HIGHLIGHTS

Day 1: Kampala/Entebbe – Murchison Falls National Park – Top of the Falls

Day 2: Morning game drive and a boat cruise along the Nile

Day 3: Return to Kampala/Entebbe

DETAILED ITINERARY

 Day 1: Kampala/Entebbe – Murchison Falls National Park – Top of the Falls

After breakfast, you will be picked up by one of our representatives from Great Nest Image Safaris and thereafter you will transfer to the magnificent Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park with lots of natural wonders. You will start up your journey to Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary for the Rhino tracking, a large preserve where Rhinos are bred. Your next stop will be in Masindi town for lunch and thereafter proceed to Murchison Falls National Park. As you enter the park, you will go to the top of the falls that makes Murchison Falls National Park so famous, this is where the water of the Nile makes its way through a narrow gorge making a thunderous sound pouring downstream in a pool of 7 metres down. This place is good for memorable pictures and taking in of the sounds and sights, including the rainbow that does not disappear, created by the mist of the falls. The top of the fall is spectacular, being so close to the falls and seeing the splendor from the top is such a wonderful experience. Later you will check in your lodge for your overnight stay.

Accommodation

• Red Chili Rest Camp
• Budget lodge located inside Murchison Falls National Park

 Meals & Drinks

•  Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

 Day 2: Morning game drive and a boat cruise along the Nile

After an early morning breakfast, you will set off for an early morning game drive across the savannah, along Lake Albert Delta. And what you will see, sense and feel around cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world, this is Murchison Falls with its birds, Lions, elephants, hippos, buffaloes, warthogs, giraffes and much more. After the game drive at around 11:40 am you will drive back to the lodge, relax/freshen up and have lunch as you prepare for the afternoon boat cruise. This will take around 3 hours and while on the cruise, you will be able to view different animals like the crocodiles, hippos, elephants, different bird species like kingfishers, herons, shoebill stork and much more. The boat ride will take you to the base/bottom of the Murchison Falls, when you reach here you will be able to see clearly the mighty waterfalls. You can also choose to do the hike from the water’s edge up to the top of the falls if you missed it at the time of arrival into the park which costs a few dollars and it is well worth doing.

 Accommodation

• Red Chili Rest Camp
• Budget lodge located inside Murchison Falls National Park

 Meals & Drinks

•  Breakfast
• Bottled Drinking water 

 Day 3: Return to Kampala/Entebbe

After your breakfast, you will proceed for another Game drive in the morning on your way back to Kampala/Entebbe. It will be a great time as you look out for various animal species though most of them will be seen in the grasslands feeding such as buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, lions, antelopes, not forgetting a number of bird species. After the game drive, you will cross the Nile by ferry then set off to Masindi, for lunch and then back on the road for a late evening arrival in Kampala/Entebbe.

END OF SAFARI TOUR

Best time to visit Murchison Falls National Park

Watching wildlife in Murchison Falls National Park is generally good and at its best during the Dry season, from December to February. However, January and February can be very hot and scenery is more beautiful although during the Wet season from June to November and Park can also be visited.

• Visit the Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary
• Visit the top of the falls
• Game drive
• Boat cruise along the River Nile

Optional activities

• Bird watching

One of the top forest birding sites in Uganda, Kaniyo Pabidi protests a similar range of species to Budongo Forest. The best place to look for birds is around the lodge, especially the gallery forest along the main road which offers good views. Birds to watch out for include; Narina trogon, dwarf and pygmy kingfishers, hornbills, common shrike-flycatcher, sun birds, chestnut wattle-eye and many more. A local speciality is Puvel’s illadopsis which is quite common in Kaniyo Pabidi, but known from no other locality in East Africa. Birding half day costs UD$20 per person while full day costs UD$35 Per person.

• Chimpanzee tracking in Budongo Forest -Kaniyo Pabidi Forests

Kaniyo Pabidi supports two chimpanzee communities, each estimated to number around 90 individuals and the one closest to Budongo Eco Lodge has been habituated for tourist visits since the late 1990s. This tracking consists of six guided groups, each comprising up to three people at 08:00 then at 14:00. Tracking. A full day habituation experience allowing up to two people starts a minimum of 6 hours starting at 07:00. Chimpanzee tracking for half day costs US$85 per person while habituation costs UD$155 per person.

• Sport fishing

There is good fishing along the Murchison Nile, with large Nile perch and tiger fish offering the main challenge. Here local fishermen claim to have netted specimens weighing up to 160kg. A sport fishing can be bought from Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) or through our company and costs US$50 per person for one day.

• Base of the Falls

The 3 hour return launch trip to the base of Murchison Falls has been Murchison Falls National Park’s most popular attraction since the Queen Mother made the inaugural voyage in a spanking new boat back in 1959. Starting at Paraa, the boat cruises slowly eastward along an archetypically African stretch of the Nile, fringed by borassus palms, acacia woodland and mahogany stands, before finally docking in a small bay a few hundred metres away from the cashing waterfall. Game viewing along the way is excellent and expect to see animals like crocodiles. hippos, giraffe, waterbuck, elephants and different bird species like the saddled-billed stork, African skimmers, African jacana, African fish eagle, black headed gonolek, yellow mantled widow bird, malachite kingfishers and much more.

Number of Days

3 Days/2 Nights

 Included

• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation including fuel
• All activities (included in the itinerary)
• All accommodation (included in the itinerary)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Roundtrip transfer
• Drinking water
• Park Entry fees
• Ferry fees

Excluded

• International flights
• Personal items
• Meals
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips

Standard 4X4 Safari Vans/Land cruisers

Our standard mode of transport is by road and we use 4×4 Safari van and Land cruisers with open roof tops customized for game viewing and photography.  Each Safari van/Land cruiser comes with a professionally trained driver/guide with fuel for the whole safari. Each client is entitled to a window seat and can take up to 8-10 people. We also have very comfortable super customs which can carry up 6 people with their luggage also have small vehicles like Alphads, Harrier and much more that can carry 4-5 people.