2 Days Family Safari to Murchison Falls Park Uganda

Highlights
• An overnight wildlife safari trip to Murchison Falls National Park with Nile river cruise
• Choose from high-end, moderate, and low-cost accommodation options to suit your budget
• Get a peek at Uganda’s famous animal inhabitants, including 4,000 hippos and Nile crocodiles
• Maximize your chances of wildlife sightings with a safari drive, boat cruise, and more.

 

Overview

Spot some of Uganda’s rarest wildlife species on this multi-day safari expedition to Murchison Falls National Park and Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Get a first-hand peek at white and black rhinos, and hop a boat for an unforgettable river safari along the fabled Nile to the foot of Murchison Falls. Look out for elephant herds, giraffes, lions, buffalo, and more, with vehicle transfers from Kampala.

Itinerary

Day 1: Start for Murchison Falls National Park tour

Stop At: Rhino Fund Uganda ( Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary), Gulu Highway Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Nakitoma Uganda
After your breakfast, we drive through the famous Luwero triangle.

On our way we visit and track White Rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. This sanctuary has now been established to breed black and white rhino, and restore Rhino populations in Uganda’s protected areas in a later stage. Murchison-falls-NP

We will continue through the park stopping at the top of the falls which is a fantastic sight. Here the Nile, the longest river in the world, is forced through a narrow gap in the rock (only 7 meters wide), before ferociously plunging down 43 meters.
We shall take on an evening BoatCruise called Sundowner and see crocodiles and hippos among other water animals.
From here we will continue onto our accommodation place along the Nile River. Accommodation options available (all on full board basis)

Sambiya River Lodge

Red Chilli Rest Camp or Fort Murchison lodge in tents
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Red Chilli Rest Camp or Fort Murchison lodge in tents

Day 2: Safari game drives Murchison Falls National Park looking for giraffes, elephants, lions, leopard, hippos, crocodiles.

Stop At: Murchison Falls National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Western Region
After breakfast head to the Delta in search for bird life and enjoy the game drive to look for lions, giraffes, herds of elephants, buffaloes and many more. Along this stretch of the river, there are reported to be around 4,000 hippos in addition to some enormous Nile crocodiles. The bird life is stunning with brightly colored kingfishers and bee-eaters darting along the riverbanks. If lucky, you may see the rare and prehistoric looking shoebill. We shall then drive back to the Lodge for Lunch and then Drive back to Entebbe/Kampala.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.