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 Murchison Falls National Park is both the biggest (3,840 sq km) and oldest (gazetted in 1952) national park in Uganda, protecting a rich and beautiful wildlife located along the River Nile. It is Uganda's favored park for big game safaris. As an addition to the traditional wildlife viewing, the park offers chimpanzee tracking in the rich and immensely biodiverse Budongo Forest. Rhinos were once inhabitants of the park but were all hunted down and killed by poachers. The Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary situated enroute to Murchison Falls National Park, along the Kampala - Gulu highway breeds tens of rhinos and is the only place to see rhinos in Uganda.

Highlights

• Rhino Tracking in the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
• Top of the Murchison Falls visit/hike
• Launch Cruise on the Nile with an optional hike to the top of the falls
• 2 Game Drives for great game sightings
• Chimpanzee tracking in Budongo Forest

  Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Murchison Falls National Park - Rhino Tracking in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

Get ready for pick up from your hotel or residence at exactly 7.00am to start the trip. Driving through Luwero, expect to pick some fruits, after which you proceed through Nakasongola and get to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. In the company of an armed game ranger, you trek this vast piece of land to track the majestic Rhinos. The sanctuary hosts a number of other wildlife including hippos, impalas, crocodiles, leopards and several birds. Upon successful rhino tracking, check out, continue driving and get to Masindi town for a lunch break. Thereafter drive out of Masindi town and get to Murchison Falls National Park. Transfer to your lodge to relax, have dinner and overnight.

Budget: Fort Murchison in tents/ Murchison River Lodge in tents / Red Chili

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Day 2: Early Game Drive, Launch Cruise on the Nile

Have early breakfast and set for the game drive by 7.00am to stand a bigger chance of sighting the elusive nocturnal hunters like the lions, jackals, hyenas, and leopards, as well as the hippos grazing on land before they retreat into the water. In case your lodge is situated on the southern side of the Nile, get to the northern side by a ferry crossing and explore the major game trails for a variety of game sightings including herds of buffalos, lots of giraffes, elephants, thousands of kobs and oribis, many Jackson's hartebeests, waterbucks, bushbucks, warthogs, and the playful baboons as well as a number of savannah birds. The game drive lasts about 4 hours, return to the lodge for lunch.

Set out for the afternoon Launch cruise along the Nile to the bottom of the Murchison Falls. The river banks are lined with a variety of game and colorful birds. Expect to sight a lot of hippos cooling off in the water, buffalos and elephants drinking from the Nile, warthogs, waterbucks, kobs and other animals eating fresh grass along the banks and drinking from the Nile. The banks are immersed with birds such as cormorants, red-throated bee-eaters, cattle egrets, skimmers, and African fish eagles. The Launch ride lasts about 3 hours, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Budget: Fort Murchison in tents/ Murchison River Lodge in tents / Red Chili

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Day 3: Early Game Drive, Top of the fall

Wake up to another early game drive and explore more game trails. Expect your game count to increase and catch more game that was elusive on the first game drive. After the game drive proceed and drive to the top of the Murchison Falls. You get to see the longest river in the world squeezing through a tiny gorge of width 7 meters and exploding into the strongest waterfall in the world. The sight is simply amazing. Check in to your lodge.

Budget: Fort Murchison in tents/ Murchison River Lodge in tents / Red Chili

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking in Budongo Forest - Transfer to Kampala

Have early breakfast and transfer to Budongo  arriving at Kaniyo Pabidi by 7.00am for briefing. At about 8.00am, you set out for the trek into the Budongo Forest at Kaniyo Pabidi to track habituated chimpanzees. Budongo is gifted with a high biodiversity of 24 species of small animals 9 of which are primates, 465 species of trees and shrubs, 359 species of birds, 289 species of butterflies, and 130 species of moths. The forest is believed to harbor over 600 chimpanzees. Expect to return by mid day and then check out of the park and drive to Masindi town for your lunch. Thereafter travel to Kampala to catch up with your flight back home.