This 2-day safari offers a perfect opportunity to explore Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park, one of the country’s most spectacular wildlife and nature reserves. Experience breathtaking landscapes, a game drive, and a boat cruise along the Victoria Nile, all while witnessing the dramatic Murchison Falls as the Nile River squeezes through a 7-meter gorge, tumbling 40 meters in a thunderous explosion. Discover a variety of wildlife, both on land and water, and enjoy the rich birdlife of the park.
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2 Day Murchison Falls Safari

2 Day Murchison Falls Safari
Duration
Pick Up
Price Includes
Car hire services and fuel
Driver's allowances
Park fees
Vehicle entry
Boat cruises
Game drives
Lunch en route
Accommodation
Price Excludes
Alcoholic drinks/spirits
Laundry
Personal insurance
Itinerary
Day 1: Travel to Murchison Falls National Park (5-6hrs)
You will have an early breakfast and drive to Murchison Falls National Park passing through beautiful woodlands and Savannah grasslands. This journey takes 5-6 hours and on arrival you will have your lunch. In the afternoon at 2:00 pm you will go for a boat cruise on the placid Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls.
En route you will see hippos, crocodiles, water buck and a wide variety of birds like the unusual shoebill stork. The boat stops just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron” for pictures to be taken of the photogenic and majestic Murchison Falls. You will thereafter be returned to the lodge of your booking for dinner and overnight at Parkside Safari Lodge
Day 2: Game drive and return to Kampala
You will wake up very early and set off at 6.30am for a sunrise game drive in the Nyamsika plateau to see the Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kob, hartebeest and waterbucks. You may also spot oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, shy sitatunga, bush duiker, warthog and bush pig plus large carnivores including lions, leopards and spotted hyenas.
Chimpanzees and olive baboons head the list of six species of primates found in the park. Crocodiles and hippos will be seen along the banks of the Nile. Some of the more common birds that can be seen include goliath heron, Egyptian geese, pelican, bee-eaters, kingfishers, hornbill, cormorant, saddle-bill stork and the rare shoebill stork. After start the return journey to Kampala.
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