Great 5 days/ 4 nights safari & birding in Murchison falls game park
Birding in Murchison falls game park overview
Top birding safari in and around Uganda’s largest game park- Murchison falls national park/ Kabalega national park which has a record of 450+ bird species types of the Albertine rift region, savannah grassland endemics, riverine endemics along the river Nile banks along with swamp/ papyrus endemics at the Ziwa rhino and wildlife conservancy making this safari package a top birders’ choice.
Safari on birding in Murchison falls game park is spiced up by up close engagement with southern white rhinos, hiking to the top of the Murchison water falls and a boat cruise on the river Nile to the face of the most powerful water falls in the world.
Arrival and departure: Entebbe
- Day 1- arrival, Mabamba swamp birding
- Day 2- Birding on walking safari at Ziwa rhino sanctuary
- Day 3- Birding, game drives & boat cruise
- Day 4- top of falls & birding drive
- Day 5- Return to Kampala and depart
Detailed 5 days birding in Murchison falls game park itinerary
Day 1 Mabamba swamp
On arrival, you will be picked up by our tour guide and taken in for a brief at a hotel or resort around Lake Victoria rest after which you will set out to the mabamba swamp which is also Ramsar site to see the endangered shoebill. Mabamba swamp tour is carried out on boats that move from the Lake Victoria shoes into the narrow water stretches of the swamp; a tour lasting for 3 hours. After this shoebill tour, you will embark on a 4-hour journey to Ziwa rhino sanctuary.
Accommodation: Ziwa rhino & wildlife ranch (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day early in the morning, you will start off with a walking safaris watching out for birds, rhinos and towards the swamp areas. Ziwa rhino park has over 300 bird species of forest, woodland and swamp residence including the shoebill thus you will be granted another chance to see this spectacular bird. Ziwa rhino sanctuary has more than 45 white southern rhinos, rothschild’s giraffes, kobs, leopards, swamps with papyrus endemics like the shoebills, African wild cats, warthogs, reptiles among other species. In the late afternoon you will continue with your trip to Murchison falls national park.
Accommodation: Paraa safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Today you will head out to sections of the Murchison falls national park to continue exploring this vast grassland, palms, acacia trees, swamps, savannah and its remarkable wild game. Murchison falls game park has more than 450 recorded resident bird species for example the Abyssinian ground hornbill, Denham’s bustard, long-tailed nightjar, black-headed lapwing, long-toed lapwing, black-billed barbet, Senegal thick-knee, yellow-fronted tinker bird, rock pratincole, speckle-fronted weaver, white-browed sparrow, eastern plantain-eater, African grey woodpecker, red throated bee-eater, grey-headed kingfisher, swamp flycatcher, standard-winged nightjar, giant kingfisher, silver bird, blue-headed Coucal, black-headed gonolek among other hundreds of species making it one of the best birding destinations in Africa.
Hike top of Murchison water falls
Later on you will have a trek up to view the magnificent Murchison falls from above and watch the strongest falls on the planet, gashing 3,000 cubic liters of water per second through an eight-meter corridor cascading down a 43-meter height into the “the devil’s caldron” forming a white mist and a signature rainbow producing a loud sound from the powerful force of the water of the river Nile. Murchison game park has the strongest water falls in the world and the highest number of rothschild’s giraffes in the world, more than three- quarter of the total world population and numerous elephant and lion families, waterbucks, impalas, kobs, warthogs, hippos, buffaloes, crocodiles, leopards, hyenas, jackals among other mammals.
Nile river boat cruise
Following a hot lunch, you will then head to the banks of the river Nile for a boat cruise towards the face of the Murchison falls. While on the boat cruise, you will have more sceneries of various water birds like the shoebills, raptors, geese among others, hippos and a great number of huge nile crocodiles and many more mammals that approach the river banks to quench their thirst like buffaloes, elephants and the scenes are endless. You will also have a boat cruise to the Nile delta as it flows back to the albertine peninsular, an experience that obviously unmatchable as you watch the waters of the river Nile anchor the wild and its species.
Accommodation: Paraa safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 5 Entebbe & departure
You will wake up early at the beautiful sound of birds, have breakfast and set off from Birding in Murchison falls game park while having more continued glance at numerous bird species on your way to Kampala nearing your time of departure.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
When is the best time for wildlife & birding in Murchison falls game park?
Africa’s big 5 & birding safari in Ziwa rhino sanctuary and Murchison falls game park is one of the best savannah grassland package best done from June to September and December to February. Speak to Africa safari travel experts for the best tailor-made Uganda wildlife & birding in Murchison falls game park.
Inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Airport transfers
- Bottled drinking water
- Driver & guide
- Government taxes
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- All activities indicated in the itinerary
Exclusions
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Travel insurance
- Extra activities, meals, alcohol/ liquor not on itinerary
- Accommodation after the end of the trip
- Tipping & gratitude
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Anything not mentioned
Your safari route map
More safari activities done in Murchison falls game park
Bird watching in Murchison falls game park is combined with numerous exciting safari activities for example;
- Chimpanzee tracking in Murchison falls national park forest ecosystems of Kaniyo Pabidi and Budongo forests.
- Nile boat cruises to have face on face with Murchison water falls.
- Hiking to the top of the Murchison water falls to have magnificent sightings of world’s strongest water falls from above.
- Nature walks in the park get you to great photography experiences especially at the different bird species that reside in the park.
- Camping along the banks of the river Nile are also another activity on which you get to see numerous bird species.
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