On this 4-day luxury Murchison Falls wildlife safari you will stay at Chobe Safari Lodge, in Murchison Falls National Park. This five-star lodge is undoubtedly the gem in Uganda’s crown of tourism destinations. During this safari you will get a unique opportunity to sample the wildlife, birds, flora and fauna.
You will explore Murchison Falls National Park with a game drive safari, a boat cruise safari along the mighty River Nile and a hike to the top of Murchison Falls. Here, you will see where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below. It is therefore such an amazing Uganda wildlife safari to Murchison Falls ready for you to experience.
4-Day Luxury Murchison Falls Safari Itinerary: –
Day 1: Kampala – Murchison Falls
Our guide picks you up from your hotel or place of residence in Kampala at 7:30 am and begins the panoramic drive north-west through the famous Luwero Triangle and Masindi Town. Branch off for a visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a guided rhino trekking walk and picnic lunch, before continuing to Murchison Falls while enjoying the sunset as you get to your lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Chobe Safari Lodge (high-end). Meal plan lunch and dinner.
Day 2: Full Day Game in Murchison Falls
Today is dedicated for a full day game drive experience in the park, so your guide will help you spot elephants, lions, Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, hartebeests, waterbucks, oribis, bushbucks, Bohor reedbucks, hyenas, and if you are lucky, the elusive leopard.
Dinner and overnight stay at Chobe Safari Lodge (high-end). Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 3: Murchison Falls
After your cup of coffee ready for a soft drive heading to Paraa Safari Lodge at your convenience with game viewing and photography enroute.
After lunch, you will go for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of Murchison Falls stopping just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”. En-route, you will marvel at the toothsome hippos, crocodiles, elephants, waterbucks and kobs, over this 17 km stretch.
This is also a zone of many bird species such as Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorants and the rare shoebill stork.
There, you will leave the boat and start your – quite heavy – hike to the top of the falls (for approx. 1 hour), to see where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment, to plunge into a frothing pool of about 43m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to the lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Paraa Safari Lodge (high-end). Meal plan breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 4: Murchison Falls – Kampala Entebbe Out
Wake up at 6:00 am prepared to take photos of the African rising sun in the morning and enjoy African breakfast. Return to Kampala with your lunch enroute where you will be dropped off to a place of your residence or Entebbe Airport at leisure for your flight to the next destination or back home. Meal plan breakfast and lunch.
The other safari sections across Uganda are the interesting chimpanzee tracking tour in Kibale Forest National Park and the search for tree-climbing lions in the Ishasha wilderness of Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will also visit Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for an amazing gorilla trekking safari and then end with a Lake Mburo National Park tour.
4-Day Luxury Murchison Falls Safari Inclusions: –
- Transportation by 4 WD safari Land Cruiser
- Full board accommodation as per the itinerary
- Ziwa Rhino Trekking
- Hike to the top of the falls
- Three hour boat trip along River Nile.
- Park fees
- Game drive
- Ferry crossing
- Driver/guide subsistence allowance.
- Enroute lunches
- Ranger guide fees
However, the package excludes expenses of personal nature like drinks, laundry, tips, telephone, cigars, etc.