Boat safari on the Nile
Three hours upstream to the foot of the falls — hippos, crocodiles and elephant herds along the bank.
National Park · Northwest Uganda
Murchison Falls
Where the White Nile is forced through a 7-metre cleft in the rock — Uganda's most dramatic spectacle.
About the park
Uganda's largest and oldest national park
Murchison Falls National Park spans nearly 4,000 square kilometres across the White Nile. Here the river squeezes through a narrow gorge and plunges 43 metres into a cloud of mist — the roar carries for miles.
The park is home to over 76 mammal species and 450 birds. Lions on the savanna, giraffes among borassus palms, elephants at the riverbank, and Nile crocodiles the size of boats. On the upstream boat safari you'll often spot hippos by the hundred.
Size
3,893 km²
Distance from Kampala
~ 305 km
Best time to visit
Dec–Feb · Jun–Sep
What you'll experience
Sunrise game drive
A private 4x4 across the northern savanna — lions on the hunt, Rothschild's giraffes and Jackson's hartebeest.