The Nile
(Arabic: النيل, written as al-Nīl; pronounced as an-Nīl) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is the longest river in Africa and the disputed longest river in the world (Brazilian government claims that the Amazon River is longer than the Nile). The Nile, which is about 6,650 km (4,130 mi) long, is an "international" river as its drainage basin covers eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan and Egypt. In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan. The river Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile. The White Nile is considered to be the headwaters and primary stream of the Nile itself. The Blue Nile, however, is the source of most of the water and silt. The White Nile is longer and rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source still undetermined but located in either Rwanda or Burundi. It flows north through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and South Sudan. The Blue Nile begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and flows into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet just north of the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The northern section of the river flows north almost entirely through the Sudanese desert to Egypt, then ends in a large delta and flows into the Mediterranean Sea. Egyptian civilization and Sudanese kingdoms have depended on the river since ancient times. Most of the population and cities of Egypt lie along those parts of the Nile valley north of Aswan, and nearly all the cultural and historical sites of Ancient Egypt are found along river banks.
How to Log This Virtual Cache. To successfully log this virtual cache, you must do the following three tasks:
1:
Go to Lesan Area (listed in waypoints as a S1) and take a picture with arabic side of monument and piece of paper with your geocaching nickname. Your nickname must be really visible and well recognised at picture. Attach the photo to your log.
2:
Go to Ras El Bar Lighthouse (listed in waypoints as a S2) and take a picture of black stone blackboard and piece of paper with your geocaching nickname. Nickname must be really visible and well recognised at picture. Attach the photo to your log.
3:
Very close of waypoint Lesan Area you can find a maritime motive. Please, to send me, by a profile, a picture of this motive and piece of paper with your geocaching nickname. Nickname must be really visible and well recognised at picture. Please, don't to publish this picture in your log.
Warning
Logging cache is possible only after sending a response to the task from point 3, the logs without a prior answer to point 3 will be deleted without prior notification.
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.