Murchison Falls National Park

An Amazing Park!

Murchinson Falls was amazing! We listened to the sounds of the hippos at night from our super safari camp. We saw Elephants, Giraffes, Hyenas, and a Lion! The park is stunning with beauty and the guides the best!

Most unique park I've visited in all of East Africa.

The oil camps popping up were sad to see, so I hope they don't expand in the park anymore. This park was stunning, with the rolling hills, and acacia trees and palm trees. We booked through EcoExpeditions Uganda and our guide really knew what was going on. We stayed at Fort Murchison just outside of the park, but it was close enough that we were able to get to the park early. The food there (4 course meals) was great, but the mosquitoes were bad. Overall, my favorite park in Uganda.

river tour!

the view of the falls is enormous, the force of the nature is amazing. The roads r worse than everywhere else in the country, we had twice problems with our truck...

Unique place on earth: Murchison

We, a small group of 5 pax, stayed there for 1 night. I would recommend 2 days, because there is so much to see.
Wildlife - compared to other destinations like Kenia, Botswana, Tansania is not so rich, but good. Before visiting, I was a little concerned, that we would'nt see so much due to poaching in the past. But I was happy to watch a lot of animals.
Scenery is excellent - there is a great, unsurpassable variety. That's the big difference to Botswana, the country with the best Bush vibe - but the landscape is plain.
Weather was great, no rain, but green, vivid landscape.
Accomodation: we stayed for one night at Paara-Lodge, I really good lodge.
Guide: Our tour guide Akim was excellent, also the local guides tried their best to show us the country.
In my opinion this is propably the best place on earth for a safari due to the beautifulness, the scenery of the Nile-river, the Murchison-Fall and the wildlife.

Loved Murchison! And it's really close to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary so, if you have been lucky on your safari so far, you can tick off the last of your 'Big 5' with a visit there after.

We found charismatic and knowledgable UWA guides, beautiful vast plains and tons of mammals and birds. Even the dreaded tsetse flies could not put us off. We had an amazing leopard sighting here and our boat trip up the Nile and walk at the top of the falls added in variety. Magical place I would recommend to anyone.

Awesome variety of habitats packed into 1 park

Murchison falls offers such a rich variety of habitats, that one could easily spend 3-4 completely absorbing days here. The park is bordered on the south by the Budongo Forest, which offers the chance to track chimpanzees and colobus monkeys on foot, and in the north, the open savannah rivals the Masai Mara for scenic beauty.

On our game drives in the north, we literally saw an individual antelope every 100 metres for about 3 hours. The game density here is incredible. To top it all off is the Nile, that bisects the park, and which is home to hundreds of hippopotamus and crocodile. The latter are found in greatest numbers at the base of the Murchison Falls, as they lie in wait for dead and injured Nile Perch (which grow to over 80 kg) to come down the falls. The Murchison Falls are a highlight in themselves, and the 90 minute hike from the base to the top is well worth doing, if you are a reasonable fit individual. The excellent launch trips on the river are essential for any visitor.

The park is a must see for birders, with the legendary and very rare Shoebill regularly sighted on the Nile as it enters Lake Albert. The Budongo Forest is a refuge for several headline forest species, and one can spot nightjars on the main road into the park.

MF NP is breath taking, with beautiful and stunning nature with abundance of wild life

In 2007 during Easter period we rented a guide together with 4x4 vehicle. We started our trip from Kampala and on our way to the Murchison Falls NP we had lunch in Masindi. Our guide Ronnie King was really good, reliable and ready to fulfill our requests at the same time following prescribed safety measures. Actually we were planning our game drive together with him.
Firstly we were accommodated in Paraa Lodge and afterwards we spent 2-3 beautiful nights in Red Chili camp under the tents. Inside of the camp numerous warthogs, our first neighbors, were knelling while grazing grass. Sometimes even during night hours they were sneaking around and checking our tents like a frisky kids.
One of the highlights of our trip was Victoria Nile cruising towards Murchison Falls gorge. We saw numerous birds, lizards but mostly hypos and crocs.
Weather was calm, nights bright and often full of stars. During night time we could hear distant roaring and other sounds coming from animals. All in all it wasn't disturbing or reason for a sleepless night. From time to time it was pleasant to hear silence and experience not polluted part of the world.
Upon our arrival back to Kampala we spent one night in Speke Hotel and next day we were boarded on a plane to Sudan. Some of my photos dedicated to this safari were posted in Panoramio and Google Earth.
On this occasion I fell in love with African colors, especially with red and orange, present in soil and stunning sunsets.

An amazing experience which tells you something different about wildlife.

I came to Murchison Falls National Park after three days of rafting in south Uganda. We entered the park with a Safary truck, which is a very nice way to travel across the country and watch alot of monkeys and deers running next to you.
Then we took a boat and sailed on the Nile, next to crocodiles and hippopotamus, and on land you can see elephents and wild boars, hwaks and many kinds of beautiful birds.
The diversity is amazing. Our guide was very nice although I must admit that I was fascinated by the colors&sounds so I didn't listen a lot...
After the sail, we went by foot through the bush, to get closer to the falls. The weather was fantastic, and the view was wonderful. The Murchison Falls are so impressive with their strength and noise, and I needed to balance between looking with my eyes, and looking through the camera.
Like I said - An amazing experience!

Lots of wildlife, Elephants, crocodiles, hippos, and lots of birds