The lodge offers several accommodation options ranging from;20 luxury cottages and 12 standard rooms and ample camping space.  All rooms have spectacular views of the beautiful garden terrace and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest from the private balconies.

Rooms Featured at Rushaga Gorilla Lodge;

Standard Room

The standard rooms were designed with modern facilities and service, the spacious cottage is the perfect blend of styles and comfort. During your stay here, you will enjoy their lavish amenities.

Luxury Cottages; are well designed with beautiful modern facilities and services that attract visitors’ stay.

Rushaga Gorilla Lodge is a landing site for trekking the world’s unique silverback gorillas within the Bwindi Forest. However, the lodge lies only 10 minutes away from the Rushaga UWA gate which is a highlight for travelers and adventurer lovers.

 Visiting Uganda gorilla safaris in Bwindi, we recommend you take a comfortable stay at Rushaga Gorilla Lodge because it boasts beautiful amenities in place to give you a memorable and comfortable stay at affordable rates.  The lodge offers perfect lodging options ranging from luxury cottages to standard rooms and ample camping space.

A visitor’s visit to the lodge allows you to get closer access to more than seven Rushaga mountains gorilla groups like Mishaga, Kahungye, Nshongi, Bweza, Kutu, Rwigi, and Busingye. These are gorilla groups fully habituated for a full-day experience.

Facilities and Amenities Offered at Rushaga Gorilla Lodge;

Rushaga Gorilla Lodge dining serves both local and international tasty cuisine meals while the well-stocked shop with a variety of drinks. You will get to enjoy Wi-Fi services while at the restaurant.

The lodge offers ample seating capacity for conference space for 20 -50 people which is ideal for company retreats and team buildings.

The lodge has a well-organized spa and wellness center, a swimming pool, gym and offers good grounds for yoga. It’s to enjoy it after your long day of gorilla trekking experience. Well, you can enjoy some of these additional services at an extra cost.

The hotel offers free Wi-Fi to keep in touch with your relatives and friends while resting.

Rooms are featured with 24-hour services thus making visitors stay more comfortable.

Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

They also provide a variety of cleaning services that keeps the hotel clean and free from the germ.

The lodge also provides free parking areas to its guests.

The Bathroom is attached with good amenities.

The hotel also provides different options for entertainment ‘’Cable TV’’.

The lodge was designed with a craft shop where you can buy souvenirs to take back home.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is famous and home to half the remaining mountain gorillas in the world, located in the southwestern region of Uganda approximately 8 to 9 hours’ drive. Alternatively, you can fly with a charter or schedule a domestic flight by Aerolink Uganda or Bar Aviation from Entebbe International Airport or Kajjansi. Among the four gorilla safari destination –Bwindi Impenetrable National Park sounds like the most famous gorilla trekking and habituation safari location on the African continent –Uganda ‘’the Pearl of Africa’’.

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Despite this fact, the lodge offers excellent contemporary luxury while satisfying the human craving to become one with nature and our fellow apes. More to that, Four Gorillas Lodge is designed with beautiful cottages which are surrounded by dense forest and feature upscale elegance within a cozy homestead.

The lodge offers facilities like shuttle services to and from Kisoro Airstrip. Four Gorillas Lodge was designed to be eco-friendly and elegantly interesting in a rainforest setting. They have a spacious restaurant that serves tasty food both local and international dishes.

All rooms are en-suite.

They have a perfect restaurant that serves up a mouthwatering menu of both local and international cuisine with a patio area that offers an internet connection with the forest canopy.

 The lodge is lodged within Bwindi and has beautiful views as well as skilled and welcoming staff.

They offer a massage therapist and a comfortable seating area

They offer free high-speed internet

Activities Offered at Four Gorillas Lodge –Bwindi Forest National Park

These are some of the activities you can do in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park;

Well, Four Gorillas Lodge is located in the Rushaga region of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. The best gorilla habituation experience in the park and the only region with the largest number of habituated gorilla families.

Before planning for a comfortable stay at Four Gorillas Lodge, we recommend you always make arrangements with your local tour operator. Because are many activities to do and attractions to see such as; the mountain gorillas, the bird species, the culture, the Bubale river, and the frontier mountains on the Uganda-Rwanda border.

Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Gorilla trekking experience only allows you to spend one hour with the mountain gorillas yet the Gorilla Habituation experience gives you four hours to stay in the presence of mountain gorillas.

However, the Gorilla habituation experience allows you to watch these great species for a long period as you study their behaviors and get familiar with human beings around them.

Four Gorillas Lodge

Before announcing it for tourism, this habituated gorilla family was only found in the Rushaga sector of Bwindi. It can be confirmed for tracking by the Uganda wildlife team, journalists, and scientists and they are unveiled for public viewing.

