Murchison falls National Park was previously known as Kabalega national Park. It was until 1952 when it was proclaimed its current known name. The park is located in the northern part of Albertine Rift Valley managed by the Ugandan Wildlife Authority and is well known to be one of Uganda’s ancient conservation areas. Murchison Falls National Park is without a doubt one of Uganda’s most beautiful National parks.

The park covers an area of about 3,893km2 and its known to be one of Uganda’s well protected area. This area is an addition to Murchison falls thus covering an area of about 5,072km2 including Bugungu as well as Karuma wildlife reserves and the Victoria Nile, flowing in the westerly direction between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert bisects the park into 2 equal halves.

Murchison Falls National Park has got over 76 mammal species including Lions, Buffaloes, Antelopes, Giraffes, hyenas among others. With over 450 bird species in the park, bird watching is also a popular tourist activity in Murchison falls National Park, this is coupled with the Victoria Nile, which cuts through the wilderness and cascades 45 metres down through a narrow gorge at Murchison Falls, the world’s most powerful waterfall and a boat safari up the Nile provides the perfect opportunity to see and photography for the animals and majestic waterfalls.

Being one of the oldest protected area in the country the park attracts many tourists due to its distinctive attractive features that leaves every travelers in wonder. The unforgettable experience will thrill you with marvelous wonders on the planet for your safari. There thus several activities which will get you occupied on your planned safari to Murchison falls national park which are equally the same that were evidenced by great personalities like; Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, the Prince of Wales, Edward VII in 1930, Queen Mother in 1959 and the British royals, 2018 Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, the rapper Sean Paul all have made tribute to this prestigious national park.

A trip to Murchison falls takes you through discovering amazing rare primates of the black and white Rhinos. Murchison Falls National Park was formerly full of Rhinos but were depleted in 1970’s due to bad governance however the setup of the Rhino Fund and the Uganda wildlife Authority ignited the co-existence of the primates so as to protect the Rhinos, Breed them and eventually re-introduce them to the national parks where they once existed.