Murchison Falls National Park Uganda Safari , Primates Tour Uganda.
Day one - Drive to Murchison falls Uganda.
Morning pick up from your hotel in Kampala. Start 4 - 5 hour drive to Murchison falls National Park. You will see both black and white Rhinos at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola and Continue through the park stopping at the top of the falls and enjoy your picnic lunch marveling at the Mighty Nile forced into a seven Metre crevice to thunder 45 metres below in a series of cascades. The source of the Nile (world's longest) is in Jinja, Eastern Uganda 44 miles from Kampala city.
Dinner and overnight either at Inns on the Nile Camp or Paraa Safari Lodge.
Meal Plan - Lunch and Dinner.
Transit Time: 5 HOURS.
Day Two - Tour Murchison falls Uganda.
After an early morning breakfast, embark on a half-day early morning game drive on the northern bank of the river Nile. Escorted by game ranger, you may opt for a game walk while trailing animals and studying animal spoors. Game in this area includes Giraffe, Elephant, Harte beest, Lion, Uganda Safari Kob, Oribi and a variety of Savannah and woodland birds.
After lunch, take a launch Cruise on the nile to the bottom of the falls where the Nile empties into Lake Albert for game viewing at close quarters. This is a paradise of the Hippo, Crocodiles and it is a good birding spot too.
Dinner and Overnight either at Inns on the Nile Camp or Paraa Safari Lodge.
Meal Plan - Lunch and Dinner.
Day Three: Uganda Primates Tour
After breakfast, depart to Kibale National Park with scenic views of Lake Albert and the Albert rift on a clear day. Have a stop over at Fort portal town for lunch. Continue to the lodge, check-in and have an afternoon off relaxing prior to your chimpanzee tracking in the morning. Overnight at Kibale Primate Lodge (FB).
Day Four: Chimpanzee Tracking Tour - Uganda.
After breakfast, report to the ranger station at 08:00am to go tracking habituated chimpazees, and then prepare for your journey back to Kampala arriving in the late evening.
MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK: This is the best and biggest national park in Uganda which was named after the head of the Royal Geographical Society Sir Murchison. The Nile flows through the park on its way to Egypt; Murchison falls used to be one of Africa's best national parks during the late 1960s. This park, also used to contain some of the largest concentrations of wildlife in Africa including as many as 15,000 elephants, herds of rhinos, lions, giraffes, Ugandan kobs, cape buffalo, hippos and crocodiles. On the north bank of Victoria Nile in the area between Paraa and Lake Albert is the area popular with wildlife driving and walking safaris. Some game viewing also takes place on the southern banks of the river Nile.
The beautiful walking trails link the base of the falls with the top and offers some of the different scenic points of the Magnificent Murchison Falls. Trips to the Falls are also possible by falt bottomed boat cruises that dock a couple of metres from the raging Cascades. The falls were once described as the most spectacular thing that happened to the Nile along its 6700km course.
Activities at Murchison Falls:
LAUNCH TRIP: The Boat cruise that seats about 40+ people starts from the Paraa and sails all the way towards the base of the falls. The boat operates daily departing at around 9am and 2pm. The Safari on this River takes approximately three hours. Afternoon trips are more popular as the thirsty wildlife come to the edge of the River, while the predators also utilize this time for hunts at the Water Hole.
It may also be possible to disembark from the Launch to take a walk on the trail trail along the edge of the Falls all the way to the top of the falls to be picked up by car an hour later.
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