Gorilla Trekking

This is the most done activity in the park which can be done in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest home to its landlords the mountain gorillas, birds among others. Gorilla trekking experience involves moving on foot in the thick forest and hiking in pursuit of the man’s immediate wild relatives. The activity can take about 30 to 7 hours and once a gorilla family you’re assigned to is allocated, the ranger guide will give you one hour to spend with gorillas a great moment for interacting, observing, and capturing these rare primates. Though this experience will need prior arrangements like booking with any tour operator earlier enough. Meaning gorilla permits must be bought early enough before your arrival –tracking time.

 Birding Tour in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is one of the best world birding sites where can experience a vast diversity of bird species. While at the lodge, you can do birding in the Rushaga region home to several bird species including endemic Albertine rift ones. Some birds includes; Rusty –the faced woodland Warbler ,Bar-tailed Trogon ,Wilcock’s Honey-guide ,Yellow-eyed black Fly-catcher ,Dusky Crimson Wing ,Kivu Ground Thrush ,White-tailed Blue Monarch , these species are impossible to see them in any other part of East Africa.

Nature walks

This is a beautiful activity that can be done through various interesting trails leading you to river Bubale in the lower parts of the lodge where you will enjoy listening to the sweet sounds of birds singing as you move through the forest around the lodge and have great sights of other animal species in the area.

Batwa Pygmies;

While at stay in the Rushaga region at Four Gorilla Lodge gives you easy access to reach these unique people in the area and encounter their amazing cultural and traditional experience.

Hiking

On a visit to Four Gorillas Lodge, you can participate in hiking which is done on several trails during the gorilla trekking, gorilla habituation, birding, and hiking to the top of waterfalls found in the Rushaga region.

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Rwanda is gifted with a number of Rwanda safari destinations that include:- Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park and Nyungwe National park which are the main safari destinations. However there are other places like Lake Kivu, Musanze cave, Ruhondo and Burera twin lakes, Nyanza king’s Palace and many other places.

And at these places these are some of the activities you can do:-

Mountain Gorilla trekking: Mainly done at the Volcanoes National Park mountain gorilla trekking is the most popular and sought out safari in Rwanda. Rwanda being home to a third of the world’s remaining mountain gorilla population makes it an ideal place for a mountain gorilla trekking experience. On this activity you enter the forest, trek up the mountain in search of the mountain gorillas and when you find them, you spend an hour with them and then exit the forest.

Mountain gorilla trekking is done all through the and mountain gorilla permits cost $1500. However, the Rwandan government through the Rwanda Development Board has offered a discount on the permits till the 31^st of December 2023. The permits now cost $500 for all trekkers.

Chimpanzee trekking

Similar to mountain gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking involves trekking the forest in search of chimpanzees and when you find you spend an hour with them. Chimpanze trekking is done all year round in Rwanda at the Nyungwe Forest National Park.  Chimpanzee trekking is also much cheaper than mountain gorilla trekking costing $150 per trek for a trekker.

Wildlife viewing

Wildlife viewing mainly involves game viewing in the national parks and in Rwanda it’s done at the famous Akagera National Park, where you get to see a number of savannah animals including but not limited to lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, antelopes, Impalas, warthogs and many more.

Boat Cruise on Lake Ihema

Lake Ihema, being in the Akagera National Park adds to the variety of wildlife you can see at this park. The Lake is home to hippos, crocodiles and a number of other water animals. So wildlife viewing becomes an unforgettable bliss.

Bird watching

All the safari destinations in Rwanda are hubs of numerous bird species most notably the albertine endemic birds, water birds, forest birds, tropical birds and many more. If you are one who loves birds, you will enjoy bird watching and nature at its best.

Actually at Nyungwe Forest National Park, bird watching is combined with forest nature walks where you get to enjoy the numerous tree species in the forest and waterfalls among other things.

Water activities

Done major on Lake Kivu and Lake Ihema, these include but not limited to boat rides, riding in canoe, fishing and canoe racing. The water activities tend to be between adventures and relaxed so they can work as top ups on the main activities on your safari.

Genocide memorial and community tours

The genocide cast a dark shadow on Rwanda many years ago, but the country has since recovered from the nightmare and is now one of the fast growing countries in East Africa. So take time and visit the genocide memorials to appreciate the far Rwanda have come. On these tours you also learn a bit more about Rwanda, the people and its culture. You can visit the Gorilla Guardians Cultural Village for this experience.

Kigali City tour

Kigali city is a modern safe city, clean, safe, devoid chaos and most of all extremely beautiful. So don’t miss out on a chance to explore all the corners of the city. The city tour takes about a day and your get to visit markets, the conventional center, community centers, iconic places in the city and most numerous hang out places.

