3 Days Murchison Falls National Park

Safari Overview

This 3 Days Murchison falls national park safari offers more activities to do while visiting Murchison falls national park and it features rhino tracking in Ziwa rhino sanctuary, game viewing in the park and boat cruise on the Nile. A 3 Days Murchison falls national park completes your opportunity to see the BIG 5 GAME that is Rhinos, lions, Elephants, Buffaloes and leopards and other animals like the Giraffes, antelopes, hippos and crocodiles. Murchison falls national park is the largest national park in Uganda separated in 2 sectors that is norther and southern sectors. The fall of River Nile in the park support boat cruise experiences offering views of the great Murchison falls which the world’s most powerful waterfalls. The Murchison falls is characterized by eternal war between rocks and water and the waters violently compress through a narrow 7 meters’ gorge, spraying misty droplets along their wake over a 50 meters’ radius to a spot that is called the “Devil’s cauldron” This creates a permanent rainbow over the battlefield and causes a continuous roar. Visitors can visit the top and bottom of the falls on a boat trip on the River Nile. We book your accommodation, transportation and park activities. This trip also features en-route visit of the Ziwa rhino sanctuary which is the only home of the rhinos in Uganda. It is located in Nakasongola district just on your way to Murchison falls about 3 hours to reach the park.

Safari highlights

Day 1: Pick up and transfer for Murchison Falls National Park – Rhino tracking

Day 2: Game drive & boat cruise along the Nile

Day 3: Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe – Departure

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Transfer for Murchison Falls National Park (5-6 hours) rhino tracking and evening game drive

Depending on your location in Kampala, you will meet with Elephant Whispers Safaris representative and your driver guides for a briefing then depart for Murchison falls national park. It’s a 5-6 hours’ drive with en-route stop at the Ziwa rhino sanctuary for a rhino tracking experience and lunch, enter the park via the Kichwabanyobo gate and connect to the northern bank for an evening game drive. Thereafter connect to your lodge for check-in for dinner and overnight at your booked lodge

Accommodation based on full board: 

• Nile Safari lodge/Paraa Safari Lodge for luxury option
• Pakuba Safari lodge/Murchison River Lodge for mid-range option
• Heritage Safari lodge/Red Chilly Rest Camp for budget option

Day 2: Morning game drive and boat cruise along the Nile

After an early breakfast at the lodge, meet your safari driver guide and connect for a morning game drive. The activity takes about 3-5 hours depending on animals available, and you will find animals including elephants, Rothschild giraffes, buffaloes, lions, Hartebeest, Uganda Kobs, Oribis and waterbucks.

After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch. Later afternoon at 2 pm, go for a launch cruise on the along the Nile which will give you an exciting panoramic view at the bottom of the mighty Murchison falls. Along the cruise, you will encounter crocodiles, hippos, and birds on the river banks like kingfisher, cormorants and bee-eater. You will spend take viewing the falls at the bottom while taking pictures then later return to meet your drive and connect back to your lodge and a relaxed evening. After viewing the bottom of the falls, sail back to meet your driver who will transfer you back to your lodge with en-route game drive. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above

Optional activity: Top of the falls hike;

After viewing the fall from the bottom, you have an opportunity to hike to the top of the falls. However, this hike is quite tuff so you need to be physically fit to hike to the top of the falls. This hike offers better opportunities to view the falls at different viewpoints. Since the hike is difficult and quite steep, you will only hike on-way and you will meet with your driver at the you of the falls. Thereafter, drive back to your lodge.

Day 3: Top of the falls and Transfer back to Kampala

After breakfast, check-out of the lodge to return back to Kampala/Entebbe. If you missed out on the visit to the Murchison falls, drive to the top of the falls before you drive out of the park. En-route lunch in Masindi town then proceed back to Kampala. The driver will either drop you off at a location you advise or at Entebbe airport for your onward flight back home. End of tour.