What To See / Attractions to See in Murchison Falls National Park

Attractions to see in Murchison Falls National Park include Murchison Falls National Park itself, which is the largest and oldest national park in Uganda. For travelers visiting Murchison Falls National Park, different attractions are found in Murchison falls national park and these range from animals, birds, water sources, falls, plants, and much more, as explained below:

Birds

Murchison Falls National park is a home to over 450 bird species, making it one of the popular destinations for bird watching in Uganda. Some of the bird species include Senegal thick-knee, African quailfinch, cassin’s hawk-eagle, crowned eagle, African dwarf kingfisher, brown twinspot, piapiac, black-billed barbet, veracious dove, goliath heron, palm nut vulture, pied kingfisher, squacco heron, papyrus gonolek, black-eared ground thrush, plain greenbul, ituri batis, little green sunbird, puvel’s illadopsis, crowned eagle, silver bird, long-toed plover, yellow-billed stork, black-headed lapwing, eastern grey plantain eater, rock pratincole, and standard-winged nightjar, among others.

Animals
Murchison Falls National Park is home to over 76 mammals, which can be seen during the day or night while on game drives, nature walks, boat cruises, or launch trips.

Some of the animals to sight include the big four, such as lions, buffaloes, leopards, and elephants.

Other wildlife species in Murchison falls national park include hyenas, bush pigs, giraffes, Uganda kobs, warthogs, oribis, hartebeest, bushbucks, and hippos, among others.

Primates

Murchison Falls National Park is a natural habitat for several primates. Some of the primates include chimpanzees, blue monkeys, white and black colobus monkeys, patas monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, olive baboons, and many more.

The park is home to approximately 600 different bird species, distributed across Kaniyo Pabidi Forest and Budongo Forest.  Chimpanzees are the major primates in Budongo forest that attract visitors to come to carry out both chimpanzee tracking and chimpanzee habituation. Visitors can observe primates in Murchison Falls National Park at any time of the year.

River Nile

This is the place Murchison falls national park is bisected through by the Nile. Tourists can spot a vast array of animals and birds while on the River Nile in the park. Some of the animal species around the river Nile in Murchison falls national park include hippos, waterbucks, hartebeests, Uganda kobs, warthogs, and oribis. Other than animals, there are bird species that can be sighted, including osprey, shoebill, African darter, giant kingfisher, veracious dove, long-toed plover, black-headed lapwing, among others.

Muchison Falls

Murchison Falls are the most powerful  waterfall in the World. This happens on the longest river – the River nile. Murchison Falls is not only one of the most astounding attractions in Murchison Falls National Park but also the most visited spot in Uganda & Africa.

Murchison Falls

While at the falls, you will witness the falls being squeezed into a narrow gorge, 6 meters wide, dropping down 45 meters to the rift valley escarpment and then continuing its journey to the Mediterranean Sea.

Buligi Game Tracks

The Buligi game tracks are some of the best game viewing areas in Murchison falls national park popular for game drives.

The Buligi game tracks comprise open savanna grasslands, riverine vegetation, woodland and acacia.

Both morning game drives and afternoon game drives are conducted in this area normally Uganda safaris including 3 Days Murchison Falls wildlife safari, 5 Days Uganda Wildlife and primate’s safari s, 5 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park and Murchison Falls National Park to mention but a few.