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 The early evening at dusk is when this game park conducts its night game drives, allowing guests to explore the park and see its residents while using torches to illuminate the night sky. A chance to see creatures that you might have missed during the day is provided by night game drives.

Night game drives at Lake Mburo National Park begin as the sun sets and last for two to three hours. Numerous nocturnal animals, including bush babies, leopards, pottos, zebras, and others, are frequently seen. Lake Mburo night game drive is accompanied by an armed park ranger to lead and provide all the required information and also to ensure the safety of the group against dangerous animals such as leopards and many other predators that are active at night.

Night game drives safari in lake Mburo national park

 Because nocturnal animals feed and graze at night, it is difficult to discover them during the day. Night game drives will provide you the opportunity to see them as they feed in the shadows. Mongoose, bush pigs, leopards, honey badgers, black galagos, hyenas, genet cats, and other creatures are among them. As they search for a place to spend the night, other animals can be seen, including zebras, impalas, and others.

The lake Mburo night game drive can be done at any time of the year, however, the optimum time is from June to September during the dry season, when 4 x 4 safari vehicles can easy access to various trail within the park just because the road condition is good with no rain and muddy.

During lake Mburo night game drive safari, It is recommended that visitors take spotlight torches so they can see the animals in the dark, dress warmly because it gets chilly at night, carry bug repellent because mosquitoes are more active at night, and wear neutral or natural-colored clothing to blend in with the surroundings. Keep in mind to bring a camera with enough batteries so you can capture images of these nocturnal creatures. Visitors must adhere to a ranger guide’s instructions and speak as quietly as possible. If you are interested, don’t forget to let your tour operator or travel agency know to add this activity to the itinerary during the booking process.

In addition to nocturnal night game drives, the Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda offers a variety of other activities that anyone on a safari can participate in. Day game drives, bird watching, horseback riding, a boat excursion on Lake Mburo, spot fishing, nature walks, bicycle tours, cultural encounters, and other activities fall under this category.

 Also, The Park features lovely lodging options in and around the park, ranging from affordable to luxurious. These include the Rwakobo Rock Lodge, Kigambira Safari Lodge, Arcadia Cottages, Leopard Rest Camp, Eagles Nest Lodge, Lake Mburo Safari Lodge, Mihingo Lodge, Kigambira Safari Lodge, Rwonyo Rest Camp, Mantana Tented Camp, and more. Get in touch with us today if you’re interested in this kind of safari experience. We will be happy to hear from you and assist you to make sure you have an unforgettable Uganda safari experience.

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Historically, Kyambura Game Reserve was first created as the Kyambura and controlled as Hunting Area in 1962 but later was upgraded as a game reserve in 1965. Further note, in 1980s the southern area was colonized which lead to people who settled in area to be pulled out in 1990 and the land was given out to a private concessionaire called Swilling. Then after in 1996 the Uganda Wildlife Statute changed the name of all game reserve to wildlife reserves. And formally the reserve was known as the Kyambura Wildlife Reserve. The hunting exception became to end in 1999 dues to illegal hunting. This reserve serves as a buffer zone to the Queen Elizabeth National Park ‘’QENP’’.

Geographically, Kyambura Wildlife Reserve is found on northeastern side of Queen Elizabeth National Park estimating 30 kilometers from the park headquarters. However, the Kyambura Gorge expends a distance of 11 kilometers and connects to the famous Kazinga Channel where amazing boat cruise is conducted on visit to Queen Elizabeth national park, the channel forms the northern boundary of the reserve yet local villages and plantation locates to the south.

More so ,the reserve lies on an area of about  156 square kilometers .Addition to that ,the Kyambura , Queen Elizabeth National Park  together with Maramangambo Forest  and Kigezi Game Reserve when all combine are referred to as ‘’the Queen Elizabeth Protected Area ‘’QEPA’’ this borders another safari destination known as Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and together these area completely encircle Lake Edward   and to other  nearby  outstanding protected area like Kibale  National Park to the northeast and Rwenzori Mountain National Park to the northwest.

Interestingly, the landscape around stuns with beautiful rolling savannah grassland though is deeply divided by the 16kilometer Kyambura Gorge, which supports a thick riverine forest and the Kyambura River.

Wildlife species to encounter on visit in Kyambura Wildlife Reserve    which is part of Queen Elizabeth Protected Area home noted to huge number of habituated chimpanzees and other types of primates to view includes; baboons, black and white colobus, Red-tailed monkeys and vervet monkeys. More about, the park is also a home to various avian species including variety of falcons, blue-headed bee eater and the African finfoot among others. However, this reserve is under protection of ‘’UWA’’ Uganda Wildlife Authority.

