WTTU 003 – VISIT TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

Day 1 -  arrival and transfer to Kampala, dinner and overnight the Royal Suites Apartment.

Day 2 - 7.30 a.m. departure from Kampala through beautiful green undulating countryside for Murchison Falls National Park 350 km via the districts of Luwero, Nakasongola and Masindi.  Lunch break in Masindi Town before entering to the park.  A visit to the top of the falls where you will get the opportunity to look down the stream plunging into a narrow gorge.  Evening continue the journey to Nile Safari Camp which lies at the river bank. Dinner and overnight in comfortable and superbly romantic settings of the Camp.

Day 3 - After early breakfast, drive to Parks Headquarters where you will cross the river using a ferry to southern banks of the Nile, some 20 miles upstream from its delta into Lake Albert.  You will take a game drive through the Buligi circuit.  Game to see will include buffalo, giraffe, elephant, Kob, waterbuck, hartebeest, oribi etc, plus a great variety of bird life and possibly lion or leopard. 

Lunch at Paraa Safari Lodge.   3.00 pm, take a boat cruise to the base of Murchison Falls, first discovered by the British explorer - Sir Samuel Baker.  Here the River Nile thunders down through a chasm 20 fee wide.  This boat journey is one of Uganda's classic showpieces -You will meet river wildlife including scores of hippo and Nile crocodile.  It is also here that you will have the best chance of spotting the rare shoe-bill stork.  On return, take a shoebill boat and cruise back to Nile Safari Camp.  Dinner and overnight under the stars.

Day 4 - Early departure with your luggage for a guided 2/3hour tour to Pabidi/Kanyiyo Forest in search for chimpanzee and other primates as well as a variety of bird life.  Continue to Masindi for a lunch break in a town restaurant.  After lunch depart for Kampala and arrive in the evening and straight to your residence/hotel.

Duration – 04 days – return journey covers about 1,000 km