4 Days Fly in Murchison Falls & Budongo Forest | Game Drives, Boat Cruise & Chimps

This 4 days fly in Murchison falls & Budongo forest is an extraordinary Ugandan adventure that takes you to Murchison falls national park which is the largest national park in Uganda.

During the Uganda wildlife and primate safari, you will engage in interesting activities like game drives, boat cruise to the bottom of the falls where you will be rewarded with great views of the Murchison falls which is the most powerful waterfall in the world, sightings of animals like elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, giraffes, hippos, waterbucks, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, oribi, Jackson’s hartebeest, Nile crocodiles, view different bird species among others.

During the Uganda safari, you will also engage in chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest where you will have a face to face interaction with the chimpanzees in their natural habitat.

Highlights of 4 Days Fly in Murchison Falls & Budongo Forest safari

Day 1: Fly to Murchison falls national park.

Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest

Day 4: Fly back to Entebbe

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Murchison falls national park,

Depending on your location on the first day of the Uganda Safari, our driver guide will pick you up and transfer to Entebbe airport for your domestic flight to Pakuba airstrip. Upon arrival, our driver guide in Murchison Falls national park will pick you up from Pakuba airstrip and then transfer to the lodge for lunch.

After lunch you will relax at the lodge and later go for an evening game drive where you will be able to view different animals like buffaloes, elephants, waterbucks, oribi, Jackson’s hartebeest, giraffes, Uganda kobs, warthogs among others.

After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Morning game drive and boat cruise to the bottom of the falls

Game Drive,

After an early breakfast , your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to go for a morning game drive where you will be able to view animals like buffaloes, elephants, waterbucks, warthogs, giraffes, Uganda kobs grazing in the savannah plains with dew and view predators like lions and leopards if you are lucky before going back to their hiding areas, view different birds among others. After the game drive you will return to the lodge for lunch.

Boat cruise to the Bottom of the Falls,

After lunch you will go for an exciting boat cruise to the bottom of the falls which starts at Paraa jetty landing site.

During the boat cruise which takes about 2 to 3 hours, you will be able to view large concentrations of hippos and crocodiles in water, sight animals like elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, antelopes along the water banks, view water bird species like fish eagle, kingfishers, cormorants among others. After the boat cruise you will return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Boat Cruise

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking  – Budondo forest

After an early breakfast, carry packed lunch and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Budongo forest in the southern part of the park. Upon arrival in Budongo forest you will go for a briefing about the rules and regulations to follow during chimpanzee trekking in Budongo Forest.

After the briefing you will be allocated a habituated chimpanzee family to trek and a park guide who is well conversant with chimpanzee trekking trails.

Trekking of chimpanzees in Budongo forest takes about 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on where the chimpanzees are located because they like to move from one place to another in search of food.

During trekking you will be able to spot other primates like black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed moneys, blue monkeys, view different plant and tree species, bird species among others.

Once the chimpanzees are located, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their natural environment, which gives you an opportunity to learn about their behaviors, watch them carry out their daily activities like breastfeeding, feeding, playing, resting, hunting, fighting, take great photos and record videos to show people back home after the safari.

After upclose interaction with the chimpanzees, you will trek back to the starting point, meet up with your driver guide and return back to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Fly back to Entebbe

After a relaxed breakfast on the last day of the last safari, meet up with your driver guide to drive to the top of the falls where you will enjoy breathtaking views of the waterfalls, beautiful scenery, enjoy water splashes, among others.

From the top of the falls, you will drive to the lodge for an early lunch.

After lunch you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Pakuba airstrip for your domestic departure flight to Entebbe airport. The flight takes at most one hour from Murchison Falls–Pakuba airstrip to Entebbe airport.

End of 4 Days Fly in Murchison Falls & Budongo Forest

Tour includes                           

• Park entrance fees/ game drives
• Boat cruise fees
• Top of the falls drive
• Chimpanzee trekking permit
• Domestic flight fares
• Services of a professional English-speaking driver guide
• Full board accommodation
• Ground transfers (in a 4WD vehicle)
• Vehicle and fuel
• Bottled drinking water

Tour excludes           

• International Air flight tickets
• Visas
• Optional activities not included on the itinerary
• Life insurance
• Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, tips among others.