3-Day Big Five Safari at Murchison Falls NP and Ziwa

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Drive to the park with a stop for Rhino Tracking

Our professional driver guide will be you up from your hotel in Kampala at 7:00am and start off your 3 day safari to Uganda’s biggest National Park driving along Kampala-Gulu highway. Enroute Rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary where you will spend upto an hour with the rhinos. We the proceed for lunch and drive to Murchison Falls National Park, arrive at the lodge for checkin, dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch

Accommodation:

Pakuba Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Game drive, boat cruise and top of the falls experience

Wake up for an early morning breakfast and get ready for the exciting activities. Start with an early morning game drive through different trails of the park, while you enjoy views of the wildlife species like buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, warthogs, hippos and others. You will then return to your lodge for relaxation and lunch.
In the afternoon at 2:00pm, you will embark on an afternoon boat cruise upstream to the bottom of the falls which will take about 3 hours. While on the cruise, you get to enjoy up-close sightings of a number of wildlife that lie along the banks of River Nile such as hippos, crocodiles and birds.
Return to your guide and drive to the top of the Falls where you get a view of the magnificent Nile squeeze through a narrow gorge of about only 7 meters wide and rapturing into violent waterfalls into a whirlpool about 43 meters below. Take time to enjoy the breathtaking moment and later transfer to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Murchison Falls National Park

Best Time To Visit December to February (Easier to spot animals)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June and July (Less rain and lower temperatures)

Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

HippoAbundant

LionOccasional

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LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Pakuba Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning Game Drive and Departure

Enjoy your breakfast, checkout of the lodge and proceed for another game drive in the morning on your way back to Kampala. It will be a great time as you look out for various animal species though most of them will be seen in the grasslands feeding such as buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, lions, and antelopes.
Drive out of the park while you meet baboons along the road, have a stopover for lunch in Masindi and continue with the journey back to Kampala.

Main Destination:

No major destination visited

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.