Description
The 3-day wildlife safari in Murchison Falls National Park includes the following activities: a visit to the Ziwa rhino sanctuary, two game drives on the northern bank in Murchison Falls, and a boat cruise along the Nile.
Included
- Accommodation (full board)
- English-speaking professional driver/guide,
- Boat cruise,
- All activities detailed in the itinerary,
- Bottled water while on safari,
- Transport (4X4-wheel comfortable vehicle with adjustable roof in game drives)
- Park entrance fees
- Rhino permits
Not included
- Kampala hotel fees (the eve of the safari and the night after the safari),
- Tips,
- Laundry services,
- Beverages/ drinks,
- International flights,
- Visas,
- Items of a personal nature,
- Optional activities and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary
Itinerary
Day 1
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel in the morning, or for those arriving at Entebbe International Airport, expect your driver guide to pick you up and begin the journey to Murchison Falls National Park. You will drive through several towns before having an optional stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, where the endangered White rhinoceros are bred. This Rhino sanctuary was started to protect the White Rhino populations found in Uganda. Tracking the Rhinos is an optional activity going for USD 50 per person. You will have a stopover in Masindi for your lunch. It is 2-3 hours’ drive from Masindi town to the park. As you drive through the Budongo Forest, you will come across troops of Baboons, monkeys, and several bird species.
Depending on arrival time at the park, one may have an evening game drive as you warm up for the morning game drive. Arrive at your preferred accommodation, relax, refresh, and wait for dinner.
Day 2
Have breakfast by 6 am and thereafter proceed to the wilderness in search of the early morning raisers, the morning game drive starts at about 6:30 am, and look out for animals such as the giraffes, lions, hyenas, water bucks, elephants, buffalo, antelopes- many species of birds such as; egrets, ibis, shoe bill stock, marabou stock, kingfisher, egrets to mention but a few. As you have your game drive, you may relax and have a picnic on the river bank as you listen to the groans of the Hippos.
After the game drive, you will transfer to the lodge and enjoy your lunch either way, you may take a packed lunch with you as you prepare to have an afternoon boat cruise on the Nile River. This cruise is spectacular as it lets you get close to aquatic animals such as hippos, crocodiles, water bucks, buffalo, elephants, etc. The birds commonly cited on the boat cruise include the Goliath heron, kingfisher, weaver birds, bee-eaters, cattle egrets, and the beautiful scenery along the bank. At the bottom of the falls, you may choose to trek to the top or take photos of the rocks below the falls.
Day 3
Have an early breakfast, and enjoy another morning game drive. Drive to the top of the falls; you will enjoy the powerful Nile as it squeezes through the narrow 7-meter gorge, crushing down 42 feet below, producing thunderous splashes of water that rise 10 meters high, it’s such a spectacle to watch the power of nature, proceed to Kampala arriving in the evening.
USD789/ Per Person (sharing basis)
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