Are you stressed out by work or life in general? Try visiting a very peaceful place hidden in Oluko Subcounty to cool off and relax! You have to see it to believe it, even though at a small price. When people mention Oluko Falls [Yikuru in Lugbara], they might subconsciously be talking about a series of waterfalls in Oluko because there is Oloporoporo (Upper Falls) plus other amazing rapids downstream, but the final attraction in Oyufi Village, Wandi Parish (Ayivu Division of Arua City) at the end of Waterfalls Road is Abairo which means "There is plenty (of water)" when translated from Lugbara. The River Asa waterflow is simply non-stop all year round as it enters River Acha in the North to South valley ahead. GOD created a fantastic, unimaginable marvel in this locality! I travelled to Arua every year since Y2K to December 2013 when I moved permanently, but did not believe (without a single doubt) that such a place existed in Arua City until Twenty25; it's like what I had been wishing to see near Arua City for a quarter century after enjoying Lake Victoria in Bantuland became reality: Small, but big enough in terms of aura!
Uganda is gifted by GOD; in the southern background of Abairo is a mini-rift valley that makes you wonder whether you are in Western UG (Bundibugyo, Kasese [Rwenzori], Fort Portal, Hoima, Bufumbira, etc) or the European Alps (during Summertime). The cascade itself resembles the powerful Murchison (Kabalega) Falls gorge though narrower. Nevertheless, there is a 7 metre-long rock at the top of the falls dividing the water into two just before it joins again and falls. During the wet season (March to November), the water is sandy-brown and looks quite dirty because of eroded riverside soil sediments plus floods the pool area making swimming riskily difficult on some days, but the Dry Winter (December to February) changes all that; you might even see the base of the pool clearly before Spring. The cascade even looks white like an illusion. On a rock is written: Welcome visitors to the beauty of GOD's creation!
Arua City Council wants to turn Abairo Falls into an international tourist centre...
Asindriza azini Leta [Peace and Love]!
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