4 Days fishing and the Big five safari to Murchison Falls National Park
This 4 Days fishing and the Big five safari takes you to Murchison Falls National park in Uganda which is the country’s biggest national park and will combine a fishing safari with Rhino tracking and a wildlife game drive safari.
Trip Highlights for the 4 day safari
- Fishing in the Mighty Murchison Falls and at the banks of River Nile
- Wildlife safari game drive
- Top of the Murchison Falls
- Rhino tracking
Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park – En route rhino tracking
Today after early breakfast, your professional safari driver guide will pick you up from your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe and transfer you to Murchison Falls National park, with en route rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary. After tracking, you will have lunch and after lunch you will proceed to the parking arriving in time for dinner and overnight
Journey Time: 6 hours from Kampala, 7 hours from Entebbe (excludes rhino tracking time)
Accommodation: Baker’s Lodge (Luxury), Fort Murchison (Midrange), Fort Murchison tents Budget)
Meal plan: All meals
Day 2: Mini game drive – sport fishing – Boat safari
Today, you will wake early, have breakfast and after breakfast you will go for a mini game drive to look out for the early risers that include lions, giraffes, elephants, warthogs, hyenas among others. After the mini wildlife game drive, you will go for fishing from the rocks around several pools below the mighty Murchison Falls.
In the afternoon after lunch, you will go for a boat safari the Nile River which takes you to the bottom of the thundering powerful Murchison falls. During the boat safari, expect to see schools of hippos, Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants and a variety of birds such as cormorants, bee-eaters, fish eagle, kingfishers and herons among others
Optional activities
- Hot air balloon safaris to have a bird eye’s view over Murchison falls National park
- Night wildlife game drives for the nocturnal wildlife
Accommodation: Baker’s Lodge (Luxury), Fort Murchison (Midrange), Fort Murchison tents Budget)
Day 3: Sport fishing.
Today after breakfast, you will go for another sport fishing activity on River Nile waters. The methods used for fishing here are catch and release and the commonly caught fish is the huge Nile perch.
After fishing, you can go for another game drive to search for wildlife animals that lions, leopards, giraffes, antelopes, elephants, and many warthogs.
You will return to the lodge for lunch, dinner and overnight
Accommodation: Baker’s Lodge (Luxury), Fort Murchison (Midrange), Fort Murchison tents Budget)
Day 4: Transfer Back to Kampala or Entebbe
Today after breakfast, you will transfer back to Kampala or Entebbe, arriving in the afternoon.
Accommodation for tonight is not inclusive, let us know if we should book it for you
Note:
- This is a private tour that can depart any time of the year
- This safari can be combined with other safaris in other national parks
- A 4 x 4 WD safari vehicle with a pop roof is used
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