Kyambura being part of Queen Elizabeth National park the second largest national park after Murchison Falls national park in northwestern region. Queen Elizabeth national park the most visited destination because it harbors with biodiversity of mammal species like the rare tree climbing lions which can be explored in the southern part of the park in Ishasha sector, other animals to see includes; waterbucks, chimpanzee, leopards, warthogs, lions, buffaloes, hippos, mongoose, kobs, chimpanzees and is home to hoven of bird species. More so, what makes it popular are the list of amazing attractions and activities to do such as; Boat cruise, Lion tracking experience, Mongoose tracking, Game drive, Guided nature walk, Bird watching, Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge among other.

Attractions in Kyambura

 The Kyambura Wildlife Reserve is habitat of fabulous attractions to encounter;

Primates Species; Kyambura Wildlife Reserve is a home of vast 12 primate species including; Red tailed monkeys, Black and white monkeys, Olive baboons, Vervet monkey, Blue monkeys many more.

Birdlife

The nature reserve is a paradise of bird species with about 332 bird species to see here on tours, which can be spotted during Birding, Chimpanzee tracking –trekking and nature walks. Bird species spotted includes African skimmer, Pink backed pelican, white tailed lark, African finfoot, white winged warbler, Blue-headed bee –eater, African finfoot, white winged warbler many more.

Vegetation

This reserve is comprised of savannah vegetation in the upper escarpments and Kyambura Gorge forest for it inhabits tree canopies bordered by Kichwamba escarpment of the rift valley.

Activities to do in Kyambura Wildlife Reserve

 Chimpanzee Tracking

 Chimpanzee tracking is the major done tourist activity out in Kyambura Wildlife Reserve, home to habituated chimpanzee families. The activity can be done in two sessions morning and afternoon Chimpanzee tracking and their permits can be booked at Mweya visitors information Centre you just required to be energetic enough in body.

Kyambura Game Reserve

Tracking in the wildlife Reserve starts early in the morning with a briefing at the starting point and after briefing the range guide groups you in a ground of eight and then allocate you in the forest trails in search for the habituated chimpanzee families, the activity which can take about 2 to 3 hours depending on the movement of the chimpanzee families since they move from place to place looking for food.

Once they are allocated your given one hours to stay with them learn from them how they behave, feed, play with their younger ones, enjoy the memorable photography.

Guided Forest walk

  This is more amazing in morning and afternoon when weather is cool and attractive.  Forest walk is an interesting experience   where visitors move on foot along the forest trails as they discover, relax your mind from the noise, enjoy beautiful views, spot beautiful bird species as you listed to beautiful melodies of birds. This activity allows only 4 people and each session allows 2 groups of people.

Bird watching

The Kyambura Wildlife Reserve is a great location for bird watching since it is home to more than 332bird species and best seen in rainy season when the reserve contains a lot of food that attracts bird species and some of birds to see includes; Verreaux’s eagle owl, Papyrus canary, greater flamingos, lesser flamingos, martial eagle, African broadbill, white winged warbler, black bee-eater, African flamingos, among others

Best time to visit Kyambura Wildlife Reserve

Kyambura Wildlife Reserve lies in the northeastern part of famous Queen Elizabeth national park and can be visited all year around. Though the best time to visit is during the dry season in the months of June to September and December to February.

Therefore, chimpanzee trekking can also be done in wet sessions in the month of March to May and October and November when the forest receivers heavy rainfall that leads to muddy and slippery of forest trails. However, wet rainy season is good for birding and during that period accommodation facilities becomes low.

Where to stay;

Kyambura Wildlife Reserve doesn’t have accommodation facilities but you can book perfect lodges in Queen Elizabeth national park that ranges from Luxury, Mid-range and Budget accommodation facilities.  Lodges to stay includes; Hippo hill lodge, Mweya safari lodge, Kyambura Gorge safari lodge, Parkview safari lodge, Katara lodge, Jacana safari lodge, Kingfisher camp among other but they all furnished with good amenities wanted by the guests

Getting there;

Kyambura Wildlife Reserve can be access by road within 6 to 7hours drive passing via Mubende –Fort port to main destination.

Alternatively, can be reach by domestic flight Aerolink Uganda or Bar Aviation which operates chartered flights to Mweya airstrip in Queen Elizabeth from Entebbe International Airport in just an hour, then the driver guide will drive you to the Kyambura Wildlife Reserve.

