3 days Murchison Falls Safari

TOUR ITINERARY

DAY 1: TRANSFER TO MURCHISON FALLS PARK WITH RHINO TRACKING IN ZIWA RHINO SANCTUARY EN ROUTE.

After breakfast in Kampala at around 6.30 am, you will embark on a 364 km (5-6 hours) drive to Murchison Falls National Park. We will drive through the flat terrain of central Uganda with beautiful scenery and towns where you will see people going on with their daily life.

You will then make a stop en route at Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Sanctuary in Nakasongola district to track the Southern White Rhinos that were re-introduced in 2005 following their notable extinction in 1982. The rhino tracking experience on foot will provide a great opportunity go closer to these Jurassic animals, have clearer view and photo moment. We will have enroute lunch and proceed to a lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan:  Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

DAY 2: MORNING GAME DRIVE, AFTERNOON NILE LAUNCH CRUISE AND HIKE TO THE TOP OF THE FALLS.

After breakfast, you will go for your morning game drive that will provide you an opportunity of spotting wild game that may include many of the park’s 76 species of mammals including Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Buffalos, Rothschild’s giraffes, spotted hyenas, Jackson’s hartebeests, Hippos, Warthogs, Oribis, Uganda kobs and Waterbucks. You will also have an opportunity to see several of the park’s 451 bird species.

You will then return to the lodge for a lunch break before proceeding to the pier for your two hour boat cruise to the bottom of the falls to witness how river Nile squeezes itself in a 7 meter wide gorge before dropping down while exploding out a 45 meters narrow gorge producing an experience of a lifetime.

On the launch cruise, you will be able to see passing hippos and crocodiles, elephants and waterbuck that come to the river to drink along with numerous birds such as shoebills, Goliath herons, Saddle billed storks, African Jacana, Senegal thick-knee, African quail finch, Squacco heron, kingfishers, skimmers, and Comrants.

Thereafter, you will undertake a challenging but rewarding hike to the top of the falls from where you will be marvelled by the power with which the Nile crashes through the narrow gap in the escarpment with a deafening roar and voluminous spray.

After this exciting afternoon, you will drive back to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and over night

Meal Plan: – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

DAY 3: TRANSFER BACK TO KAMPALA WITH A STOP EN ROUTE AT BUDONGO FOREST

After breakfast, you will bid farewell to the lodge and start your journey back to Kampala. You will make a stop en route at Budongo Forest to experience 2-5 remarkable hours of Chimpanzee tracking from the Kaniyo Pabidi Forest Exploration Center. The chimp trek in Budongo allows you to encounter a community of habituated Chimpanzees that is part of the 800 chimpanzees that reside in this tropical rainforest. The trek leads you into depths of the lush green forest surrounded by bird songs since Budongo is home to over 366 bird species. This trek is fairly easy due to reasonably flat terrain provides the perfect opportunity to see several other primates including Black-and-white colobus monkeys, Red-tailed monkeys, Blue monkeys, Anubis baboons, Forest giant squirrels and of course the chimpanzee. Once a chimpanzee community is found, you will have an hour with these fascinating creatures to watch them interact and play with each other.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch

End of the 3 Days Murchison Falls National Park Safari