Safari Activities to do at Murchison Falls National Park.
Safari Activities to do at Murchison Falls National Park: Founded in 1952, Murchison Falls National Park is the oldest and largest game park in Uganda, spanning 3840 square kilometers. Furthermore, it is located in northwest Uganda and can be reached by car in about 4 to 5 hours. Alternatively, you can take a local aircraft from Bar Aviation from International Entebbe Airport to Pakuba Airstrip.
Furthermore, Murchison Falls is home to a variety of vegetation types, such as savannah grasslands, woodland, riverine forests, and swamps, which serve as habitats for a variety of wildlife species. These include over 450 bird species, including rare shoe bills, African darters, giant kingfishers, ospreys, long-toed plover, veracious doves, and black-headed lapwings, as well as the big four of the big five mammals, including leopards, lions, elephants, buffalo, lions, and primates.
Murchison Falls National Park game drives;
Visitors can explore Murchison Falls National Park and take in stunning sights of various wildlife species during game drives. Although using 4WD safari vehicles is advised for an amazing wildlife drive, a game drive is divided into three sessions, which comprise
The best time to see the most wild creatures in the park is during morning game drives, which are also the most rewarding. Elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, Uganda Kobs, warthogs, Jackson’s hartebeest, Oribi, bushbucks, and many more are among the animals to be seen during the morning game drive, which begins early in the morning after breakfast. If you’re lucky, you may also see big cats like lions and leopards, and it’s a great time to see a variety of bird species.
Afternoon game drives: Because of the extreme heat, which makes animals shelter beneath tree species, it may be difficult to locate them during the afternoon game drive.
After dinner, visitors can see nocturnal animals during night game drives, which is an amazing experience. In addition to seeing nocturnal animals like lions, hyenas, civets, genets, bush babies, porcupines, night jars, leopards, grazers like elephants, hippos, and waterbucks, and being awed by the stunning scenery under the stars, visitors can participate in this activity with park rangers.
Murchison Falls National Park boat cruise
One of the most popular things that visitors do on their Uganda safari in Murchison Falls National Park is take a boat cruise. Nonetheless, there are two boat cruises: one upstream to the falls’ base and one downstream to the Victoria Nile Delta, which stretches to Lake Albert’s shoreline.
There are two sessions available for the boat ride to the base of the falls; the morning session begins at approximately 9:00 am, and the afternoon session begins at 2:00 pm. The ride lasts approximately two to three hours each. One option is to take a boat ride in the Nile Delta.
Be aware that both boat cruises begin at the Paraa jetty landing site and provide a chance to take in breathtaking views of Murchison Falls, stunning scenery, large herds of hippos in the water, crocodiles and hikers grazing on the banks, elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, and aquatic bird species to see, such as the prehistoric shoebill stork, saddle bellied stork, goliath heron, African jacana, open billed stork, yellow-footed kingfisher, grey-headed kingfisher, Senegal thick-knee, swamp flycatcher, blue-headed coucal, and many others.
Murchison Falls National Park Birdwatching
With over 450 species of birds, including migrating birds, savannah birds native to the Albertine Rift, and water birds, the park is a genuinely breathtaking destination for birdwatchers. The Abyssinian ground hornbill, yellow-billed stork, veracious dove, pied kingfisher, weaver birds, silver bird, martial eagle, yellow fronted tinkerbird, and the most sought-after bird, Shoe bill, are among the birds to be seen during the birding tour in Murchison Falls National Park.
Trekking with chimpanzees in Murchison Falls National Park
In Murchison Falls National Park, chimpanzee trekking takes place in Budongo Forest. The activity begins early in the morning with a park ranger giving a briefing on dos and don’ts. Following the briefing, each group of six visitors will be assigned to a habituated Chimpanzee family for the journey.
Depending on where we were last spotted the night before, the trekking trip in Budongo Forest can take anything from 30 minutes to 4 hours. You will get the opportunity to see many plant and tree species, birds, butterflies, monkeys, and other primates throughout the trekking excursion. You will get the opportunity to spend an hour with the chimpanzee family in their natural environment, where you will be able to observe their play, feeding, nursing, hunting, fighting, taking pictures, and recording films while learning about their habits and activities.
Nature tours led by a guide in Murchison Falls National Park
The greatest places to go on nature walks in the park are Kaniyo Pabidi and Rabongo Forest, where guests may get up close and personal with primates and mammals like chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, and a variety of birds.
Hike to the top of the Falls: When visiting the park, you should never leave without trekking to the top of the falls, where you can see the water of the Nile squeezing through a 7-meter gorge, among other sights.
When to visit the National Park of Murchison Falls;
The best time to visit Murchison Falls National Park is during the dry season, which runs from June to September and December to February. Roads and hiking routes are made accessible in the park during the dry season, and it is easy to observe different mammal animals around the water bodies while taking a 30-minute break.