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Furthermore, the park covers an area of about 39,206 hectares at the heart of an 8,000 square kilometers ecosystem that enlarge across the Kenya –Tanzania border. The word Amboseli was got from Masaai word which means ‘’Salty dust’’ in relation to the terrain in the Amboseli National Park. Amboseli National Park has got several gates that allows visitors to enter the park including; Iremito gate, Kitrua, Kelunyiet, IImeshnan gate and Airstrip

Huge Population of Herds of Elephants

Amboseli National Park is famously known as home for high concentration of herds of elephants which can be seen roaming the savanna plains of the park.

Location; The park has spectacular location under the astonishing view of Mount Kilimanjaro the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

Size; Amboseli National Park sits in a small size covering an area of about 392 square kilometers but it inhabits a wide range of wildlife species compared to other Kenya National Parks. However, the park’s land consists of wet land that supports vast range of wildlife and vegetation.

Amboseli National Park sounds as the best places in Kenya ‘’East African Country’’ and the whole world to adventure the large population of freely roaming elephants in their peaceful nature environment as well as scenic view of the ice capped mountain, Attractions in Amboseli National Park

Habitants of the Park; The park’s habitats range from the dried up Lake Amboseli, the savannah, wetlands and woodlands. More then, Amboseli National Park offers a wide dry season that ensures with perfect view of the bio diversity of wildlife species in their natural habitats.

Wildlife; The park inhabits a wide range of wildlife species spanning from the Big five mammals and other species thus offering gainful view opportunities. More so, Amboseli National park is a home to wide range of animal species it has mark it great touristic destination to tourists who love adventuring the jungle with its inhabitants. The best time to enjoy game viewing in morning and evening hours and during this time they can be   explored at OI Kenya Swamp which is partially submerged and herds of elephants are can be easily seen in the OI Tukai located in the heart of Amboseli National Park which is characterized of woodland yellow fever and doom palm tree. More then, the name Tukia is Swahili slag meaning ‘’a cool retreat for elephants’’.

 Apart from the thrilling herds of elephants, Amboseli National Park also boosts with other outstanding African safari gems like the Cape buffaloes, lions, Cheetah, leopards, Spotted hyenas, Masai giraffes, Zebra, Wildebeests, Grants and Thomson’s gazelle, Impalas, hippos among others.

Birdlife Species

 Amboseli National Park is one of the finest-ranking birding destination on African Safaris that boost with numerous bird species more than 400 bird species recorded that in habits the park’s savannah plains and forest galleries. Amboseli birds are categorized depending on their habitat.   Such as the swamps around lakes are also good spotting area for water birds such as herons, egrets, pelican, crowned cranes and vast ranges of flamingoes. They can also be watched in the grassland areas of Amboseli National Park that inhabits birds like hartlaubs bustard, localized pangani among more. The acacia woodlands are also good to view some of the dry country specials like White-bellied go away bird, Steel-blue whydah, Von der decker’s hornbill among many.

The best time for birding in Amboseli National Park is in wet season when food is in plenty that attracts various of birds to the area, birding is best from March to May and October and December.

Some of other birds to see in Amboseli National Park includes; African swamp hens, Goliath herons, Grey crane cranes, Rufous bellied herons, Taveta golden weavers, Von der Decken’s horn bills, Yellow necked, Spur fowls, Eurasia thick knees among others. When looking one of a great destination for Kenya Birding Tours, consider Amboseli National Park that offers excellent bird watching opportunities. The sites include the shores of Kioko Lake, Simek Lake, Conch lake, Amboseli Lake all these locations are best for sightseeing of water birds.

Lakes –Source of Water

The park consists of a chain of seasonal lakes which are located in the western region of the park and occupies the region of the drained basin of an ancient lake of the Pleistocene and the lakes usually get filled during the rainy season. The fabulous lakes to visit Kioko lake, Simek lake, Conch lake, Amboseli Lake, Attractions in Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park hosts a famous Amboseli Lake where the park got its name, it lies in the western region of the park. More about this major lake’s shores they feature swamps with thick papyrus thus being resident for aquatic bird species within the park though the lakes are best sites for birding and wildlife viewing of animals as they gather around the water to quench for thirsty

Marshes Species

The park features a chain of marshes and swamps which are important source of water feeding the park and wildlife and in the park they are found in the Central part of Amboseli National Park, they have bright green color which can grow out in the arid and dusty plains of the park. Some of Marshes in the park includes;

Enkongo or Ngong Narok Narok

Ologinyi-OI Okenya

Longinye

OI Tukai

Engone Naibor

Note, the marshes in the park are being supported by spring water coming from the melting snow of Mountain Kilimanjaro, also the spring water that penetrates the volcanic soil down into the valley and resurface in the marshes of the park. These marshes and swamps are the only permanent water sources in the park and they do attract a lot of animals as they come to quench for thirsty.  Meaning they are excellent spotting areas in Amboseli National Park, Attractions in Amboseli National Park

Observation Hill

The Observation hill in Amboseli National Park is one of the most attraction in the park, is a pyramid –shaped hill located in the western region of Amboseli National Park. They are inhabited by Ndorobo the hunters and gatherer people because of its uniqueness and was named a nomator by the Masai meaning ‘’the place of pottery’’.  The history shows that observation hill was formed during the formation of Mountain Kilimanjaro and it resulted from the activity of Pleistocene.

