5 DAYS, 4 NIGHTS TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK
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Overview
Enjoy yourself a five days and four nights trip to the Murchison Falls National Park is in northern Uganda. There is alot to adventure ahead of your trip with various species of animals including buffaloes, leopards, lions and elephants among others.
ACCOMMODATION
Pakuba Safari lodge
Gipir and Labongo
SAFARI VEHICLE
Drone with a JT Safaris Drivers
Included
- Professional guide
- Ziwa Ryhno Sanctuary
- All park entry fees
- Game drives
- Accommodation
- All meals at the lodge
- Transport
- Boat cruise fees Ranger guide
- Bottled drinking water
Excluded
- Lunch enroutes
- Alcoholic drinks
- Activities not mentioned in the itinerary
- Personal Expenses like phone calls, bar bills, laundry bills, refreshments etc.
- Tipping of driver or staff at the lodge
- Fees for extra and optional activities NOT included in the itinerary.
- Butiaba port and Buliisa ferry station
Safaris Iterinary
Pick up point will be at your place of residence and you will be briefed before starting the journey to the Murchison Falls National Park. Enjoy the drive as you observe the African
countryside and small towns like Luwero and Nakasongola. You will have a mini stopover in Luwero for those interested in buying the roadside muchomo, chicken and check out
some of the tasty local fruits like mangoes, oranges, pineapples, bananas and maize.
Your first main stop is at the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary. This sanctuary was established to protect the few remaining white rhinos in Uganda after 99% were killed by poachers. Rhinos
once roamed the national parks in Uganda but extensive poaching wiped them out. It was easier to kill them for their valuable horns because they have no fear of humans like the
other large mammals. The Ziwa Rhino sanctuary has also embarked on a breeding project to increase the number of Rhinos and later reintroduced to the national parks. The
sanctuary is also great for birding, primates viewing and spotting antelopes. After tracking the Rhinos, you will proceed to have lunch at the nearby Masindi town at Kabalenga
Resort for lunch and you will then proceed to Murchison Falls national park check in and have some refreshments. Dinner and an overnight at the lodge.
Wake up early, take breakfast and prepare for a very eventful day. The drive/Guide will pick you up and take you for a game drive to see lions, leopards, giraffes, the Uganda Kob,
buffaloes, oribi, jackals, elephants, warthogs, Jackson hartebeests, hyenas and countless birds. Look out for the early morning risers and predators like leopards returning back to
their dens after hunting.
After the four-hour game drive, you will be taken back to the lodge for lunch, refreshments and relaxation as you wait for the Afternoon boat cruise. While on the cruise you will spot
crocodiles, hippos, and most of the animals already seen while on your earlier game drive. They will be drinking water and bathing by the shores of the river. This part of the river
Nile offers some of the best birding spots in Uganda. Watch out for the Shoebill storks, Goliath heron, hornbills, the yellow billed stork, pelicans, bee-eaters, kingfishers, Egyptian
goose and African fish eagles. The boat cruise ends at the bottom of the Murchison falls and is a great time to take some great photos. Dinner and overnight will be at your
booked lodge.
After morning breakfast, proceed straight to the top of the falls. Spend some time here as you marvel at the magnificent waterfall. The falls are formed when the river Nile squeezes
through a narrow gorge and drops with a thunderous force. Take as many photos as possible. The driver will then take you to your hotel for rest, refreshment and later evening walk
if you have time. Dinner and overnight will be at booked.
On this day you can choose to have another game drive or spend the day at the lodge as you prepare for the journey back to Kampala. You can as well choose to visit Butiaba ort
and Buliisa ferry station which is approximately 4 hours’ drive. Return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight at the lodge.
You will have a heavy and tasty breakfast. Then check out of the lodge transfer back to Kampala. Enjoy your lunch still along the way, proceed to Kampala via Packwach where you
will have an opportunity to view Karuma waterfalls, you will be dropped off at the place of pick up.