Wild Nile: wildlife on the river Nile - in pictures
The river Nile has two major tributaries. The White Nile flows from Lake Victoria and the Blue Nile passes through Ethiopia. The two meet in Khartoum before the Nile flows to its delta and into the Mediterranean
Destination Wild: Wild Nile is on Sundays at 6pm on Nat Geo WILD. All photographs by Harald Pokiesser/Terra Mater Factual Studios/NGC
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A scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird in Ruwenzori National Park in Uganda. The Nile’s highest sources are in the Ruwenzori mountain range.
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The shores of Lake Victoria. The Nile passes Lake Victoria and Murchison Fall National Park, Uganda.
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Fishermen on Lake Victoria.
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A herd of elephants.
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Vegetation (lobelia) in the Ruwenzori mountains.
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An Angola colobus monkey in Nyungwe National Park, southwestern Rwanda.
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Crocodiles in Murchison Falls National Park.
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A herd of giraffes in Murchison Falls National Park.
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A Dinka cattle camp.
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Migrating tiang antelopes.
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The Blue Nile, Ethiopia.
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Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
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The river slowly but steadily makes its way through endless deserts and past Egypt’s famous pyramids. • This article was amended on 22 August 2014 to correct geographical inaccuracies in a subheading and caption
