Game Drives in Murchison Falls National Park | Day Game Drives | Night Game Drives

Game Drives in Murchison Falls National Park offer the best safari experience, allowing tourists to see wildlife from an open-roof land cruiser or an open safari van in the beautiful Murchison Falls National Park. Located in the northwestern part of Uganda, Murchison Falls National Park is the largest national park in the country.

The Victoria Nile divides the park into two sectors: the northern and southern sectors. The park is known as a wildlife safari haven visited by various tourists from around the world who come to experience the beautiful animal and bird species found in the area. Not only the game drives, the park offers different safari activities to the tourists like nature walks and hiking, bird watching , sport fishing, chimpanzee trekking, boat cruise and many others that are so spectacular and give the tourists the unforgettable safari memories.

Game drives in Murchison fall national park.

Murchison Falls National Park is a wildlife paradise, home to over 76 mammal species and more than 450 bird species, which are found in various parts of the park across the savannah plains.

Game drive is the best way for the tourists to experience the beautiful nature and wildlife in the park. The park is bisected into two parts, the northern and southern parts, by the Victoria Nile.

 The north is the most incredible area, where the greater number of animal species and bird species tend to congregate, hence giving the tourists the higher chances of sighting large amounts of the wildlife in the park.

Game drives in Murchison falls national park is done in different sessions: afternoon game drives, night game drives and morning game drives that begin early at 6:30 am and take around 3 to 4 hours. This gives the biggest opportunities for the tourists to watch the most wildlife in the park, as the animal species can be present and active in the park, not in their hidden places. Game drives in Murchison are conducted on different tracks in the park, which include the following:

Nyamsika gorge.

Nyamsika Gorge is the perfect area for a game drive in Murchison Falls National Park, as it features the Nyamsika Cliff, which serves as a great home for a high concentration of animal species, including buffaloes, lions, elephants, and most bird species, as they come to drink water.

Buligi game track.

The Buligi game track is located in the northern part of paraa, which is in between the Victoria Nile and the Albert Nile in the savannah grasslands. The track is the best place for game viewing in the park, where guests can get the chance to view many animal species, like leopards, lions, Uganda kobs, jackals, bushbucks, bushbacks, warthogs, and many others.  This is the track where travelers can observe different bird species, like the shoebill stork, the Abyssinian ground hornbill, the marabou stork, and many others.

Game drive in southern sector.

The southern part of Murchison Falls National Park is primarily covered by forests, bushes, and shrubs. The sector has got the tracking areas, which have been introduced to where the tourists can experience the best game drive and spot the wildlife.

For example, there is the honeymoon track; this is where the travelers can have the chance to spot giraffes in this area, and among other animal species that can be spotted are the Uganda kobs and others, as well as the bird species.

Murchison Falls National Park is magnificent, with numerous tracks that tourists take during game drives, such as the Albertine and Victoria game tracks.

During the game drives in Murchison falls national park all the tracks give the tourists the magical sightings and views of all the animal species and the bird species that are found in Murchison falls national park.

Night game drives.

Murchison Falls National Park is one of the unique national parks in Uganda that offers tourists a night game drive. The night game drive starts after taking dinner around 8:00pm and the activity takes a period of two hours.

The night game drive in the park is conducted with an armed park ranger for protection and uses spotlights to clearly see nocturnal animal species, including leopards, genets, porcupines, hyenas, lions, hippos, and others. This gives the tourists the most safari experience in the park.

Game drive vehicle is to be used by the travelers.

We offer the most comfortable safari vans with pop-up roofs, which are well-ventilated for game drives. Additionally, if you prefer, we can hire a small or extended Uganda Wildlife Authority land cruiser suitable for night game drives. Equipped with spotlight torches, a fridge, a charging system, and other essentials, your game drive will be excellent.

Game drive safaris can also be used by other safari vehicles like saloon cars and coasters when the travelers are in a large group of people, and another way to do a game drive is through carrying out a self-drive, which is also acceptable but with the armed park ranger.

Elephants in Murchison Falls National Park

Best time for a game drive safari in Murchison falls national park.

Game drives in Murchison Falls National Park can be done all year round, though the best time to carry them out is during the dry season, when there is less rain during the months of June to September and December to February. That’s when the vegetation in the park can be thin, hence giving the travelers the clear view of all the wildlife that is present in the park.

During the dry or peak season, that’s when the various animal species tend to accumulate the water sources that are present in the park, hence giving the tourists the best opportunity to watch the wildlife that is present in the park, like Nyamsika gorge, where the tourists also take the pictures.

Murchison Falls National Park is the stunning safari destination that everyone dreams of exploring during a Uganda safari. Beyond the game drives, the park offers tourists boat cruises, nature walks in Budongo forest, chimpanzee trekking in Kaniyo Pabidi forest, hiking on the top of the falls and more.

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