5 Days Murchison Falls Adventure Safari Overview
5 Days Murchison falls safari takes you to Uganda’s most visited National park for an amazing set of activities including game drives, a boat cruise, chimpanzee trekking and visiting the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary. We believe that in 5 days, you will have all the time needed to explore this amazing park without feeling like you left our something.
The Murchison Falls National is the largest wildlife conservation area in Uganda. Most of it consists of savanna grasslands, woodlands, swamps and tropical rain forests like Budongo. The river Nile cuts through the park and leaves behind the beautiful Murchison falls. The park is home to most of Africa’s famous wildlife including buffaloes, lions, hyenas, hippos, crocodiles, leopards and various species of antelopes. Murchison falls National Park is a birders paradise with species like the rare shoebill stork and others that we will mention later on. There are six species of primates found in the park including baboon and chimpanzees. In general, the main activities in Murchison Falls National Park are visiting the Murchison Falls, game drives, nature walks, fishing, chimpanzee trekking, boat cruises and birding.
While on our 5 Days Murchison Falls tour, you get a chance to see all the big five mammals. By that we mean lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes and rhinos at the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary. You will also visit the Murchison falls to see the point where the Nile squeezes through a narrow gorge before continuing its journey to Egypt. There is also a boat cruise down the river Nile for an opportunity to see many of the park animals drinking by the river banks. You can check out our shorter 3 Days Murchison falls tour or the 2 Days Murchison Falls wildlife safari package. If you are interested in both Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, then our 6 days Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth Safari could be interesting.
5 Days Murchison Falls Adventure Safari Highlights
Day 1: Arrival and pickup from Entebbe
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls with stops at the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary.
Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon ride along the Nile
Day 4: Boat cruise along the Nile Delta – Afternoon game drive
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo – Transfer back to Kampala or Entebbe International Airport
Day 1: Arrival and Pickup from Entebbe Airport
Our company Guide will be waiting for you at the airport and take you to a suitable hotel in Entebbe or Kampala depending on your arrival time. In case you arrive early in the day, the driver will take you for a short tour of Kampala city. Alternatively, you can remain in Entebbe and check out the amazing attractions like the zoo, the botanical gardens and Lake Victoria.
Dinner and overnight will be at Papyrus Guesthouse (Budget), Karibu Guesthouse (Mid-range) and Protea Entebbe (Luxury).
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park – Ziwa Rhino sanctuary – Visiting the top of the falls
Wake up early from your hotel and start the 5-hour journey to Murchison Falls National Park. The journey takes you through interesting Ugandan countryside, small towns, districts and small peasant farms. You will pass Luwero district. Luwero is where the current Ugandan government launched a guerilla warfare that brough the current leader Yoweri Museveni to power. The driver will make stops at key points and the main markets to check out some fresh fruits.
You will then proceed to the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for an encounter with Uganda’s last remaining rhinos. Both black and white Rhinos were hunted to extinction in Uganda’s national parks decades ago. The Ziwa Rhino sanctuary was opened to protect the few remaining white Rhinos and allow them increase in number before they can be reintroduced into the wild. While at the sanctuary, a Ranger will take you to see the rhinos in the vast facility while sharing information about their status globally. The sanctuary is home to other wildlife species including birds, antelopes and small primates. After spending time at the sanctuary, you will head for lunch in Masindi town before proceeding to take photos at the top of the Murchison Falls.
Dinner and Overnight at Twiga Safari Lodge for Luxury accommodation. The mid-range lodge will be Pakuba Safari Lodge and the Budget hotel is Red Chilli.
Day 3: Game drive and Afternoon Launch cruise
Wake up early and take breakfast as you wait for the driver to take you for an early morning game drive at the Nyamsika plateau. The purpose of this game drive is to catch the early morning risers and 
predators retiring back into their dens after hunting in the night. Expect to spot warthogs, the Uganda Kob, sitatunga antelope, Rothschild’s giraffes, oribi, Hartebeest, Cape buffaloes, bushbucks, bush pigs, bush duikers and Bohor reedbucks. The predators to look out for are lions, spotted hyenas and leopards.
After the morning game drive, the Driver/Guide will take you back to the hotel for lunch and refreshment as you prepare for the boat cruise along the Nile. The boat cruise starts from the bottom of the park and goes on upstream up to the bottom of the falls. The starting 
point has an amazing collection of wildlife. Expect to see crocodiles, water bucks and hippos in their thousands. You can see many of the park animals gather to drink and bath along the river Nile. This section of the Nile is one of the best places for birding in Uganda. You can spot saddle-bill storks, shoebill storks, pelicans, kingfishers, hornbills, goliath herons, Egyptian geese, cormorants and bee-eaters. The journey continues upstream and close to what is known as the “Devil’s Cauldron”. This is an excellent place for taking photos of the beautiful falls from a great angle. After viewing the falls from this angle, you will disembark from the boat and climb up to the top of the falls.
Dinner and Overnight at Twiga Safari Lodge for Luxury accommodation. The mid-range lodge will be Pakuba Safari Lodge and the Budget hotel is Red Chilli.
Day 4: Boat cruise along the Nile Delta – Afternoon game drive around Paraa
Our company Driver will pick you up after breakfast and take you for the boat cruise along the delta area of the park. This particular activity is not done by most tourists because many come to the park for a shorter time. The cruise goes deeper into the Nile to discover amazing scenery and wildlife. If you are a birder, you will be very impressed with the variety of species on offer especially when you reach the vast papyrus swamps. Expect to see more crocodiles, hippos, elephants, buffaloes, antelopes and the illusive shoebill stock. You will reach the swamps which is where the Nile deposits any waste before proceeding to what is known as the Albert Nile inn cleaner form. After spending enough time at the delta, you will head back to the hotel for lunch. After lunch, you will go for the second game drive around the Paraa area to check out more of the animals and those that you may have missed out during your first game drive.
Dinner and Overnight at Twiga Safari Lodge for Luxury accommodation. The mid-range lodge will be Pakuba Safari Lodge and the Budget hotel is Red Chilli.
Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking in Budongo forest – Transfer back to Kampala or Entebbe
Wake up very early and prepare for your last day of the tour. The driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to Budongo Central forest for the briefing. The briefing covers topics about the forest, the population of chimps in the area, what to expect and how to act while with the chimpanzees. While tracking the chimps, you will be amazed by the biodiversity in the forest. Budongo forest has the largest collection of mahogany trees in Africa. Many of them are over 100 years old. Expect to see other smaller primates, rare plants, shrubs and birds. The journey to Budongo takes between 1 to 2 hours. After spending time with man’s closest relatives, the driver will start the journey back to Entebbe for late departure or overnight.