FRENA ADVENTURES

The Murchison Falls Tour takes you to the renowned Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s spectacular heritage, with breathtaking scenic allure, and landscapes. You’ll enjoy a game drive followed by a boat cruise along the famous Nile River. You’ll be taken to the top of Murchison Falls where you can see Nile squeezing itself to a 7 meters gorge before tumbling down 40 meters into the floor creating a thunderous explosion. It then flows into a very peaceful river harbouring various water and land animals along with birds along its river bank. Lastly, you’ll be taken for a chimpanzee tracking deep into the forest.

Safari Highlights

Safari Highlights
Chimp tracking
Murchison falls
Game drives
Boat launch on the Victoria Nile

Day 1: Travel to Murchison Falls National Park (5-6hrs)

After an early breakfast, you’ll drive to Murchison Falls National Park passing through the beautiful woodlands and grasslands. The journey will take between 6 to 7 hours with stopovers at tourist spots.

Go straight to tour the Top and bottom of majestic falls, where the Nile crashes through a 7 metres gorge to the falls 45 metres.

Numerous scenic viewpoints are a photographers’ delight, The most impressive view of the foaming waters rushing into the gorge with a deafening roar, You will have dinner and overnight at Red Chilli Rest Camp/Windsor Hotel

Day 2: Game drive and Launch cruise

You will wake up very early and set off at 6.30am for a sunrise game drive in the Nyamsika plateau to see the Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kob, hartebeest and waterbucks. Depending upon the time and availability, you may spot oribis, bushbucks, Bohor reedbucks, sitarunga, bush duiker, bush pigs, and warthogs. Carnivores like lions, leopards, and spotted hyenas can be seen. The park is also famous for primates. Close to six primate species inhabit the park, out of which the chimpanzees and olive baboons are the most famous ones. Along the bank of River Nile, crocodiles and hippos can be spotted. Common bird species that are found here includes the goliath heron, Egyptian geese, pelicans, kingfisher, hornbill, bee-eaters, cormorant, rare shoebill stork, and saddle-bill stork.

You’ll return back to lodge for a late breakfast and relax till the afternoon. In the afternoon, you’ll be taken to the placid Lake Victoria for a boat cruise and you’ll get to visit the base of the waterfall. En route you will see hippos, crocodiles, water buck and a wide variety of birds including the unusual shoebill stork. The boat stops just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron” for pictures to be taken of the photogenic and majestic Murchison Falls. You will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight at Red Chilli Rest Camp/Windsor Hotel

Day 3: Go for chimp tracking and travel back to Kampala

After your breakfast, head to the forest where you can track chimpanzees, trekking is on the Masindi-paara road, 15kms from kichumbanyobo main gate, you will have a chance of spotting other primates like the red tail and blue monkeys with so many more species of birds, if you’re a birder, you will enjoy bird watching as well, after proceed to Kampala with memorable experience.

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Whats included in this itinerary?

Car hires services
Driver allowances
Park fees
Chimp tracking
Vehicle entry fees
Top and bottom of majestic falls
Boat Cruises
Ferry crossing
Game drives
Bird watching
Accommodations
Fuel

Whats not included in this route?

Alcoholic drinks / spirits
Laundry
Personal Insurance
Tips

NOTE:

Any and all tours can be combined or modified to fit your particular needs. Please tell us your specific requirements using the contact us page.

Prices are subject to change based upon accommodation availability, your tour alterations and other parameters until time of full and final confirmation.