4 Days
3 Nights
Max 15
Participants
Easy
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About This Safari
The mighty River Nile traverses the park, making it an exciting destination for your Uganda safari.
The park features a diverse array of vegetation types, including grasslands, wooded savannas, tropical forests, wetlands, and open water. These ecosystems provide habitat for various animal species, including lions, hyenas, buffalo, leopards, hippos, crocodiles, the rare shoebill stork, small primates, and other savannah, aquatic, and forest species. Visitors to Murchison Falls National Park should not miss the spectacular game drives, boat cruises to the base of the falls, and a delta boat cruise that offers rewarding wildlife sightings. Visiting Murchison Falls typically requires 2 to 4 days to explore the park.
What's Included
- Airport transfers
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Accommodation as specified
- Meals as per the itinerary (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
- Park fees and permits
- Professional guide
- Ground Transportation
- Internal Flights
What's Not Included
- Airfare
- Visa Fees
- Tips
Detailed Itinerary
Fly-in Safari to Murchison Falls National Park
Your driver-guide will pick you up for your Murchison Falls Fly-in Safari, and take you for a domestic flight to Pakuba/Bugungu airstrips. During the flight, enjoy aerial views of the diverse vegetation, beautiful landscapes, homesteads, and terraced farmlands.
After landing at Pakuba/Bugungu airstrip, you will be greeted by another driver-guide who will transfer you to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you can relax and prepare for an evening game drive in the savannah plains, where you may spot various animals such as elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, and warthogs. Following the game drive, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight accommodation.
Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise
After an early breakfast, you will meet your driver-guide for a game drive starting as early as 6:30 or 7:00 AM to catch sight of predators returning to their hiding places. During the game drive, you will explore different tracks in the park, home to various wildlife species, including bushbucks, buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, lions, leopards, waterbucks, and Jackson’s hartebeests.
After the drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch before preparing for a fantastic boat cruise to the base of the falls. During the cruise, enjoy breathtaking views of the waterfall, take beautiful photos, and observe aquatic animals such as hippos and Nile crocodiles, and other wildlife like elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, and antelopes along the shores.
After the cruise, you’ll return to the lodge for evening relaxation, dinner, and overnight accommodation.
Nile Delta Boat Cruise
After enjoying breakfast, your driver-guide will pick you up and transfer you to the Paraa jetty for a Nile Delta boat cruise. This scheduled cruise departs from Paraa jetty, travels to the shores of Lake Albert, and lasts approximately 4 to 5 hours.
During the boat cruise, you will experience spectacular views of Murchison Falls and observe large concentrations of hippos and crocodiles in the water. You may also spot other animals along the shores, such as Uganda kobs, elephants, buffaloes, and waterbucks. Birdwatchers will delight in seeing diverse species, including the elusive shoebill stork, goliath heron, African jacana, pied and malachite kingfishers, African skimmer, papyrus gonolek, African fish eagle, and saddle-billed stork.
Additionally, you’ll have the chance to see fishermen catching fish on Lake Albert in dugout canoes. After the Nile Delta boat cruise, you will reconnect with your driver-guide to return to the lodge for lunch.
Going Back to ENTEBBE Airport
After breakfast, you will embark on a morning game drive, allowing you to see different wildlife species you might have missed during the previous excursion. Following the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you will check out the lodge and meet with your driver-guide for the transfer to Pakuba/Bugungu airstrip. Your domestic flight to Entebbe International Airport departs at 1:15 PM and arrives at Entebbe Airport at 4:15 PM.
