Game Drive In Murchision Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park is found in the north-western part of Uganda. This park is well-known for its amazing magical Murchison Falls which was formed as result of the Victoria Nile forcing its way through a small narrow gorge of about 7 meters with rocks that give the falls a mesmerizing appearance. The park features a tropical rainforest, wetland, woodland and savannah vegetation where you get chance to thrilling wildlife species while on a game drive. Beside game drive experience, there are other exciting safari activities you can enjoy while on Uganda Safari in Murchison falls National Park namely; Spot Fishing, hiking birding, chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest, Delta boat cruise, Nile boat cruise on the Victoria Nile among others.

Here below we provide you reliable and outstanding information about game drive in Murchison falls National Park;

Game drive is an activity done on the short savanna grassland in the park giving you a clear views of animals, many colorful birds and tree species. The game drive takes place in three phases namely; in the morning drive, afternoon drive and the evening or night game drive to see nocturnal animals and it usually takes 3 to 4 hours.

The Morning game drives gives you chance to sight a variety of intriguing wildlife species since they are most active during this time of the day including a few nocturnal before they go to their hiding places. We recommend the morning game drives to start as early as 6 pm before dawn this gives great opportunity to start your day adventure with the early risers.

Afternoon game drive usually takes place after lunch, in this game drive the chance of seeing the wildlife is low because they get at their hideouts during this time of the day due to too much sunshine. Although when you take a drive at the shore of the Nile River, you encounter many trying to quench off their thirsty because of the too much heat.

Evening game drive gives you the opportunity to explorer the beauty of Murchison Falls National Park sighting the wildlife species and enjoying the sunset in the wild, on a lucky day you can get chance to sight the nocturnal as they come out their hideouts to hunt for their prey.

Wildlife species seen during game drive.

A diversity of wildlife species can be viewed during game drive in Murchison Falls National Park including the big five animal namely; the elephants, leopards, buffaloes and the lions. You can also view the rhinos on the way to the National park at Ziwa rhino sanctuary and makes you big five tour complete.

The other wildlife species in Murchison Falls National Park include the following; Jackals, hyenas, waterbucks, hippos, warthogs, hartebeest and also you can sight chimpanzees in the Budongo forest as well as other primates like the white colobus monkeys, black colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys and many others.

Routes used during game drives in Murchison Falls National Park.

Game drives are done better in the northern banks where many wildlife species gather and can be seen easily. The routes followed during game drive are Victoria track, Albert track and the Buligi track.

The Victoria track: it is found close to the Victoria Nile where boat cruise normally takes place and it has a diversity of wildlife species which can be seen drinking water as they quench off their thirsty and grazing along the shores of the Nile.

The Buligi track: it is situated on the northern direction from Paraa where you can view a good number of bird species along this trail which include the following fish eagles, African skimmer, grey crowned crane, heron’s weavers, bee-eaters, gonolek, kingfishers, warblers and many of the rest.

Albert track – this wildlife viewing track is located near the Albertine delta.

Best time to go for game drives in Murchison Falls National Park

The game drive is best done in dry season in the months of June to September and December to January where by the grass is short making it easy to spot the bird and wildlife species. During the dry season, roads are dry thus making it easy to navigate through compared to the wet season when the roads in the park are wet, slippery and difficult to navigate through if you don’t have a 4×4 safari vehicle with the ability to manage all road conditions. However at the beginning of the wet season can also be ideal time to go game drives in Murchison since the grass is flourishing thus giving plenty of food to the wildlife hence making game drive in the park extremely fascinating with clears views and clear photography that help to build long lasting memories on your Uganda safari.                 

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