Murchison Falls National Park- The world’s most powerful waterfalls
Murchison Falls National Park is bisected by the River Nile which form Murchison falls, the world’s most powerful waterfall. The River Nile waters support an astonishing wildlife found in Murchison falls include 79 mammals and 451 species of birds.
For your adventure in Uganda, visit Murchison Falls National park and experience big 5 safaris. Game drive safaris in the park provide visitors with sightings of large mammals and antelopes including elephants, lion, leopard, buffaloes, Uganda kob, Jackson’s hartebeest, topi, eland, and warthogs.
Boat cruises on the River Nile offer a relaxed way to view wildlife such as hippos, Nile crocodiles, and water birds.
Birding excursions are conducted on the Albert-Nile delta wetland in search for the rare bird species such as shoebill stork and papyrus gonolek.
Murchison falls is located in western Uganda about 4-5 hours’ drive from Kampala/ Entebbe. Ziwa rhino sanctuary is situated in Nakasongora along the route to the park. Ziwa is home to 23 rhinos. Visitors are allowed to track rhinos on foot with ranger.
How’s Murchison Falls the most powerful waterfall?
Who visits Uganda and doesn’t visit the world’s most powerful waterfalls in the north-western side of Uganda. About 5-6 hours driving through the famous Luweero triangle, Murchison Falls National park is found in Masindi district. With the waterfalls as the highlight of every traveler visiting this Uganda’s largest park.
Every second, Murchison falls powers water equivalent to 3000 cubic meters from the Victoria Nile just a wide gorge of about 7 meters powering down a 45 meters deep to the albert Nile.
But besides the waterfalls, this park is home to about 79 other mammal species with 4 of the African Big 5 inclusive. Also it a protects a vast number of birdlife of a bout 345 bird species.
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