The African Queen sails the Nile again: Boat that featured in film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn is restored
Lovingly restored, the boat is operated by Cam McLeay, a New Zealand adventurer and Nile enthusiast, and took its first passengers for a ride in December. 'The African Queen belongs on the Nile. So it is so important to have the boat back home over 60 years after the film was made,' McLeay said. In 1950 Bogart and Katharine Hepburn flew into Uganda together with a huge team from Hollywood to shoot the movie of the same name. The film told the story of a prim missionary and a gruff adventurer, the captain of the African Queen who in true silver screen fashion end up falling in love despite the odds
