Game Safaris and boat cruise in Murchison falls national park

Standing at the gorge while the entire Nile forces its way through a tiny seven-meter gap is something you have to hear to believe. The sheer, roaring power of Murchison Falls is a total sensory overload. Out on the savanna, you are practically guaranteed massive elephant herds, towering giraffes, and active prides of lions.
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Tourists posing for photos at Murchison falls national park in 2018

As our absolute home turf at Angara Tours, Murchison Falls National Park holds a special place in our hearts. Bisected by the historic Victoria Nile, the park splits into dense southern woodlands and open northern savanna grasslands. Whether you're tracking leopards along the Buligi circuit, taking a launch cruise past massive pods of hippos, or heading down to the Nile Delta to hunt for the rare shoebill stork, the sheer scale of wildlife here is unmatched.

Forget the old days of wasting hours waiting around for the river ferry. Thanks to the new Paraa Bridge, crossing the Nile for a sunrise game drive is seamless. Murchison Falls is Uganda's oldest, largest, and wildest big-game savanna paradise.

The park is bisected by the Victoria Nile from east to west for a distance of about 115 kilometres (71 mi). The park is the location of the famous Murchison Falls, where the waters of the majestic Nile River squeeze through a narrow gorge, only 7 metres (23 ft) wide, before plunging 43 metres (141 ft) below.

It is named for the Murchison Falls waterfall, the centerpiece of the park and the final event in an 80km stretch of rapids. The mighty cascade drains the last of the river’s energy, transforming it into a broad, placid stream that flows quietly across the rift valley floor into Lake Albert. This stretch of river provides one of Uganda’s most remarkable wildlife spectacles. Regular visitors to the riverbanks include elephants, giraffes and buffaloes; while hippos, Nile crocodiles and aquatic birds are permanent residents.

Boat trips operate from Paraa to the foot of Murchison Falls and take around 3 hours. These enable you to see hippos, crocodiles and magnificent bird life close up.

here are also nature walks to the top of the falls and at Kaniyo Pabidi, where you can trek chimpanzees.

Kampala to Paraa takes around 5 hours and a 4WD vehicle is recommended.

The 1951 film “The African Queen” starring Humphrey Bogart was filmed on Lake Albert and the Nile in Murchison Falls National Park

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