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Highlights
  • Visit the Nile squeezes through an 8m wide gorge and plunges with a thunderous roar into the "Devil's Cauldron", creating a trademark rainbow
  • The northern section of the park contains savanna and borassus palms, acacia trees and riverine woodland. The south is dominated by woodland and forest patches
  • Notable visitors to the park include Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway and several British royals.
  • Explore Murchison Falls is Uganda's largest protected area covering 5072km2 . This contains the Murchison Falls National Park (3893km2) and the adjoining Bugungu (501km2) and Karuma (678km2) wildlife reserves. Murchison National Park is one of Uganda's oldest protected areas. It's conservation history dates back to 1926 when the area was known as the Gulu and Bunyoro Game Reserve. This reserve became Murchison Falls National Park in 1952 (one of the country's two national parks, with the other being Queen Elizabeth National Park).
  • Visit Kibale Forest is a lush tropical rainforest, believed to have the highest density of primates in Africa. This 795-sq-km national park is home to 13 primate species, including the rare red colobus and L’Hoest’s monkey. Chimpanzees can be heard throughout the forest, three groups of which have been habituated to human contact.
Trip Style Group tour
Lodging Level Camping
Physical Level
  • 2- Easy
Travel Themes
  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Safari
  • National Parks
  • Trekking & Expeditions
Countries Visited
Cities and Attractions
  • Kibale National Park
  • Murchison Falls National Park
Flights & Transport Ground transport included
Activities
  • Bird watching
  • Game drive
  • Nature
  • Photography
  • Safari
  • Wildlife viewing
Meals Included N/A
Description

Explore Wildlife safari and have a oppotunity to view the Kibale National parks -35kms from fort portal and have a incredible views on Murchison Falls.  Experience the Chimpanzee Tracking which includes endangered chimpanzee threatened red colobus monkey. And you will enjoy the Boat Cruise at kazinga Channel

Itinerary: Wildlife and Camp Safari

Day 1:  Arrival- Kampala- Murchison Falls (depending on time of arrival).

One of our Driver / Guide will pick you from the Airport and transfer you to Straight to Murchison falls .Drive to Murchison Falls National Park, the most beautiful protected area in Uganda with a lunch stop at Masindi . You will visit the magnificent Falls (top of the falls) where you will enjoy and marvel at the mighty Nile being forced in a seven meter crevice to thunder 45 meters below in a series of cascades that can be viewed at different points at the summit. Dinner and overnight at fort Murchison lodge.

Day 2:  Murchison Falls National Park.

Start the day with an early morning Game Drive on the Buligi, Albert or Queens tracks north of river Nile escorted with a ranger,  View a variety of wild game  like Giraffe, Antelope, Lion, Elephant , the Uganda Kob, Oribis, Waterbucks, and a variety of savannah woodland birds. At 14.00hrs after lunch, you go on a Nile cruise for game viewing at close quarters; this is a paradise for hippos and crocodiles. There are also a variety of birds like Herons, King Fishers, Skimmers, Fish eagle and the rare shoe bill. Dinner and Overnight at fort Murchison lodge

Day 3:  Murchison Falls- Kibale National Park.

After an early breakfast, set off to fort portal and arrive in time for lunch in a town restaurant then continue to Kibale forest National Park -35kms from fort portal. you will , have an optional nature walk to the Bigodi Wetland. Bigodi swamp is a community based activity that was set up to enable tourists give back to the community and yet enjoy the nature offered by the swamp like many colorful butterflies, birds and other plant species. Return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight at kabale forest camp

Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking Experience  .

After breakfast, report to Kanyanchu tourist centre where tourist activities begin and set out to track Chimpanzee in the forest. The National Park is a home of the endangered Chimpanzee and boosts of having one of the highest concentrations of primates in East Africa. Primate Species includes endangered chimpanzee, threatened red colobus monkey, Black and White colobus, Blue monkey bush babies and the nocturnal Potto. Kibale Rainforest is one of the best places for primates in Uganda and you will surely have a successful morning.  This is one of the only true jungles in East Africa. We will have lunch and depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park where we arrive in the afternoon for check in  at Bush Lodge / wildtrack overland camp ,  Dinner and a well deserved rest.

Day 5 : Game Drive and Boat Cruise at kazinga Channel .

After an early morning breakfast, go for a game drive heading for the mating grounds of the Uganda Kobs. Also view other animals like lions, Elephants, Topi, Bushbucks and Buffaloes. In the afternoon take on a unique launch cruise along Kazinga Channel – one that joins Lakes George and Edward. The launch cruise passes through presumably the highest concentration of hippos in Africa and other mammals are a common sight as they drink at the water’s edge.. Dinner and overnight at Bush lodge / wildtrack overland camp

Day 6 : Visit the Equator - Transfer to Kampala

Early in the morning have breakfast and we shall have our lunch at igongo cultural centre and a brief stopover at Ugandan Equator for photos and souvenir shopping then drive back to Kampala to reach in the evening.

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