1 Day Murchison Falls Safari from Lira City
The 1 day Safari to Murchison Falls from Lira City is one of the best Safari packages in Lira that includes a game drive and boat safari all in one day. This 1 day safari tour to Murchison Falls National Park starts and ends in Lira. Murchison is Uganda’s largest National Park , the perfect location to see some of BIG 5 and a favourite destination for Lira safaris. The park is situated north of Masindi , approximately 100 kilometers from Gulu. Boat trips operate from Paraa to the foot of Murchison Falls Park and take approximately 3 hours. These enable you to see hippos, crocodiles and birdlife up close. There are also nature walks to the Top of the falls and also at Koniyo Pabidi Forest reserve, where you can trek Chimpanzees. Koniyo Pabidi is on the Masindi -Paraa road, 8 kms from Kichumbanyobo ( main) park gate.
Accommodation within the park includes the budget accommodation at Red Chilie camp, Mid-range accommodation at Tilenga Safari Lodge and Luxury accommodation at Paraa Safari Lodge .
Accessibility to Murchison Falls from Lira City is quite simple and we access the Park via the Purongo gate that takes approximately 2.5 hours drive from Lira City
1 day Safari to Murchison Falls Safari Itinerary
Depart Lira at 5.30am after an early morning cup of tea/coffee start the day with a drive to the Murchison Falls NP. We access the park via the Purongo Gate.
The game drive then begins as soon as we enter this gate, On the drive you may see different animals unique to the African Savannah vegetation. These include lions, leopards, giraffes, antelopes, elephants, and many warthogs.
Go to the lodge for lunch and later take a launch cruise on the Nile River. The cruise which takes you to the bottom of the thundering falls involve a scenic view of schools of hippos, huge crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants and a variety of water birds such as the rare shoebill, cormorants, ducks, bee-eaters, skimmers, fish eagle, kingfishers and herons.
After the boat safari we head back to Lira.
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Price: This Package costs $298 person ( based on a minimum of 2 pax)
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