Our 2 days Murchison Falls Safari Uganda takes you to Murchison Falls National Park, indeed one of the best wildlife safari options you need not to miss on your bucket list. You will encounter the BIG Five, including the Lions, Buffalos, Giraffes, Elephants, bushbacks, and warthogs, with countless birds such as the Blue Turacos, Black Casques hornbills, Black and White Hornbills, Yellow Backed Weavers, Wagtails, Cuckoos, and Woodland Kingfishers. You will also have the best opportunity to visit the top of the falls, take a game drive to spot the big four and other wildlife and birds, and you will also have a boat cruise along the mighty Nile to the bottom of the falls.
Detailed 2 Days Murchison falls Safari Uganda itinerary
DAY 1: KAMPALA-MURCHISON FALLS (TRAVEL TIME +5 HRS)
Our driver guide will pick you up from your hotel or place of residence in Kampala, then transfer to the north-west through the famous Luwero Triangle and Masindi Town. Continue to Murchison Falls for lunch at your lodge; 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 and crocodiles, and over this 17-kilometer stretch you may see elephants, waterbucks, and Uganda Kob crocodiles.
This is also a zone of many bird species like the 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 43 m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at booked hotel
DAY 2: MURCHISON FALLS – KAMPALA (TRAVEL TIME +5HRS)
After your cup of coffee, your guide will help you spot the elephant, lion, Cape buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeests’, waterbuck, oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena, and if you are lucky, the leopard. Cross the ferry and return to Kampala with an en route lunch at a convenient point. Your guide will drop you at your hotel of residence in Kampala or at Entebbe airport to catch up with your flight back home or to your next destination. Meal plan: half-board. End of services!
MURCHISON FALLS SAFARI INCLUDES
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Hike and visit to the top of the falls
- Game drives
- Boat ride
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- Park entrance
- Services of an English-speaking driver/guide
- En-route lunches
MURCHISON FALLS SAFARI EXCLUDES
- Air fare
- Visa
- drinks
- laundry
- Tips to local guides
- telephone
- porter fee while trekking
- personal insurance
- personal shopping
- buying souvenirs