Best Time to visit Murchison falls national park can be anytime of the year. Murchison Falls National Park is most of safari destination of Uganda situated north of the country. It is largest and oldest of protected conservation areas divided into the northern and southern parts, to the north is a growing savannah grassy land dotted with shrubs, Borassus palms and wildlife including the so called big five of the wilderness, expect to see leopards, lions, elephants, buffaloes, water bucks, Jackson hartebeests, hyenas, hippos, Nile crocodiles, Roth Child’s giraffes to mention a few, to the south is a growing beautiful forest and woodland harboring primates like olive baboons, chimpanzee ,black and White colobus monkeys.
Murchison Falls National Park was gazette in the 1952 as a way of protecting large mammals despite losing Rhinos to poachers in the 90’s the park has featured well in other species number growth, it is being managed by the Uganda wildlife authority, Best time to visit Murchison falls national park is during the dry season between December -February and June to Mid-September, these are the dry seasons of the year most suitable for Uganda safari. It is during this time that the roads and game routes in the national park are accessible, less slippery tracks give better access and an up-close view of wildlife, the dry season is regarded to as peak tourism time with almost every traveler having a preference of traveling. Popular things to do in the national park on this time include game drives, boat cruise to the bottom of the falls and guided nature walks. It should however be known that due to global climatic changes these can be rainfall even during the dry season.
Wet season is as beautiful just that these times are different in the months of March, April, May, November and late September there is consistent rainfall, the park is accessible but not a of the park premises, for nature lovers his is the time for you and travelers who do not like crowd, the wet season comes with discount! Most accommodation facilities offer lower prices more so for agents to find out what they are selling to their clients. The grass are longer and hence there might be fewer chances of seeing animals though it is perfect for birding experiences, there are over 300 species of birds that have been recorded in the conservation area to date some of which are endemics to the Albertine rift valley region there are many migratory species that come to the park during the wet season as it is a fruiting time and plenty of food.
Murchison falls national park can be accessed from any of its many gates either from Bugungu, Karuma or the southern gate from Masindi, the drive from Kampala is approximately 7 hours toa drive at the destination, or one can decide on taking a flight to land in Pakuba, Bugungu or Chobe airstrips there are domestic flight handling companies that aid flying to the national park on daily.