Safari Highlights: Nile River, Murchison Falls, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and much more.
Take a short tour to the magnificent Murchison Falls also locally known as Kabalega Falls, where the Nile thunders through a small 7 meter gap plunging 43 meters into Lake Albert. The banks of the Nile are densely populated with crocodiles, hippopotamus, and a range of other wildlife that come to the river to drink.
Day one: Kampala – Murchison falls National Park via Ziwa Rhino sanctuary.
Travel Time: 300 km, 6 hours (2.5 hours to Ziwa)
After breakfast, your guide from Ngeye Trekking Safaris will meet you at your hotel and drive you to Murchison Falls National Park, stopping en route at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Uganda’s rhinos became extinct in the early 1980s, after a period of civil unrest and heavy poaching. Ziwa was established over twenty years ago to breed black and white rhinos, and restore the populations in Uganda’s National Parks. Ziwa offers visitors the rare opportunity to take a walking safari with the rhinos and be only mere feet from them!
After lunch you will continue on to Murchison Falls, entering the park you will drive to the Nile River, catching a ferry across to reach your lodge. Accommodation: Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury), Murchison River Lodge/ Pakuba Safari Lodge (Medium) or Red Chill rest camp (budget)
Day Two: Murchison falls: Activities; – game drives and boat trip.
This morning you will depart for an early morning game drive across the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest National Park. The 3,893 sq km park is home to a range of animals, and you will have a chance of viewing some of the Park’s residents including lions, giraffes, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephants. For the birders amongst you, these areas support the secretary bird and the black chested snake eagle, to name a few.
In the afternoon, go for a boat trip to the base of Murchison Falls, where the Nile thunders through a small 7 meter gap plunging 43 meters into Lake Albert. The banks of the Nile are densely populated with crocodiles, hippopotamus, and a range of other wildlife that come to the river to drink. There is also the option of getting off the boat and hiking up the side of the falls to the top.
Optional Activities:
Falls Hike: Stopping to take pictures at the base of the falls on the boat trip, adventurers can then disembark from the boat and climb up to the actual top of the falls. The forty five minute hike is not very challenging, and provides spectacular views of the falls.
Day Three: Murchison falls – Kampala
Have breakfast and then drive back to Kampala passing via the top of the falls where you can get a closer look and the falls before departing back to Kampala for the evening.
Cost inclusions:
- All Meals and accommodation as per the itinerary.
- All ground transportation in a comfortable 4×4 vehicle.
- Park entrance fees.
- Rhino tracking fees
- Services of a full time English speaking driver/guide.
- Water, coffee or Tea while on safari.
- A boat trip.
- All game drives.
- All activities at stipulated in the itinerary.
- And all government taxes/levies.
Costs Excluded
- Optional activities and bar Bills
- Phone calls
- Personal insurance
- Laundry
- Air fare
- All other Services of a personal nature.
- Driver guide’s gratuity.
Important:
Travelers are currently required to come with their Covid-19 full vaccination certificate. Only unvaccinated travelers should come with a negative test certificate done at least 72 hours to arrival and departure depending on the destination requirement.