4 Days Murchison Falls National Park Safari
The 4 Days Murchison Falls National Park Safari takes you to a perfect epic landscape, range of habitats and excellent biodiversity and more attractions as well as gorgeous activities to participate in while on this 4 days Uganda safari.
Detailed Itinerary
Activities to be enjoyed on the 4 days Murchison Falls National Park Safari
- Morning game drive
- Boat cruise to the bottom of the falls
- Bird watching while on the boat trip
- Nile Delta boat cruise
- Afternoon game drive
- Top of the falls drive
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Depending on your location on the first day of your 4 days Murchison Falls National Park safari, you will be welcomed by our driver guide who will brief you about the safari and then set off to Murchison Falls National Park. The journey takes about 5 to 6 hours’ drive and on the way you will have a stopover in Masindi town for lunch where you will continue the journey to Murchison Falls National Park. Upon arrival in the park, you will embark on an evening game drive in the savannah plains where you will be able to view animal species such as elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, and warthogs among others. After the game drive you will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation and meals: Nile safari lodge-luxury/ Sambiya River Lodge-Midrange or Parkside safari lodge-budget
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls
Morning game drive,
After an early breakfast on the second day of the 4 days Murchison Falls National Park Safari you will meet up with your driver guide and embark on a game drive very early in the morning so as to catch up with big cuts which will be looking for the morning hunt. During the game drive you will be able to view animals such as bushbucks, buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, lions, leopards, waterbucks, Jackson’s hartebeests, oribi, warthogs, bird species such as marabou stork, black-bellied bustard, open billed stork, black-headed lapwing, Abyssinian ground hornbill, grey crowned crane, yellow-billed stork, secretary bird, osprey among others. After the game drive you will return to the lodge for lunch.
Afternoon Boat cruise to the bottom of the falls,
After lunch you will drive to Paraa landing site for an amazing boat cruise to the bottom of the falls. During the boat cruise, you will be able to enjoy fantastic views of the waterfall, take beautiful photos, view aquatic animals such as hippos and Nile crocodiles and other animals like elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, antelopes which will be spotted while drinking water along the shores, aquatic birds such as the grey-headed Kingfisher, Bee-eaters, Herons, cormorants, long-toed plover, African darter, veracious dove among others. After the boat cruise, you will drive back to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Accommodation and meals: Nile Safari Lodge – Luxury, Pakuba Safari Lodge-Midrange or Parkside Safari lodge-budget
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Nile delta boat cruise and evening game drive
On the third day of the 4 Days Murchison Falls National Park Safari you will have an early breakfast and your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to head for an impressive Nile delta boat cruise which starts from the Parra jetty landing site and stretches to the shores of Lake Albert. During the Nile Delta boat cruise you will enjoy impressive views of Murchison Falls, a school of hippos and crocodiles in water, other animals such as Uganda kobs, elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks water birds like the elusive shoebill stork, goliath heron, African jacana, pied and malachite kingfisher, African skimmer, papyrus gonolek, African fish eagle, saddle billed stork, view fishermen who will be catching fish on Lake Albert in dugout canoes many more. After the Nile Delta boat cruise, you will meet up with your driver guide and drive back to the lodge for lunch.
Evening game drive
Later after lunch, go for an afternoon game drive where you will be able to view some of the animal species that you might have missed the previous day. After the game drive, you will drive to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation and meals: Nile Safari Lodge – Luxury, Pakuba Safari Lodge-Midrange or Parkside Safari lodge-budget
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Top of the falls drive and departure to Kampala
On the last day of the 4 Days Murchison Falls National Park Safari, after breakfast, you will have a relaxed breakfast, check out of the lodge, and meet up with your driver guide to head to the top of the falls drive where you will enjoy rewarding views of the waterfall, birds, some animal species, beautiful scenery, and others. After visiting the top of the falls, you will drive out of the park and then depart back to Kampala. On the way, you will have a panic lunch and then continue to Kampala where you will arrive early evening. Upon arrival, your driver guide will drop you off at any place of your convenience or at Entebbe International Airport for your onward flight back home.
That marks the end of the of the 4 Days Murchison Falls National Park Safari.
Meal plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Quotation includes
- Boat cruise fees
- Top of the falls drive
- Park entrance fees/ game drives
- Nile Delta boat cruise fees
- Full-time English-speaking driver guide
- Accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All meals at the lodge
- Pick up and drop off in Kampala
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled drinking water
Quotation excludes
- International air flight tickets
- Visas
- En-route meals
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
- Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, tips among others.
