Beyond Ordinary Travel
A Murchison Falls National Park safari combines Uganda’s most powerful natural landmark with outstanding savannah wildlife in the country’s largest protected area. The park spans 3,893 sq km in northwestern Uganda, straddling the Nile as it forces through a narrow 7-metre gorge to create Murchison Falls — the world’s most powerful waterfall by flow rate at certain water levels. A Murchison Falls National Park safari is structured around two experiences: game drives on the northern bank and boat trips on the Nile. The northern savannah is home to lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, and Uganda kob in high numbers. Shoebill storks — one of Africa’s most sought-after birds — are regularly spotted in the papyrus wetlands of the Albert Delta. The Nile boat safari to the base of the falls is magnificent, with hippos, Nile crocodiles, and waterbirds lining both banks. The falls themselves, viewed from the top, are thunderously impressive. The Budongo Forest Reserve on the park’s southern edge holds habituated chimpanzees and can be combined easily with savannah game drives. Murchison Falls is Uganda’s best-established safari destination and the park closest in character to the classic East African savannah experience. It is typically reached in five to six hours by road from Kampala, or via a short flight.
