Murchison Falls National Park sits on the shore of Lake Albert, in northwest Uganda. Park wildlife includes elephants and hippos, and there are chimpanzees in the Kaniyo Pabidi mahogany forest. The Lake Albert Delta is home to rare shoebill storks. There are game fish in the cascades of Karuma Falls. This forest make the park an ideal place for chimpanzee trekking in Uganda, there are over 600 Chimpanzees in this forests Kaniyo pabidi forest and Budongo
Murchison Falls Wildlife Safari tour Package is one of the most sought after tour packages by visitors to Uganda. Murchison Falls National Park is one of the best places to visit during a Uganda Wildlife Safari. This three day Uganda safari will give you enough time to see all that the great Murchison Falls national park has to offer – including a safari to spot four of the big 5 (You will see the fifth at the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary along the way to the park). The Murchison Falls National Park covers an area over 3800 square kilometers. The park is named after the Murchison falls that flows through the park separating it into two – The southern and northern banks.
The Murchison Falls drops through a 45m wall after passing/squeezing through an 8m wide gorge. The result is a thunderous roar and a great rainbow like view caused by the mist. In the 1970’s, Uganda’s famous dictator Idi Amin Dada decided to change the park’s name to Kabalega falls national park, but the name Murchison falls was retained as soon as he was removed from power. The park is arguably the best in Uganda for its location and concentration of most of Africa’s famous mammals. You will be able to spot about 76 species of mammals which include buffalo, Murchison Falls Nile crocodiles, lions, elephants, leopards, baboons, hyenas, warthogs and several antelope species. You will also see over 400 bird species and several reptiles like rock pythons and monitor lizards.
The vegetation in the park mostly Savannah grasslands but you can also find forests like Budongo that is famous for chimpanzee tracking. If you are wondering about what to pack, then you can look at the packing list for Queen Elizabeth National Park. We also have a 5 day Murchison falls tour package that might interest you.
Trip highlights:
- Stopover visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
- Full day fishing
- Game drive
- Launch cruise along the River Nile
- Hiking to the top of the falls
- Chimpanzee trekking
Day 1: Pick up from the airport
On arrival at Entebbe airport, our guide will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel in Kampala. If time allows, enjoy city tour or night life of Kampala.
Driving duration: 1 hour
Meal plan: No meals included
Day 2: Travel to Murchison Falls – Stopover at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
After your breakfast, our guide will pick you up from your hotel by 7:00am. The guide will brief you and share with you other vital information about your Uganda safari. You will then begin your 6 hour journey to Murchison falls national park. The countryside is teeming with farms and banana plantations. Get ready to see fruits, roasted meat/chicken, roasted cassava and bananas sold along the roadside or brought right up to your car window – if you stop.
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
You will transfer to Murchison falls. Along the way, as you are about to reach Murchison falls, you will stop-over and branch to track black and white Rhino at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Rhinoceros are among the big 5 and due to heavy poaching had disappeared from Uganda since the early 1980s. The sanctuary was set up in 2005 to breed and later introduce Rhinos to Uganda’s major game parks.
You will then head to Masindi town for lunch then continue to the Murchison falls national park for afternoon chimpanzee trekking at Kaniyo- Pabidi Budongo forest. Spend an hour with the chimpanzees and later drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Driving duration: 5 hours
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & Dinner included
Day 3: Full day fishing in Murchison Falls National Park
Have a heavy breakfast and after, catch up with an early morning boat to the bottom of Murchison Falls. You will have the entire day of exciting yet challenging sport fishing safari experience at the bottom of the falls. Your boat ride also lets you enjoy remarkable view of hippos, basking crocodiles, water birds and others. Dinner and overnight stay will be at lodge.
Driving duration: 10 minutes
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
Day 4: Game drive – Return to Kampala
You will get up early to a sumptuous breakfast and then go for a game drive in a different sector of the park. The game drive marks the end of your Murchison fishing falls safari. Peters Fishing Tours guide will take you back to the lodge for check out. By 11:30 the guide will start the 6 hour journey back to Kampala. Your safari will be crowned with lunch in Masindi from where you will continue to Kampala arriving at you hotel late in the evening.
Price: $2560 per person
Safari Includes: Full time English speaking driver/guide, Rhino tracking permit, Park fees, fishing permit, Boat cruise, park guide/Ranger, Hiking, Bottled water, Transport in 4X4 vehicle, all meals at the accommodation while on safari.
Safari Excludes: International flights, Visas, Kampala accommodation, Personal expenses like laundry, crafts, drinks, cigars, souvenirs and tips
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