Best Areas for wildlife viewing in Murchison falls National Park

Best Areas for wildlife viewing in Murchison falls National Park : Murchison Falls National Park is one of Uganda’s largest national park a home to big 4 mammals among the 76 mammal species and over 450 bird species . The park is known for its mighty waterfalls which are the world’s strongest waterfalls and this is where the park derives its name from . The park offers travellers with a great chance of adventuring the big five cats on wildlife safari . Though the rhinos which make up the big 5 mammals cannot be found in Murchison falls national park but can be seen on visitor’s way to Murchison falls national park where you can have a stopover at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary , the only place in Uganda where you can do rhino trekking . The park is characterized with open savannah grasslands , rift valley , wildlife , waterfalls , acacia woodland ,rivers , swamp .

Best Areas For Wildlife Viewing   

There are different wildlife areas in the Murchison Falls National park that provide visitors with a wonderful wildlife viewing safari experience . However the best wildlife viewing areas in Murchison falls national park include;Murchison falls national park 

Nyamsika gorge is one of the best wildlife viewing areas in . You have a high chance of seeing largest animals in the area especially during the dry season . The boat cruise activity also provides the best wildlife viewing of aquatic animals and other land animals at the river bank giving visitors a wonderful experience .

The Northern sector of the park offers the best wildlife viewing adventure in Murchison falls national park particularly Buligi game track that is commonly used for game drives . It has a lot of interesting safari experiences including antelopes , waterbucks , bush duikers , hippos , elephants , leopards , hartebeest , gazelles , crocodiles and warthogs . The track covers 7 kilometers long found in the north of paraa area .

The game drive done in Murchison falls national park are divided into two , the morning and evening game drive but they can take up to 5 hours and starts as early as 6:30 . The morning game drive gives you a  high chance to see animals like hyenas returning back to their dens from night hunting . The park can be visited throughout the year but the best visited months in a year are dry months of June to September and December to January when the number of animals are seen around the water source and when the park’s savannah grassland is shorter and the vegetation is not  thick thus making the wildlife viewing easier and rewardable experience .

Murchison falls national park offers comfortable accommodation facilities and good customer services . The various lodges and hotels which are located both inside and outside range from luxury , mid range and budget accommodation to sleep in while on your wildlife viewing in Murchison falls national park such as Red chill safari lodge , paraa safari lodge , Sambiya River lodge , Chobe safari lodge , Nile safari lodge , Murchison River lodge , Geo lodge Nile safari , Pakuba safari lodge , Ankura safari lodge , Kalolo cottage inn , Masindi Hotel among many .

Murchison falls national park can be accessed both by air or car , by road is approximately 4 to 5 hours’ drive which starts from Kampala .

By Air , alternatively a traveller can reach the park by means of air transport using a flight from Entebbe international Airport or from Kajjansi Airfield to the airstrip in the park , it might be pakuba , bugungu or chobe airstrip .