Murchison Falls National Park
It is the most popular national park in the country due to its variety of attractions and is also the top tourist destination in Uganda.
The park is endowed with several attractions including over 76 mammal species with four members of the big five, the lion, the leopards, the elephants, and the Buffaloes. Other species include bushbucks, Uganda kob, waterbucks and warthogs, giraffes, Jackson’s hartebeest, hyenas etc.
Along the shores of the nile and within the waters you will see lots of hippos and crocodiles among other resident creatures. There also several primates in the Murchison falls national park including babaoons and several monkey species.
The highlight of your tour in Murchison falls National Park is visiting the “Murchison Falls” a point along the Nile, within the park where River Nile forces its way through a narrow gorge 8 meters wide. The launch trip up stream is very interesting and offers magnificent views of the falls and several wildlife species found along the shores including Buffaloes, Hippos, Crocodiles, waterbucks and birds.
Beauty in the Murchison
Murchison Falls National Park is one of the best game parks to visit while in Uganda. The park is located in the Murchison Conservation Area where we also find the Bugungu and Karuma wildlife reserves.
The Murchison falls, Uganda’s largest national park is also home to over 450 recorded birds species including the rare shoebill stork. The park is also home to 23 Albertine rift endemics given its location in the western arm of the east African rift valley. Our Murchison falls birding safaris allow you see many of these bird species with the help of our expert guides.
The view from the top after a hike to the top of the falls is a sight to behold as the Nile waters violently thunders and blows a fine mist high into the sky filled with dancing rainbows that can be seen most of the time of the year.
While on the boat cruise to the bottom of the falls, the water life that includes the Nile crocodiles, hippos among other game also presents you a chance of sighting the famous shoe bill stork and the goliath hero traditionally it used to be home to the black and white rhinos which are now left in Rhino Sanctuary outside the park.
Abundant wildlife can be viewed on the safari to Murchison falls including, over 100 species of mammals and over 450 species of birds. The park is well served with different ranges of accommodation to choose from ranging from the budget to luxury and can be accessed anytime throughput the year.