2 DAYS SAFARI TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

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Enjoy a wonderful Safari to Murchison Falls Uganda’s largest game park the Murchison Falls and see the most powerful falls in the world. Experience four of the Big Five: lions, elephants, leopards, and Cape buffalos, and a boat trip on the Nile. Rhino sanctuary option available.

Trip Summery

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer To Murchison Falls
Day 2: Game Drive and Transfer To Kampala/Entebbe

Includes:

Park Fees (for Non-Residents).
Game drive as mentioned in the itinerary.
A professional driver/guide.
4×4 Land Cruiser or Safari Van.
All Taxes and VAT.
Meals as per itinerary.
Drinking water while on safari (2 liters per person per day).
Activities mentioned in the itinerary.
4 Star Safari Lodge

Does not include:

International flights.
Airport Transfers (Unless mentioned otherwise).
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour (Unless mentioned otherwise).
Tips.
Personal Items (Souvenirs, Travel Insurance, Visa Fees, etc.).
Government imposed an increase of Taxes, Park Fees.
Any activities not mentioned in the itinerary.

Details

Arrival and Transfer to Murchison Falls Park

This 2-day tour package to Murchison Falls offers interesting safari activities, including a game drive in which you will see lots of wildlife, including lions, buffaloes, elephants, leopards, Jackson’s hartebeests, oribis, giraffes, kobs, warthogs, waterbucks, etc. You will also enjoy a boat cruise on the River Nile in which you will see a lot of wildlife on the river shores, including buffaloes, elephants, crocodiles, hippos, waterbucks, and lots of birds.

Day 1: Depart from Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park, Boat Trip

By 6:30 am you should have finished breakfast to immediately start off your 2-day safari to Uganda’s biggest national park, driving along the Kampala-Gulu highway, stopping over in Luwero District briefly for refreshments such as oranges, pineapples, passion fruits, etc. Once at Murchison Falls National Park, drive to the top of the Murchison Falls, where you get to have a view of the magnificent Nile squeezing through a narrow gorge of about only 7 meters wide and rupturing into violent waterfalls into a whirlpool about 43 meters below. This sight of the world’s most spectacular waterfall is panoramic and breathtaking.

Then set off for lunch and proceed for the 2:30 pm wildlife launch cruise on the River Nile. Something one ought not to miss once at Murchison Falls National Park. Go ahead and take a relaxing ride of about three and a half hours where you get to enjoy up-close sightings of a number of wildlife that lie along the banks of the River Nile, such as hippos, crocodiles, buffalos, elephants, monitor lizards, warthogs, and a cocktail of birds such as African fish eagles, red-throated bee-eaters, skimmers, and cattle egrets, not forgetting the rare shoebill stork and others. The boat ride takes you to the bottom of the Murchison Falls for another quite remarkable sight of these wild falls. Return and transfer to your lodge for dinner and take a rest.

Day 2 Game Drive and Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

On Day 2, enjoy a 4-sunrise game drive to see hundreds of animals feeding on fresh watery grass and later Depart for Kampala, and enjoy a taste of local staple delicacies for lunch en route back to Kampala. Enjoy a scenic relaxing drive back to Kampala and stop at local roadside markets to taste seasonal fruit and chat with local vendors. Arrive back in Kampala or Entebbe in the late afternoon.

What to Carry for your 2 Days Murchison Falls Safari