3 days Murchison Falls National Park Safari

Highlights

  • Game Safaris
  • Boat safari
  • Hike to falls

Overview

This safari will take you to Uganda’s largest park, Murchison Falls National Park, situated in the northwest on an area of 3,840 sq km and created in 1926 as a game reserve. With savannah grasslands and the Victoria Nile that flows through separating it into two (the northern and the southern bank), Murchison Falls is home to over 451 bird species including the great blue turaco, goliath heron, shoebill, and dwarf kingfisher, 76 mammal species, and the magnificent and thunderous Murchison Falls squeezing its way through a gorge that is 8m wide. Explore this fantastic park on game drives and a boat safari.

Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Day 2: Boat safari and Game safari
Day 3: Hike to falls and back to Kampala

  • Day 1 - Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

    You will start your journey to Murchison falls national park, after an early breakfast, and this is quite a long distance. This Park is famously known for having the most powerful waterfall in the world, where the longest river in the world squeezes through a 7-meter gap and then drops down 45 meters and with a lot of wildlife like giraffes, hippos, elephants, and many others. On this day, there won’t be any activities since it’s a long drive.

  • Day 2 - Boat and Game Safaris

    Very early in the morning, you go for a game safari and you will be able to see a lot of wildlife like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, Uganda Kobs, Bushbucks, Jacksons Hartebeests, Oribi, waterbucks and warthogs to mention but a few. After the game safari, come back to the hotel, have something to eat while getting ready for an afternoon boat safari and this gives you an opportunity to see water-associated birds like the shoebill stork, goliath heron, grey crowned crane, Abyssinian ground hornbill, black-headed lapwing, and Senegal thick-knee.

  • Day 3 - Hike to the falls and back to Kampala

    You will be transferred to the waterfalls after breakfast, do a short hike and see how water flows, and thereafter start your journey back to Kampala, you will have lunch on the way.

  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • Game and Boat safaris
  • 2 x full board accommodation
  • Meals as indicated in the itinerary
  • Activities as indivcated in the itinerary
  • Flight tickets
  • Visa processing
  • Travel Insurance
  • Airport drop off
  • Extra nights

Important Information

This trip has to be booked a few weeks before since accommodations have to be booked to be sure.

You should come with the following
Pocket money
Sunscreen
raincoats
closed shoes

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