Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park is the largest park in Uganda, bisected by the Victoria Nile. The park is home to large African animals including the big five.
Visitors to the park will be able to see elephants, lions, leopards, hippopotamus, cape buffalos, giraffes, crocodiles, antelope, Uganda kob, orib, and other animals.
Large numbers of primates are also present here, including olive baboons, blue and red tailored monkeys, black and white Colobus in forested areas and savannah dwelling pata monkeys.
The park is suitable for bird watching and is a habitat to about 451 recorded bird species, which include grey hond cranes and shoe bill stock goliath heron.
Murchison Falls is a waterfall on the Nile. It breaks the Victoria Nile, which flows across northern Uganda from Lake Victoria to Lake Kyoga and then to the north end of Lake Albert in the western branch of the East African Rift.
At the top of Murchison Falls, the Nile forces its way through a gap in the rocks, only 7 metres wide, and tumbles 43 metres, then flows westward into Lake Albert.
The outlet of Lake Victoria sends around 300 cubic metres of water per second (11,000 ft³/s) over the falls, squeezed into a gorge less than ten metres (30 ft.) wide.
Presently the spotlight of a visit to Murchison is the boat trip up the stream to observe the falls and riverbank wildlife. The launch starts at 09.00 and 14.00 every day.
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Suggested Itinerary
6 Days/ 5 Nights Luxury Nature itinerary from £4,272
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Day 1 Entebbe, Kampala
Arrive at Entebbe Airport and take airport shuttle to hotel in the Kampala City.
Relax and enjoy the hotel surrounding for most of the day and night. Restaurants open from 06:30 until 22:00pm, Full board.
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Day 2: Kampala –Murchison Falls National
Set off from Kampala at 8:30 to Murchison Falls National Park via Bombo and Stop for lunch in Masindi. Prior to proceeding to Murchison, branch off to Nakitoma –Nakasongola for a visit to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for a guided walk where you will view the rhinos.Continue to the Murchison National Park.
After check in at Chobe Safari Lodge you can either take a Safari drive or boat ride to the bottom of Murchison Falls.
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Day 3: Game Safari and Launch trip
Take a morning game drive on the Buligi, Albert or Queens tracks north of the River Nile.This drive brings you closer to animals like Elephants, Giraffe, Antelope, and Lion.After lunch, take a three hour river cruise on the Nile to the base of the falls.Enroute, look out for huge hippo pads, crocodiles, bathing buffalos and numerous aquatic birds.
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Day 4: Chimp tracking in Budongo forest- Kampala
Get up early to track chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest. You will see other primates and numerous bird species.In the afternoon as you leave the conservation area, take a detour to Boomu women’s group outside the Kichumbanyobo park gate to discover a little bit about life in the North western Uganda, cultural, music and crafts, or take a drive to the “Top of the falls†for a breath-taking sight of the raging Nile as it forces its way through a rocky gap barely six meters wide. Later proceed to Kampala where you can mix in city’s nightlife.
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Day 5: Kampala – Bujagali Falls/Source of the Nile
08:00 am, leave for Bujagali falls and the source of the Nile tour in Uganda’s second largest city for exhilarating white water rafting.
You will spend 4 – 5 hours on the river and you will need Light clothing, shorts & t-shirt are ideal, lots of suntan lotion & a cap, towel & a change of clothes for the end of the day, any medication you require and money for any optional extras.
In the afternoon return to Kampala for city tour and shopping. If you still have energy left, feel free to enjoy the city nightlife.
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Day 6 Kampala – Entebbe International Airport
Check out and head to Entebbe International airport with our driver for safe flight home.
