Detailed Itinerary: 3 Days Murchison Falls Safari

Day 1: Transfer from either Kampala or Entebbe to Murchison Falls National Park. Visit the top of Murchison Falls and have a sunset game drive en route to your booked hotel/lodge.

Early morning after breakfast at your place of residence or hotel in either Kampala or Entebbe, your Wild Jungle Trails safari guide will meet you for a drive to Murchison Falls National Park. After meeting, greeting and briefing your 3 days Murchison Falls wildlife safari Uganda trip starts with a drive north of Kampala. 

After about 3h 11min drive you arrive in Masindi town where you stop for a lunch break in one the best hotels in the town. After lunch, the drive continues to Murchison Falls National Park 72.4km from Masindi with your driver guide highlighting on all of your questions during the drive. 

Arriving at Murchison Falls National Park, you are driven to the top of the mighty Murchison Falls. The top of the falls is the point where the Nile River water forges its way by squeezing through a 7 meter rock gorge before it tumbles down off a cliff 43 m into what is known as the devils cauldron. The pressure that the river uses to squeeze through the rocks is what makes it the world’s most powerful falls. 

After a tour to the top of the falls, you have a short sunset game drive along the way to a prior booked hotel / lodge where you check in, have dinner and spend the night. 

Drive Time: 5-7 hours
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Paraa safari Lodge/ Baker’s Lodge, Midrange: Murchison River Lodge/ Fort Murchison Lodge, Budget: Red Chili Rest Camp/ Heritage safari Lodge 

Day 2: Undertake a morning game drive and an evening boat cruise to the bottom of the falls.

By sunrise, your Uganda wildlife tour guide will pick you up from the hotel for a transfer to the park for a morning game drive. With beautiful sights of the morning sunrise, you head out for the game drive with your safari guide, lasting about 2-4hours. During the game drive, you have chances of seeing wildlife species like Buffaloes, Elephants, Lions, Leopards and the Rothschild Giraffes (the highest population in the world). 

After the game drive, you have a lunch break and then transfer to the boat cruise start point at about 2:00pm for a great 2 hours cruise to the bottom of the falls. The boat cruise takes cruises past numerous hippopotami down to the bottom of the mighty Murchison Falls. After the launch trip or boat cruise, you are returned to the start point where you meet your driver guide for a transfer to your booked accommodation facility for dinner and a nights’ stay. 

Meal Plan: Full board (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Accommodation Options: Luxury: Paraa safari Lodge/ Baker’s Lodge, Midrange: Murchison River Lodge/ Fort Murchison Lodge, Budget: Red Chili Rest Camp/ Heritage safari Lodge 

Day 3: Morning game drive and return to Kampala.

On this last day of your 3 days Murchison Falls safari, you have breakfast and then embark on another morning game drive increasing the possibility of a bigger animal sight count. Murchison Falls National Park is known to be one of the best places to see the beautiful sunrises of Uganda. Wildlife like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, Bushbucks and many more alongside several bird species can be spotted. After the game drive, you either return to your hotel and refresh or just continue with the drive to Kampala. 

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Drive time: 5-7 hours

End of the 3 Days Murchison Falls safari

Note: In the park, avoid dressing in blue, white and black clothes as they may attract tsetse flies.