Elephants Research Camp

The elephant research camp in Amboseli National Park is all about the research about the elephants in the park and it is known that Amboseli a great destination to host large number of herds of elephants thus being listed among world’s studied elephant research Centre. The camp is located in the heart of Amboseli National Park operated under the guidance of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants.

Back Drop of Mountain Kilimanjaro

This is the most astonishing tourist attraction the Mountain Kilimanjaro the most leading tallest mountain in Africa that lies at the altitude of about 5,895 meters above the sea level. Mountain Kilimanjaro stuns with beautiful snowcapped summit dominated by scenic landscape and creates spectacular views for photography.

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Boat Cruise Tour in Murchison Falls National Park

Travelers who are interested in cruising on fresh water, get ready to cruise on Nile River where you expect to have gainful view of the most powerful waterfall in the world named as ‘’Murchison Falls’’. Boat cruise in Murchison Falls national park sound as the second done activity here.

The boat cruise starts at Paraa which is one of the top attractive part of the park congested with variety of wildlife species especially mammals that are easily explored during the boat cruise. Murchison Falls National Park provides two boat cruise tours one can be conducted to the bottom of the waterfalls and another one towards the Albert delta.

All boat cruise experience features with great view along the way ranging from mammals, bird species, plant species and amphibians many more. One taking a cruise downstream to the bottom of the falls offers rewardable view of animals like hippos, buffalos, elephants, crocodiles and water bird species.  Then a delta launch cruise takes you deep into the swamp that inhabits shoebill stork which is most sought bird.

Duration of time; Boat cruise tour in Murchison Falls National park takes between 2 to 3hours. You can opt to do sunset cruise where you will be able to view the sun as it goes down over the delta. You can do sundowner.

Game drive tours in Murchison Falls National Park

This is another fabulous activity to do in Murchison Falls National Park that offers both day game drives and night game drives with the possibility of adventuring variety of different wildlife in there preserved game tracking which includes the heart of Murchison in the southern part of the park, the Buligi peninsula and the area along the albert delta.

Morning game drive;

The morning game drive allows visitors to view several herds of buffaloes, antelopes, elephants, Uganda kob and many more herbivores as the feed on fresh green vegetation, lions, giraffes as well as savanna bird species can be spotted.

You can opt to do night game drive where you can be able to see nocturnal mammals, hunter and different cats which prefer moving at night and other animals include; Hyenas, leopard’s civets, lions, Nightjar and that are active in the night.

Bird watching in Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park is one of the top birding safari destination in Uganda that boosts with unique bird species thus making birding tour rewarding.

Birding in Murchison Falls N.P

The best birding sites in Murchison Falls National Park include; forest of Kaniyo Pabidi, Budongo forest, Rabongo forest and some others areas around the water bodies. Birds to see are comprised of endemic of Albertine Rift, water birds and savannah forest birds.

Here are some of bird species you can’t miss during the bird watching in Murchison Falls National Park including; Secretary birds, Hornbill, Woodpeckers, Cuckoos, Woodpeckers, Shoebill, Swallow-tailed, Malachite kingfishers, Shoe bills, Open-billed storks, Black –bellied Bustards, Marabou stork many more, all you required is to carry a pair binocular and enjoy great sights of the park.

Hiking to the top of falls –Murchison Falls National Park

This is an interesting activity where travelers hike to the bottom of the falls as a small fees and while at the top. You will be able to enjoy great sights powerful thundering falls as well as taking photography for your future remembrance.

Hiking and Nature Walks

Hiking in the park can be done   in stunning areas of Kaniyo Pabidi and other forest to sight see some primates like monkeys, baboons and among others. On visit to the park, you can choose to do birding along the Albert delta trails that offers cool breath, gainful views while on foot.

Hot air balloon safaris in Murchison Falls National Park

In Uganda ,  hot air balloon can only be done in Murchison Falls National Park, that enables tourists to have a great aerial view of wild animals. The park offers two hot air balloon safaris; The morning session starts before the sunrise in order to view early morning mammals and sunrise. Also comes with a bush breakfast thus worth it. Evening air balloon offers a clear view on the sundowner and the mammals that come out of hiding places. However, both air balloon safaris offer climax of the park.

