Code: TH-SHORT-4: 3 Days Murchison Falls National Park

Day 1: Kampala - Murchison Falls
Morning will be picked from your hotel or residence and drive northwards passing through the famous Luwero Triangle stopping in Masindi for lunch stop. Proceed to drive to Murchison Falls. Drive to the top of the falls for magnificent scenery, breathtaking sight of the raging Nile as it forces it’s way through a rocky gap where millions of gallons of water squeeze in 7 meter gap before it falls (45 meters) in thunderous sound forming a placid river. Arriving in the evening to overnight at Paraa, Safari Lodge Sambiya River Lodge or Nile safari camp for upmarket and Red Chili Bandas for budget.

Day 2: Murchison Falls Park
Start the day with an early morning game drive on the Buligi, Albert or Queens tracks north of the river Nile. You are able to view those animals that are unique to the African Savannah like lion, leopard, giraffe, antelope, elephant, and many warthogs.

After lunch, you will go for a launch cruise on the Nile River. The cruise takes to the bottom of the thundering falls where you will see huge crocodiles, schools of hippos, buffaloes, elephants and a variety of water birds like herons, cormorants, ducks, bee-eaters, kingfishers, skimmers, fish eagle and the rare shoebill. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Murchison falls to Kampala
On this day before you leave the park, you take a drive to the “Top of the falls”( if you did not go through it on the 1st day)

Proceed on with packed lunch passing through  Budongo forest a dense natural forest. Take a simple natural walk seeing different species of primates –chimps, monkeys etc. then proceed to Kampala arriving in the evening.

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