This 5-day luxury Murchison Falls & Lake Albert tour is one of the most popular wildlife safaris to Uganda, with the best exciting safari moments and encounters. It offers visitors a chance to explore and discover the most spectacular park in Uganda – Murchison Falls National Park. At the same time, you will visit Lake Albert for a complete feeling, while embracing the variety of wildlife. For the best safari to Uganda, this 5-day luxury Murchison Falls and Lake Albert tour is unmatched.
5-Day Luxury Murchison Falls & Lake Albert Itinerary: –
Day 1: Arrival Entebbe – Kampala
You’ll be picked from the airport and transferred to a hotel in Kampala for dinner and overnight stay at Kampala Serena Hotel. Meal plan dinner.
Day 2: Kampala – Murchison Falls National Park
Begin the panoramic drive north-west through the famous Luwero Triangle and travel to Masindi via Ziwa Rhino Project. A visit to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a rhino trekking is a must. After lunch, you will drive to Murchison Falls National Park.
Overnight stay and dinner at Paraa Safari Lodge (high-end). Meal plan: breakfast, lunch & dinner.
Day 3: Murchison Falls National Park
After your cup of coffee, you will cross the Nile by ferry to the northern bank of the park. Your guide will help you spot Elephant, Lion, Cape buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard. Return to the hotel for breakfast and lunch.
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.
At 06:00 pm in the evening, you will go for a night game drive to search for nocturnal animals up to 10:00pm in the night, before returning to the lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Paraa Safari Lodge (high-end). Meal plan: breakfast, lunch & dinner.
Day 4: Murchison Falls – Lake Albert (Travel time +3hrs)
Leave Murchison for Hoima, driving at your own convenience, through the great escapements of Biso – for a great winding scenery of Lake Albert. The afternoon is spent on sightseeing and relaxation.
Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Albert Safari Lodge (high-end). Meal plan breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Optional Activities at Lake Albert include Nature walks US$ 10.00, Horseback riding per hour US$ 20.00, Game drive US$ 20.00 but with this you pay entrance fees to the park and extra gas fees for the game drive.
Day 5: Lake Albert – Kampala Entebbe
Get on the morning fishing village tour before driving off back to Kampala with enroute lunch via Hoima as you enjoy the verdant countryside villages. Should your flight be on the same day, you will be transferred to Entebbe Airport for your out bound flight back home or to your next destination. Meal plan: breakfast and lunch.
The other safari sections across Uganda are the interesting chimpanzee tracking tour in Kibale Forest National Park and the search for tree-climbing lions in the Ishasha wilderness of Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will also visit Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for an amazing gorilla trekking safari and then end with a Lake Mburo National Park tour.
5-Day Luxury Murchison Falls & Lake Albert Inclusions: –
- Transportation by 4 WD safari Land Cruiser
- Full board accommodation as per the itinerary
- Ziwa Rhino Trekking
- Hike to the top of the falls
- Three hour boat trip along River Nile.
- Park fees
- Game drive
- Ferry crossing
- Fishing village tour
- Lake Albert visit
- Driver/guide subsistence allowance.
- Enroute lunches
- Ranger guide fees
However, the package excludes expenses of personal nature like drinks, laundry, tips, telephone, cigars, and optional activities highlighted etc.