A three- day tour which takes you of Murchison Falls National Park. The tour entails game viewing while on games drives, launch cruise along River Nile, Bird watching , hiking to the top of the falls from the boat landing and an optional chimpanzee tracking experience in Budongo Forest .
Murchison Falls National Park lies at the northern end of the Albertine Rift Valley. It’s the one of Uganda’s oldest conservation areas and Uganda’s largest national park that protects a portion of wild African savannah separated by the impressive river Nile.
It is named for the magnificent Murchison Falls, where the world’s longest river burst out ferociously through a narrow gap in the Rift Valley escarpment to fall into a frothing pool 43m below. The Falls drains the last of the river’s energy, transforming it into a broad, placid stream that flows quietly across the rift valley floor for 55km to Lake Albert. This stretch of river provides one of Uganda’s most memorable wildlife spectacles. Regular visitors include elephant, giraffe and buffalo while hippopotamus and Nile crocodile are permanent residents. The vegetation is characterized by savannah, riverine forest and woodland.
Depart Kampala early morning taking a panoramic drive north-west through the famous Luwero Triangle. Stop over at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Opened up in 1998, the Rhino fund aims at re introducing black and white Rhinos in to Uganda’s protected areas as well as educating the local communities on endangered Rhinos, poaching and environmental conservation. The Rhino trek takes 1-2 hours and you will get an opportunity of viewing them at close quarters. kob. Have a lunch stop in Masindi and continue on to Murchison Falls National Park. You will drive to the top of the falls where the Nile perfects its beauty. Here you will see the calm Nile forcing its self through a narrow gorge to fall a distance of about 150 ft down producing a thunderous roar of white water- unbelievable scenery! Check the series of cascades it forms, which can be viewed at different points up to the culmination. You will then be transferred to your place of accommodation for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, you will go for a morning game drive in the northern circuit of the park with rolling plains where you can view Lions, Giraffe, Hartebeest, Buffalo and Elephant as well as many of the other mammals of the park. For the birders amongst you these areas support the Secretary Bird, Black Chested Snake Eagle, Tawny and Marshal Eagles Carmine and Swallow Tailed Bee-Eaters, to pick just a few. This is a beautiful drive across Borassus Palm Forest and grassland savannah down to Lake Albert where the Albert Nile heads north to the Sudan.
In the afternoon, go for a boat trip to the bottom of Murchison Falls where the Nile thunders through a small 7-meter gap, or down river to the delta where the Nile empties into Lake Albert. This is an experience not to be missed! The banks of the Nile are home to many species. You may see huge Nile Crocodiles, big Pools of Hippos and other wildlife that may come down to drink from the river. Transfer back to your accommodation for diner and overnight.
After breakfast, cross the river to transfer to Budongo forest for Chimpanzee tracking tour and a nature walk (optional activities) before you embark on your journey back to Kampala. You will reach in the evening. Return to Kampala at leisure.
End of the Safari
Please note that this is a guideline program that maybe customized according to travelers’ needs and preferences. The variations are normally made to improve the tour and your experience. All our Uganda safaris start from either Entebbe (where the main airport is) or Kampala (the capital city) depending on where you spend an overnight prior to commencement date of the safari.