Sport fishing

On visit to the park, you can opt to engage in sport fishing and some of fish species includes; catfish, Nile perch, tilapia, tiger fish and Ngara. So we advise you to carry your own fishing equipment’s.

Cultural Encounters;

Uganda is also a great stopping destination to have different unique cultures which can be enjoyed while on safari here. On visit to Murchison Falls National Park, you can visit the villages around the park and be able to learn different unique cultural practice. Cultures to visit include; Boomu Women’s group, Mubako cultural dancers, craft shops, visiting schools among others.

Get started planning a visit to Uganda’s most visited destination Murchison Falls National Park and experience unbeaten hidden treasures in the Pearl of Africa.

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Murchison falls national park was first gazette as a game reserve in 1926 and later established as a National park in 1952 and it is also known to be a home to over 451 bird species such as; the rare shoebill stork, the Hamerkop, the francolin Hornbill, crombec, white egrets. More so, it is also a home to over 76 mammal species such as; giraffes, Zebras, the African bush elephants, hippos, elands, zebras, Nile crocodiles, antelopes and many others.

Tourists on their safari in Murchison falls National Park always get chances of enganging in several activities within the park for example; bird watching, boat cruises, sport fishing, guided nature walks, Hiking, Game drives, white water rafting and many others.

Murchison Falls National Park Park Entry Fees are only levied on individuals who are 18 years and above which gives an opportunity to children who are 5 years and below to access the park for free and children who are aged from 5-17 are always charged differently.  One advantage of these entry fees is that they contribute on the development of the communities neighboring with the national park due to the fact that 30% of the revenues collected are later distributed within the surrounding communities.

Entry fees in Murchison Falls National Park.

Tourists need to note that the entrance fees to Murchison Falls national park are charged according to one’s nationality, age, and the number of days an individual is planning to spend in the park.

Therefore, entrance fees in Murchison falls national park in 2023 will be 30 USD for foreigner residents, 40 USD for foreigner non-residents, 20,000 UGX for the East African citizens and  all children who are aged from 5-15 years will be charged followingly; 20 USD for  foreign non-residents, 10 USD for foreign residents and 5,000 for East African Citizens.

Entrance fees for Vehicles entering into Murchison Falls National Park.

Uganda wildlife Authority stated different prices on how vehicles entering into Murchison falls national park should be charged and this is well explained below;

• 4 by 4-wheel vehicles and tour company vehicles are charged at a fee of 150 USD for foreign registered vehicles and 30,000 UGX for Ugandan registered vehicles.
• Over landers are charged at a cost of 150 USD for foreign registered vehicles and 100,000Ugx for the Ugandan registered vehicles.
• Buses and lorries are charged at a fee of 150 USD for the foreign registered vehicles while the Ugandan registered Vehicles are charged at a fee of 150,000Ugx.
  

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• More so, the Ugandan registered school busses are charged at a fee of 50,000Ugx.
• Pick-ups pay a cost of 50 USD for the foreign owned vehicles and 30,000 for the Ugandan owned vehicles.
• Lastly, the Omni-buses and the minibuses are charged at a fee of 50 USD for the foreign registered vehicles and 30,000Ugx for the Ugandan owned vehicles.

Air Craft landing fees in Murchison Falls National Park.

All aircrafts that land in Murchison falls national park are charged a specific amount depending on its size and the number of seats it has. And it is important to note that these fees are paid every time the plane lands on the grounds of the Park.

• A three-seater plane is charged at a fee of 20 USD for the foreign registered planes while the Ugandan registered planes are charged at a cost of 40,000Ugx.
• All micro lights and gilders are charged at a fee of 10 USD for the foreign registered aircrafts every time they land and the Ugandan registerd aircrafts pay 20,000Ugx.
• A 4 to 6 seater aircraft is charged at a fee of 40 USD for the foreign registered aircraft and 60,000Ugx for the Ugandan registered aircrafts.
• Helicopters are charged at a fee of 100USD and 250,000Ugx every time they land.
• A 7 to 14 aircraft seater is charge at fee of 40 USD for the foreign registered planes while the Ugandan registered planes are charged 80,000Ugx.
• A 15-20 seater plane is charged at 50 USD for the foreign registered aircrafts and 100,000UGX for the Ugandan registered aircrafts.
• A 21 seater aircrafts are charged 60 USD for the foreign registered aircraft and the Ugandan registered aircrafts are charged at a cost of 120,000Ugx.

However, the pilots do not pay entry fess if they are planning to spend less than 2 hours in the park but all aircrafts are supposed to pay a parking fee of 10,000Ugx per day and the only advantage about the landing fees is that they cover the entry fees that is supposed to be paid by the passengers.

