Trip facts
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Private trip, your own group only
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Your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala, or Entebbe International Airport
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Your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala, or Entebbe International Airport
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1 to 6 per vehicle; larger groups use more vehicles
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English; other languages by agreement
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Level 2: Easy
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Two nights in a mid-range lodge in or near the park
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Full board from lunch on day 1 to lunch on day 3
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Hired 4x4 safari vehicle with driver-guide
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Park entry, rhino tracking and activity fees included (no gorilla or chimp permit needed)
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December to February and June to September for game drives; boat trips run all year
Why you will love this trip
Murchison Falls is Uganda’s oldest and largest national park, and its heart is the river Nile. At the falls, the whole river forces itself through a rock gap about 8 metres wide and drops about 45 metres into a boiling pool. On this trip you see it from both sides: from the path at the top, where you feel the spray and the noise, and from the water on a boat trip to the foot of the falls, past hippos, crocodiles and elephants that come down to drink.
North of the river the land opens into wide savannah with tall Rothschild’s giraffes, elephants, big herds of buffalo and Uganda kob, and, on lucky days, lions. On the way north you track white rhinos on foot with rangers at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, because there are no rhinos in the park itself.
On the way home you spend time with the Boomu Women’s Group, near the park gate. The group was formed in 1999; the women show you their village, share a home-cooked lunch and teach you a little basket weaving. The income helps run a nursery school and pay school fees.
You travel in a hired 4×4 safari vehicle with an experienced driver-guide and sleep two nights in a mid-range lodge.
Highlights
- Track white rhinos on foot at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
- Stand at the top of Murchison Falls as the Nile thunders through the gorge
- A boat trip up the Nile to the foot of the falls, past hippos and crocodiles
- Game drives among giraffes, elephants, buffaloes and Uganda kob
- Village walk and home-cooked lunch with the Boomu Women's Group
- Private hired 4x4 with an experienced driver-guide
