Facts about the Magnificent Murchison falls National Park

Facts about the Magnificent Murchison falls National Park

Murchison falls National Park sits on the northern edge of the Albertan rift Valley. The park was first gazette as a game reserve in 1926, making it Uganda’s oldest conservation area.

Boasting a surface area of about 2840 square kilometers, the park is also Uganda’s largest in terms of size. Murchison falls plays host to a wide range of wildlife that include about 76 species of mammals and a recorded bird population of more than 450 species.

The park is bisected by Victoria Nile that flows from Lake Victoria that plunges from a height of about 45meters through rocky opening on the surface of the rift valley. The huge water volume creates a magnificent waterfall know as Murchison falls. These falls form the centerpiece of the parks attraction sites.

The Nile River inside the park is a spectacle not worth missing; a boat ride along the Nile to the foot of Murchison falls is a rewarding experience for the nature lovers as the northern bank teems with a variety of mammals, birds and reptiles. Guided nature walks along both the north and south banks adore refreshing activity, sport fishing, and lastly rafting.

The river meanders in a slow steam down the floor of the rift valley before it empties into Lake Albert. It is at this stage that the river combines with the ecosystem around it to attract wild game and hence forming one of the most remarkable wildlife spectacles.

During the Uganda tour to Murchison Falls a visit to buligi is something you should not miss. The buligi game tracks that stretch between the Victoria and Albert Nile provide the parks most remarkable game viewing locations. Along the banks of the rivers are such wild games as elephants, giraffes and buffaloes while hippos, Nile crocodiles and aquatic birds’ permanent residents.

The Parra hippo point. Parra meaning home of the hippo in the local Lou language, is the best spot to watch the massive hippos in the river. Also within the park is the kaniyo pabidi forest, a forest ecosystem that hosts the black and white colobus and blue monkeys, olive baboons, and a habituated chimp group which can be tracked.

The remote community of Mubarak is located beside the sprawling savanna of Murchison falls national park. The village is a cluster of traditional thatched huts around a clearing where villagers gather to escape the midday sun under the shade of large tree. At dusk the cultural groups perform vibrant songs and dances around the campfires of the local lodges accompanied by the beautiful sound of the adungu.

BOOK HERE!! a safari to Murchison falls to experience the best Uganda has to offer as you encounter African Lions, African Buffaloes, African Elephants, Leopards, Giraffes and many other wild animals.