in Europe). Still largely cultivated, the island hosts many irrigation pumps that draw in a Nile, which is easy to see in the seasons. In the wet season, there is in fact no more often than no beach… In the extreme north of the island, an old fortin (tabiya) rounded up date of the mahdiste period, but now does not defend much more.

To see the fusion of Blue Nile and White Nile waters, go to the tip of Mogran (literally the "confluence"), at the extreme northwest of Khartoum Centre. " Montaza Mogran "is a small park of green attractions (and paying) that makes it possible to have a significant view of this exceptional place in Africa. The photos are allowed but restricted. No need to photograph bridges… From May to August, the difference in flow and color is noticeable. Forget blue and white. But you'll surely notice that Blue makes much more sediment than White. You will also think of the frustration of Scottish explorer James Bruce, a European discoverer, in 1770, of Lake Tana, which he took for the unique source of the Nile. As it descended the river, the discovery of the confluence with another "Nile" the deprived of the pleasure to realize fully a dream of explorers dating from antiquity. We will still have to wait for nearly nine decades for Europe to discover the largest lake in Africa, christened by the British John Hanning Emancipation on behalf of the Queen of England: Victoria.

A last (more expensive) means of approaching the confluence is also the boat. You can rent one (more cost-effective if you are in group) at the foot of the Tuti Bridge, or that of Mek Nimir, the marina and the Blue Nile Sailing Club. You will also see Al-Malik, Lord Kitchener's old boat, rouillant for more than a century.