Planning to shoot a Documentary, Film, or Movie in Murchison Falls National Park? Here is all you’ll need to Know about Filming In Murchison Falls National Park: Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest Park in size – 3893sq.km/1,503sq.miles. The park is located in north-western Uganda, spreading inland from the shores of Lake Albert, around the Victoria Nile, up to the Karuma Falls and combining with Bugungu Wildlife Reserve and Karuma Wildlife Reserve, to form the larger Murchison Falls Conservation Area. Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest safari park and a must-visit for travelers on safari to Uganda. The Victoria Nile crosses Uganda going from Lake Victoria to Lake Kyoga and on to Lake Albert. Murchison Falls is a large spectacular waterfall on the Nile in the northwest of the country. The water is forced through a gap of only 7 meters wide then drops 40m to continue its more gentle 30km journey towards Lake Albert. It is possible to see the falls from the top (south bank only) and also from a boat at the bottom – a trip which is well worth taking to see the hippos, crocodiles and prolific birdlife. For film fanatics, you might like to know that Murchison Falls and Lake Albert were the backdrops to The African Queen with Humphrey Bogart. The falls give their name to the national park within which they are located. This is a huge park of about 3800km2 (Uganda’s largest reserve) and was gazetted as a game reserve as long ago as 1926. The park was Uganda’s only ”big five’ destination, but sadly rhinos were poached to extinction here. Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary about 2½ hour’s drive south of Murchison is currently breeding and protecting rhinos once more, and hopefully, they will one day be released into the park. However, the park is still an excellent game viewing destination, with large herds of elephants and buffalo, many kobs, an increasing number of lions, plus giraffes, hartebeest waterbuck and more. The Buligi circuit on the north bank of the Nile is usually deemed to take you to the best game viewing areas, but the whole park offers a great experience. The birding is excellent here too, and it is one of the few places left where you can see the rare shoebill stork. For any production company, individual or freelance filmmaker intending to film in Murchison falls National park, two(02) very crucial permits have to be secured prior to the start of your shoot inside Murchison falls. Your first permission allowing you to conduct any sort of filming in Uganda is Press Accreditation. (See: Press Accreditation in Uganda). After successfully securing press accreditation for each individual on your crew, the next step to secure a location permit allowing you to film inside a National park – in this case Murchison falls national park. (See: Filming In Uganda’s National Park). Realm Africa Safaris™ can assist you to secure all the above-listed permits and permissions in one (01) week. Contact us for location scouting, drone filming permits & importation, Film crew Security, and any general on-ground logistical support as requested. Murchison Falls NP can be visited all year round, however, the best time to film in this park is in the drier months of June to August and December to February. The wet season months offer amazing scenery. **January and February can be very hot and the scenery is more beautiful during the Wet season from April to May and November. From your home country, you will fly in through Entebbe International Airport (EBB) located near the town Entebbe. Related: What to film in Entebbe By road: Murchison Falls from Entebbe is located approximately 321km/199miles. This journey takes about 6 hours from Entebbe. You will drive on a paved asphalt road for a great section of your journey. By air: You may take a domestic flight departing from either Entebbe international airport or Kajjansi airfield (nearer to Kampala) and fly to Murchison falls National park landing at either Pakuba or Bugungu airfield inside Murchison Falls National. The flight from Entebbe typically lasts 1.5hours but could change based on the routing and weather
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Getting to Murchison Falls National Park
There two (02) ways of getting to Murchison falls from Entebbe/Kampala.
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