Murchison Falls National Park is located in northwestern Uganda, in the greater Masindi region. This is the biggest national park in Uganda covering an area of 3840km2. It lies at an altitude between 615m – 1187m above sea level.
The park was first gazetted as a game reserve in 1926 and later declared a national park in 1952 and was named after the beautiful Murchison Falls which is the major attraction of the park.
The park is divided into the southern and the northern parts with the south dominated by woodland and forest cover. While the northern part is covered by riverine woodland, savanna, acacia and palm trees. The beautiful Murchison Falls is formed as a result of the River Nile squeezing through the rocks only 8 meters wide, dropping 43 meters deep creating an amazing sight crowned by a rainbow on sunny days.
This park has 75 recorded mammal species and 451 bird species. Among the popular animals in this park are the graceful giraffes, the Jackson Wildebeest, Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Buffaloes, Wild dogs, Jackals etc. Among the birds found in this park is the rare shoebill stock usually sighted during a boat trip to the delta.
Activities in this park include game viewing, boat trips, birding, hiking, fishing and rafting.
The park is accessible by road from Kampala and by air Entebbe International Airport.
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From the top, fantastic vantage points allow viewing and photographing the falls; rock pratincoles, go away birds, African harriers, and palm-nut vultures have been sighted
