3 Days Murchison Falls safari to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest and biggest national park. It is a home to the untamed African Savannah and is bisected by the Nile River into the Northern part and Southern part.
It was named for the dramatic Murchison Falls, where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool.
Main spot: African Big Five
Arrival day
Today you will be highly welcomed by your guide from johnbull tours and travel who will pick you immediately after your arrival Entebbe international airport and drop at booked hotel in Entebbe/ Kampala
Day 1: pick up from your place of accommodation and transfer to Murchison falls national park (5-6HRS)
Pick up from your hotel at 6.30am after breakfast, followed by a drive to Murchison Falls NP passing through beautiful woodlands and Savannah grasslands; straight to the park, and then to the accommodation facility of your choice. You will then relax and have your lunch then take the rest of the day at leisure
In the evening you have the option of going for the game drive or relax and enjoy the hotel facilities
DAY 2: GAME DRIVE AND LAUNCH CRUISE (EXPLORE MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK)
Wake up early with a snack and set off on a Sunrise game drive (about 6.30am) in the Nyamsika plateau, while on the game drives, cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kobs,hartebeest and water buck are commonly seen. You may also spot Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reed buck, Shy Sitatunga, bush duiker, warthog, and bush pig plus carnivores including lions, leopards, and spotted hyena.
Chimpanzee and olive baboons head the list of six primates’ found in the park. And crocodiles and hippos will be seen along banks of the Nile. Some of the more common birds that can be seen include goliath heron, Egyptian geese, bee -eaters, kingfishers, saddle billed stork, cormorant, hornbill, and the rare shoe bile stork
After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch and there after you will relax. After lunch, proceed for the boat trip on the placid Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls. En –route you will see hippos, crocodiles, water bucks and wide variety of birds like unusual shoe bile stork.
The boat stops just ten meters from the “Devil’s cauldron”. From here you will disembark and take a hike to the top of the falls where your vehicle will be waiting for you for pick up. This is an awesome experience, as you will experience the majestic Murchison falls forming into impressive rainbow. You will great to take opportunity for pictures. There after we shall return to your accommodation facility for dinner and overnight stay
DAY 3: MURCHISON FALLS EN-ROUTE ZIWA RHINO SANCTUARY OR CHIMPANZEE IN BUDONDO FOREST
You will wake up with relaxed breakfast and check out of the lodge as you meet your guide for the drive to Ziwa rhino sanctuary for tracking of rhinos. Depending on the chosen activity you will drive back to Kampala with lunch en-route to either Ziwa or any place chosen for lunch reaching Kampala by evening
You will be transfer to selected accommodation facility in either Kampala or Entebbe
