THIS VIVID CHRONICLE TAKES US DOWN THE BLUE NILE
FROM ITS SOURCE HIGH ON AN ETHIOPIAN MOUNTAIN TO THE SUDAN BORDER, A TREKKING AND RIVER JOURNEY THAT HAS RARELY BEEN DONE AND NEVER BEFORE IN ONE UNINTERRUPTED EXCURSION. STEEPED IN HISTORY AND DRENCHED IN ADVENTURE, IT COMBINES THE THRILL OF WHITEWATER RAPIDS WITH A WONDERFUL PORTRAIT OF THE ANCIENT CULTURES AND PEOPLES WHO MAKE THEIR HOME BESIDE THIS SACRED TORRENT THAT RUSHES THROUGH SOME OF AFRICA'S MOST RUCCEDLY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
RISKY EVEN TODAY, WITH DANCERS THAT RANGE FROM CROCODILES TO MALARIA TO ARMED BANDITS, IT'S AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY-AND A WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION TO A GRACEFUL, COLORFUL PEOPLE, THEIR EXOTIC LAND, AND A PROUD TRADITION THAT HAS ENDURED SINCE THE DAYS OF SOLOMON AND SHEBA.