Boat cruise in Murchison Falls National Park always has been the highlight of a visit to the conservation area, the park is Uganda’s oldest and largest national park, ranked best among the top 10 destinations to visit in Uganda named after the Murchison Falls. The conservation area was gazette in 1952 as a national park bisected into 2 by the Victoria Nile, its contract biodiverse environment varies from one point to another including the lush green forest of Kanio Pabidi and the Budongo forest.
The Victoria Nile gently flows into Lake Albert, a stream that allows boat cruise experiences, so many travelers book to visit the national park with the aim of a cruise to see the strongest waterfall, the water squeezes itself into a small slit of rock along the walls of the rift valley edge falling into the plunge with a roaring sound, a hike to the top of the falls begins right below the escarpment, this point can only be accessed on a boat. A launch trip to the bottom of the falls is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you will have the chance to experience changing vegetation and the rocky sides of the escarpment. The boat passes through many hippos wallowing in the river, crocodiles, and ever-flying birds in the air beautiful water birds like African fish eagles, priapic, and shoe bill stock can be sighted while here.
Boat cruises in Murchison Falls National Park are 2 the most famous start from Para Safari Lodge to the bottom of the falls, while to the shores of Lake Albert, the activity is done in sessions, in the morning at 11:00 am East African time and the afternoon from 2:30 pm lasting for 2-3 hours along the Nile. A boat cruise to the bottom of the falls is phenomenal, expect to see wildlife around the banks of the river including waterbucks, hippos, warthogs, and Nile crocodiles relaxing at the banks of the river. Boats are operated by the Uganda Wildlife Authority or private entities like the exclusive camps.
Other activities of the national park include game drives along the northern bank of Pakuba, the well-distributed game tracks of the conservation area lead you to view wildlife, and in the morning is a busy time of the wilderness expect to see risers like the Rothchild’s giraffes, Jackson hartebeests, warthogs, lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes to mention a few. Chimpanzee tracking and guided nature walks in the Budongo forest, it is the only place in the park where one can get to see man’s close relatives.
Boat cruises in Murchison Falls National Park can be conducted all year round but best during the dry seasons between December and June to September the waters tend to be lower and it is during this time it is regarded as a high peak tourism season. The park can be accessed by road from Kampala or Entebbe International Airport it takes approximately 6 hours drive to arrive at the destination. Flights can be arranged to the Pakuba airstrip.