Breathtaking Uganda Safari
3 days—Safari to Murchision Falls NP
$900-1100 USD
pp
Safari summary
This is a 3-day tour to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest protected area. It is home to more than 73 animal species e.g buffaloes, leopards, lions, and elephants, 3/4 of the world’s population of Rothschild's giraffes, and a healthy population of herbivores. There are over 610 chimpanzees, 451 bird species, and 23 Albertine Rift endemics. See the magnificent falls where the Nile forces its way through a gorge in the rocks and tumbles 43m below, flowing westwards into Lake Albert.
About this tour
Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
Main focus | Game drives | |
Activity level | Strenuous activity | |
Best months | All months | |
Countries | ||
Parks |
Fine details
Safari highlights
- Bird watching—with professional guide
- Hiking | trekking
What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Meals
- Park fees
- Private vehicle and driver
What’s not included?
- Alcoholic beverages
- Hot air balloons
- Internal flights
- International flights
- Laundry
- Premium alcoholic beverages
- Spa treatments
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas
Itinerary
Travel to Murchison
On your arrival in the morning at Entebbe Airport, a Kubwa Five Safaris representative will welcome you with your name printed on an A4 paper. You will drive up to Murchison Falls National Park. A stopover will be made at Karuma Falls where you will either have lunch on your way, or at your hotel on arrival in the park. Check in at your hotel, then continue on an evening game drive to spot lion, buffalo, waterbuck, Rothschild's giraffe, oribi, baboon, leopard, and various bird species.
Parkside Safari Lodge.
Thrilling Morning Game Drive
After an early breakfast at 5:30 am, you will set off with a packed lunch for a morning game drive on the Northern Delta Nile. Lions, leopards, elephants, waterbucks, Jackson’s hartebeests, Rothschild’s giraffes and baboons are some of the animals to see. Other activities include bird watching and sightseeing across the open savannah, dotted woodland, and riverine vegetation along the Nile After the game drive (between 9 and 11 am), you will go on a 3- hour boat cruise on the Nile.
Parkside Safari Lodge.
Transfer to Entebbe Airport
After breakfast, you embark on your journey back to Kampala. If time allows, you will branch off to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking (a member of the Big Five). After this activity, we will hit the road to Kampala. Please note that this activity is optional and at an additional cost of US $100 per person. You will arrive in Kampala in the late afternoon for a transfer to Entebbe International Airport for your return flight home.
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