3 Days Murchison Falls National Park Safari

Price

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Safari Overview

• Murchison falls game drives and park entrance fees, boat cruise fees.

• 2 nights in a mid-range safari lodge ( full board).

• Meals s per the itinerary.

• 1 night pre-tour or post tour accommodation (full board).

• Transportation in a 4X4 Safari Vehicle with fuel.

• Bottled water while in the vehicle.

• Return airport transfers

• Services of an English speaking tour guide. 

What is excluded

• International airfares

• Uganda Visa (USD50) which can be applied for online

• Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry

Murchison Falls National Park lies at the northern end of the Albertine Rift Valley. The park is bisected by the Victoria Nile, which plunges 45m over the remnant rift valley wall, creating the dramatic Falls where it derives its name Murchison Falls. Uganda’s most spectacular wildlife where you are rest assured of watching the Big 5 on your luck day and total guarantee to see the falls from the bottom angle. Hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, and aquatic bird species including goliath herons, Egyptian geese, pelican bee-eaters, kingfishers, Hombills, cormorants and the rare shoebill stork can be seen along the shores of the River.

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A 3 days Murchison Falls wildlife safari will start and end in Kampala Uganda. This will take you on a long drive northwest of Kampala to Murchison Falls national park, one of the vast parks in Uganda, where you will enjoy a view of a number of game during both game drive and boat cruise.

Day by Day - Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Murchison falls National park

In the morning after breakfast you will be picked from the hotel by the driver/guide and drive North west through Nakasongora and Masindi to reach the park in the afternoon. You will have a two hour Rhino tracking at Ziwa rhino sanctuary in Nakasongora. On reaching the park you will visit the top of the falls to see how the calm Nile as it forces itself through a narrow gorge through which it explodes into the falls. After you will transfer to your lodge.

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Available Safari Lodges:-
High end/ Luxury facilities: -Paraa Safari Lodge| Chobe Safari Lodge | Bakers Lodge
Mid range/ Moderate facilities: Murchison River Lodge |Bwana Tembo Camp| Sambiya River Lodge
Budget/Low facilities: Heritage Safari Lodge| Fort Murchison| Red Chili Rest Camp

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Drinks: Bottled Water

Day 2: Wildlife game drives and boat cruise

After early morning breakfast, cross the Nile by ferry to the northern bank of the park for a morning game drive. Your guide will help you spot Elephant, Lion, Cape buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard. Return to the hotel for breakfast and lunch. After lunch, go for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls stopping just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”. En-route, marvel at the toothsome hippos, crocodiles and over this 17km stretch you may see elephants, waterbucks, Uganda Kobs and crocodiles.

This is also a zone of many bird species like Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork. There you leave the boat and start your – quite heavy – hike to the Top of the Falls (approx. 1 hour). See where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to the lodge. 

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Available Safari Lodges:-

High end/ Luxury facilities: -Paraa Safari Lodge | Chobe Safari Lodge | Bakers Lodge
Mid range/ Moderate facilities: Murchison River Lodge | Bwana Tembo Camp | Sambiya River Lodge
Budget/Low facilities: Heritage Safari Lodge | Fort Murchison | Red Chili Rest Camp

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Drinks: Bottled Water

Day 3: Transfer to Kampala / Airport

Early morning after breakfast, you will cross over to Budongo forest for an amazing nature walk. You will have an adventure with the colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, baboons, as they play in the fruiting trees. By mid day, you will be done with the adventure and after lunch, set off for the journey back to Kampala reaching in the evening for your departure flight.

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Drinks: Bottled Water

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End of Tour

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for extra cost

• You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel)

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Important to Know

• Rates are per person and exclude the international flights from/to your home country.

• This tour accepts children 

Rates Per Person

What is included

• Murchison falls game drives and park entrance fees, boat cruise fees.

• 2 nights in a mid-range safari lodge ( full board).

• Meals s per the itinerary.

• 1 night pre-tour or post tour accommodation (full board).

• Transportation in a 4X4 Safari Vehicle with fuel.

• Bottled water while in the vehicle.

• Return airport transfers

• Services of an English speaking tour guide. 

What is excluded

• Pre and post tour accommodation in Entebbe or Kampala

• International airfares

• Uganda Visa (USD50.00 which can be paid on arrival at the Airport

• Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry

Getting There

This tour starts and ends in Entebbe or Kampala

This operator can help select your international flights, but you'll have to book them yourself

A transfer from and back to the airport is included

Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost