MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

Kampala

Arrivals from Entebbe Aiport. Use Uber, Bolt or Safeboda to move around the city.

Buy Sim Card with data bundle. You will need a passport.

 

What to visit

Uganda National Mosque. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya commissioned the mosque as a gift to Uganda. Visitors must pay entrance tickets (included a guide tour). You will enjoy 360º panoramic at the roof of mosque.

Owino Market is one of the biggest second hand clothes market in Africa.

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Accommodation

Fairway Hotel & Spa. Best location in Nakasero district prices from 100 USD / night.

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Restaurants

Yujo Izakaya. Great Asian restaurant in Nakasero.

The Lawns Wild Game & Barbecue Restaurant. Try wide varieties of meat including wild game entrees.

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Beers & party

Bubbles O'Learys - Irish Pub - Kampala

H2O Lounge and Restaurant

 

Murchison Falls National Park

The climate is wet and warm.

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How to get

By bus Kampala-Pakwach. Book online tickets here. The journey takes 6-7 hours (15 EUR). In Pakwach, you will need a boda to travel to Paraa (a village inside the park). It takes 1 hours in a dirty road. Enjoy this way as you can spot a lot of wildlife. In Paraa you will take the ferry to cross the river. The ferry works from 7 am-7 pm (services AM 7, 9, 11 PM 12, 2, 4, 6, 7).

You also rent a car by local operator such as Road trip Africa.

 

What to do in Murchison Falls National Park

Boat trip to falls managed by UWA at 2 pm, 2.30 pm (30 USD). When you arrive to the falls you have the option to climb to the falls (40 minutes) but you have to pay entry fees (15 USD) and manage the pick up with a driver. More info here. Wildfrontiers offers its own boat trips (32 USD - 3 hours). Timetables: 8.30 am, 11 am, 2.30 pm, 3.30 pm. More info here.
Boat trip to Delta (3-4 hours) at 7 am. It costs 55 USD and takes 4-5 hours. More info here. Note that in low season there are not trips everyday.

Visit the falls by motorbike (you need to manage with a driver).  The journey takes 1-2 hours.

Game Drives in the park.

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Accommodation

Red Chilli. The cheapest option in the park. Tents from 20 USD. Wildlife such as hippos or warthogs are in surroundings.

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Entrances 

North sector: Chobe Gate via Paraa, Wankar Gate near Purongo, Tangi Gate and Mubako Gate.

South sector: Kichumbanyoboo Gate and Bugungu Gate.

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Animals sighted

Buffaloes (lots), elephants (lots), Jackson hartebeests (lots), Antelopes (lots), Kobs (lots), Giraffes (lots), Bushbucks (lots), and Warthogs (lots), hippos (lots), crocodrile (few), zebras (lots) and 451 bird species.

Others you may find: Lions, or Hyenas.

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Entrance fees (24 hours)

EA Resident Adult 30-10 Child USD       

Non Resident Adult 40-20 Child USD

Car fees: 40 USD ( Non residents), 5 USD (EA Residents)

 

Please note that accepts payments with cash, Credit Card.

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Jinja, Nile

Explorer where the Nile born doing rafting in its white streams. There are some local operators which manage the trip from Kampala, provide equipment, meals and leave you again in Kampala.

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Adrift Rafting. Best price in Jinja (with discount for EA residents). Price from 90 USD. A full day rafting starts at 6 am in Kampala Serena (meeting point). Bus pick you up and transfer to Jinja offices (1 hour). After registration, you will move to Jinja shores. Rafting takes 5-6 hours including level 5 rafting and a BBQ in a fruit bat island in the middle of Nile. At 3 pm you will come back to Kampala. Bear in mind traffic in Kampala is a nightmare!

 

Other rafting companies: Nalubale Rafting (140 USD), Raftafrica (100 USD)

 

Note: Book in advance as in low season there is not rafting trips everyday. Rafting is safe although is a area where live crocodiles.

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Biggest Est African Music Festival in Jinja, Uganda (September) https://www.nyegenyege.com/tickets/

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