Get on this 3-day budget Murchison Falls safari for a wildlife tour in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park that protects a chunk of untamed African savannah, bisected by the mighty river Nile. You will have the opportunity to visit the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola for the famous rhino trekking tour in Uganda. Rhino tracking can only be done at Ziwa Sanctuary in Uganda. Thereafter, you will proceed to visit Murchison Falls National Park for an amazing wildlife and game drive tour.
3 Days Budget Murchison Falls Safari Itinerary: –
Day 1: Kampala – Murchison Falls
Our guide picks you up from your hotel or place of residence in Kampala at 7:30am and begin the panoramic drive north-west through the famous Luwero Triangle and Masindi town. You will branch off for a visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a guided rhino walk and picnic lunch, before continuing to Murchison Falls. Enjoy the sunset as you return to the lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Red Chili Camp, Heritage Lodge or Twiga Tale Lodge (budget facility). Meal plan lunch and dinner.
Day 2: Murchison Falls – Part of 3-day Budget Murchison Falls Safari
Begin the day with a cup of African coffee, and then proceed for a game drive in the park. Elephants, Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kobs, hartebeest and waterbuck are common sightings. You may also spot oribis, bushbucks, Bohor reedbucks, bush duiker, warthogs and bush pigs. Large carnivores that include lions, leopards and spotted hyenas can also be spotted.
After lunch, you will go for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of Murchison Falls stopping just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”. En-route, you will marvel at the toothsome hippos, crocodiles, elephants, waterbucks and kobs, over this 17 km stretch.
This is also a zone of many bird species such as Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorants and the rare shoebill stork.
There, you will leave the boat and start your – quite heavy – hike to the top of the falls (for approx. 1 hour), to see where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment, to plunge into a frothing pool of about 43m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to the lodge.
Dinner and overnnight stay at Red Chili Camp, Heritage Lodge or Twiga Tale Lodge (budget facility). Meal plan lunch and dinner.
Day 3: Murchison Falls – Kampala Entebbe Out
Wake up at 6:00am and be prepared to take a photograph of the African rising sun in the morning and enjoy African breakfast. You will return to Kampala with your lunch en-route, where you will be dropped off to a place of your residence or Entebbe Airport at leisure for your flight to the next destination or back home. Meal plan: breakfast and lunch
Budget Murchison Falls Safari Inclusions
- Transportation by 4 WD safari minivan
- Full board accommodation as per the itinerary in a self-contained room
- Ziwa Rhino Trekking
- Hike to the top of the falls
- Three-hour boat trip along River Nile.
- Park fees
- Game drive
- Ferry crossing
- Driver/guide subsistence allowance.
- Enroute lunches
- Ranger guide fees
However, the package excludes expenses of personal nature like drinks, laundry, tips, telephone, cigars, etc