3 Days Murchison Falls National Park safari

Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park, is a birdwatcher’s paradise with over 450 recorded bird species, including the rare shoebill stork. The park...

Trip Type

Wildlife Trips
Activities

Boat Cruise, Game Drive
Group Size

No size limit - No size limit
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Uganda
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Trip code WT-CODE 812

Murchison Falls National Park is one of the top game parks to visit in Uganda, located within the Murchison Conservation Area, which also includes the Bugungu and Karuma wildlife reserves.

The park boasts a rich array of attractions, including over 76 mammal species. Four members of the Big Five—lions, leopards, elephants, and buffaloes—can be found here, alongside bushbucks, Uganda kob, waterbucks, warthogs, giraffes, Jackson’s hartebeest, and hyenas. The Nile’s shores and waters teem with hippos and crocodiles, while primates such as baboons and various monkey species are also present.

Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park, is a birdwatcher’s paradise with over 450 recorded bird species, including the rare shoebill stork. The park also hosts 23 Albertine Rift endemics due to its location in the western arm of the East African Rift Valley. Our birding safaris in Murchison Falls provide the opportunity to observe many of these bird species with the guidance of our expert birdwatchers.

The highlight of any tour in Murchison Falls National Park is visiting the “Murchison Falls,” a point along the Nile where the river forces its way through a narrow gorge just 8 meters wide. The upstream boat trip offers breathtaking views of the falls and the wildlife along the shores, including buffaloes, hippos, crocodiles, waterbucks, and various birds. Our most popular tours are the 3-Day Murchison Falls Safari, the 2-Day Murchison Falls Safari, and the 4-Day Murchison Falls Birding Tour.

Murchison Falls located in the northern part of Uganda is the largest conservation area at 3840. The park is traversed by the mighty River Nile and is one of the exciting National Park to visit during your Uganda safari. Murchison Falls National Park has several vegetation types ranging from swamps, tropical rainforests of Budongo, Savannah woodland and grassland that are home to a variety of wildlife that include chimpanzees in Budongo forest, lions, hyenas, buffaloes, leopards, hippos, crocodiles, the rare shoebill stock, small primates and other savannah, marine and forest species. Visitors to Murchison Falls National Park should not miss out on spectacular game drives and boat cruises to the base of the falls and delta. One may need 2 to 4 days to explore Murchison Falls National Park.

Itineraries

Day 1

Start your 3 Day Murchison Falls National Park safari overview

You will be met by your guide of the day at your hotel for a short briefing about your 3 Day Murchison Falls safari overview and then drive 4-5 hours to Murchison Falls National Park. The journey will take you to Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary to track both white and black Rhinos at the sanctuary. Rhinos were poached to extinction during the 1970’s but the government and other non-government organization are trying to restore them back. From Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, you will drive to Masindi for lunch before proceeding to Murchison Falls National Park with a visit to the top of the falls. This will be evening so you will transfer to your overnight accommodation.

Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner

Drive time: 4-5 hours

Lodging: Bakers Lodge (Upmarket), Murchison River Lodge (Mid Range), Red Chilli (Budget)

Day 2

Morning game drive and boat cruise on your 3 Day Murchison Falls N P safari

After breakfast, you will cross the ferry to the northern part of part of Murchison Falls National Park for your early morning game drive. This northern part of Murchison Falls National Park known as Paraa is rich in wild game that include lions, buffaloes, elephants, several antelopes, leopards and so much more. The delta region is also very rich with water animals such as hippos, crocodiles and the rare shoebill stock. At Murchison Falls National Park, it is nature that gives so the fact that wild animals graze and move naturally, seeing any animal will depend on your luck of the day. Afterword’s, you will drive back to your lodge for lunch and then head for the afternoon boat cruise to the base of the falls. This boat cruise to the base of the falls is seen as the highlight of all activities at Murchison Falls National Park since many water and land animals can be sighted. Expect to see lots of Buffaloes, elephants, crocodiles, many water birds as you cruise up stream to the base of the falls where water squeezes itself into a narrow gorge to later explode as it flows down words. Return to the lodge for overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Lodging: Bakers Lodge (Upmarket), Murchison River Lodge (Mid-Range), Red Chilli (Budget)