Murchison Falls Safaris & Tours for 2022 – 2024
Our Murchison Falls Safaris & tours for 2022 – 2024 offer our travelers a range of things to see and do in Murchison Falls National Park. Among the notably interesting things is; game drives across the savannah plains, a boat safari to the top of Murchison Falls, a guided hike to the top of the falls, a delta trip to see the prehistoric Shoebill Stork, and for bird lovers up to 451 bird species can be spotted on a Birding safari in this magnificent park.
Realm Africa Safaris™ operates affordable – tailor-made private and small group tours to Murchison Falls National Park. Each of our Murchison Falls Safaris delivers unrivaled satisfaction simply because none of them is similar to the other they are each built and customized to fit the traveler’s budget and interests.
Browse our Murchison falls safaris & tours for 2022 – 2023/24 to find your ideal safari to this amazing safari park. If you don’t find anything interesting, you can work closely with our very experienced destinations consultants to build your own private Murchison falls safari.
Our popular Murchison Falls Safaris & tours for 2022 – 2023/24
A Complete Guide to Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park is arguably Uganda’s most popular Safari park.
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.
Top things to see & do in Murchison falls National Park
Where to stay on a safari to Murchison falls National park
There is quite a number of options of places to stay both in and outside Murchison falls National park. The options range from Budget, midrange and upmarket accommodation facilities.
We welcome our clients to choose from a list of selected hotels and lodges that we are comfortable sending our clients to. Look through our list of selected properties for Murchison Falls.
How to get to Murchison falls National Park
Travelers to Murchison falls national Park can get there either by road or by air.
By Air:
There are currently only two (02) domestic flight operators; BAR Aviation and Aerolink Uganda – servicing Uganda’s National Parks including Murchison falls National park from Entebbe International airport or Kajjansi airfield.
Flight from either Kajjansi or Entebbe typically lasts 1.5 hours depending on the routing of the aircraft and or prevailing weather.
By Road:
The journey from Entebbe to Murchison Falls National Park is approximately 330km/205mi which takes about 6 hours.
**While it’s quicker to get to Murchison falls National park from Entebbe by flying from Entebbe International airport aboard Aerolink the most popular domestic flight company in Uganda, We recommend driving as you get to enjoy more; an en-route stop at the Rhino Sanctuary – the only place to see Rhino in Uganda – 4 hours from Entebbe. A great section of the driving from Entebbe will be on paved asphalt roads. However, in the park, you will be driving off-road, especially during game drives.
What about the falls – what is the story behind the falls in Murchison?
Murchison Falls, also known as Kabalega Falls, is a waterfall between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert on the White Nile River in Uganda. At the top of Murchison Falls, the Nile River forces its way through a gap in the rocks, only estimated to be approximately 7 meters (23 ft) wide, and tumbles 43 meters (141 ft), before flowing westward into Lake Albert. The outlet of Lake Victoria sends around 300 cubic meters per second (11,000 ft³/s) of water over the falls, squeezed into a gorge less than ten meters (30 ft) wide.
Sir Samuel and Florence Baker were the first Europeans to find Murchison Falls. Sir Samuel Baker named them after Sir Roderick Murchison, president of the Royal Geographical Society. The Murchison falls lend their name to the surrounding Murchison Falls National Park.
During the regime of Idi Amin in the 1970s, the name – Murchison Falls was changed to Kabalega Falls, named after the King Omukama Kabalega of Bunyoro, although this was never legally publicized. The name reverted to Murchison Falls following the downfall of Idi Amin. It is however sometimes referred to as Kabalega Falls by a few history rendering travelers and guides.