Murchison Falls national park is recommended as the best destination for one to visit while planning to go for a wildlife safari in Uganda.

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Conditions are favorable early every morning, but you’re advised to pre-book this popular activity for your Tanzania safari holiday to geographical area due its limited seating availability. Unfortunately, only children over seven year, old and fit and active adults is accommodated. Because weight could also be an important safety consideration, passengers weighing over 120 kilos (265 pounds) might need to order two places.

The balloons are immense. Baskets are compartmented for comfort and security, accommodating 16 people for each one-hour voyage. The price reflects the large cost of the balloons because of a security replacement every few hundred hours, cherish swapping with a high-end automobile.

High fees are payable to the park for tourist concessions for every single passenger. A skilled, experienced and licensed pilot and staff of 20 are needed for each trip, including launching and recovery similarly as transport to and from the launch and celebratory champagne breakfast.

Each flight is exclusive, some high enough to appear at the panoramic landscape for miles ahead, others low enough to figure out individual animals at close quarters. It’s not an affordable excursion, but it will make your northern Tanzania vacation one all told the foremost memorable of your whole life. It’s possible to charter special private balloon flights within the Grumeti Reserve for honeymoon couples on their romantic trip within the good Plains of North America of Africa.

An hour predawn drive through the bush to your launch site could also be an enjoyment of itself. You’ll see nocturnal animals within the headlights that you simply simply couldn’t have encountered the opposite way. Near a river like Seronera or Grumeti, you may meet grazing hippo.

On the plains, a lioness may return from her kill, a hyena slinking in her wake. Within the cool early morning, a light-weight long-sleeved jacket and trousers are a wise idea, with sturdy shoes. Remember to want your binoculars and DSLR camera to create the foremost of this highlight of your Serengeti excursion.

The huge balloon inflates swaying impatiently because it lifts. The intermittent roaring of the burner reminds you to put on your hat because it can get quite warm overhead. Assistants hold the basket steady, ensuring it remains level during take-off. Then comes the heart-stopping moment once you lose touch with the earth and become a component of the dawn. As you ascend, the sky lightens from purple to pink. The sun clears the horizon, flooding the Serengeti plains with golden light.

Hot Air Balloon Safari in Serengeti National Park

Your stomach clenches as you look out over your unobstructed basket side to the receding earth. Losing contact with the underside or the feeling of being totally at the mercy of the wind can cause an atavistic shudder. For an hour, you’ll have no control over where you go or what you see. However skillful your pilot, he can only go where the wind takes him, so you would like to easily accept your helplessness, let yourself experience the enriching sights, sounds and sensations of your flight additionally because the emotions it arouses.

It is an unprecedented opportunity to be told such lots about this unique method of travel in Eastern Africa then way more about yourself. Serengeti animals on the endless lawn below are miniaturized from your new perspective. As your shadow looms behind them, they bound ahead, rear ends roundly prominent. The warthog raises his thin, pennant tail style of an antenna. The zebra flaunts its beautiful striped rumps. The elephant lumbers like an old man in baggy trousers.

Herds of thousands of seasonal migrating herbivores stream out for miles behind and ahead as far because the attention can see. You’ll fly low over a flat-topped Acacia thorn tree to startle flapping vultures then creep over its precipitous edge to see grassland far below. Perhaps you will encounter the startled head of a giraffe atop its long, swaying neck as you over-fly the branches where it stretches to feed. Below, you may see hippo within the Mara River, or disturb flocks of egrets into flight. Lion proudly stands their environs or families of elephant in line, nose to tail, trek towards the horizon.

Back on the underside, you’ll receive your champagne toast, then drive to affix the rest of the morning’s balloonists for a hearty English hot breakfast, cooked on burners. you’ll discover a replacement appetite always, for appreciative conversations along with your fellow adventurers, high on adrenalin, and unlimited helpings of fantastic, hearty food and bubbly, served in superlative style in unforgettable surroundings. On completion, your guide meets you at a selected pickup point to continue on together with your game drive tour in Serengeti Park.

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Hot air balloon safaris in Uganda is managed by the Dream Balloon Tours company that was first established in the year of 2007 with an aim of operating hot air balloon safaris in Egypt and later it expanded its operations in East Africa which ended up in Uganda.  The Dream Balloon company was given its full licence in in 2011 by different authorities like; Uganda wildlife Authority, Uganda Communication Commission, and the Civil Aviation Authority. It is a guarantee that pilots who fly these hot air balloons must have excelled in the Aviation course and graduated from an aviation school and have an experience of 1000 and above hours for flying the hot air balloons.

Hot air balloon activity strictly does not exceed the maximum number of eight members and all these members should be of 6 years of age and above.  This is due to the fact that the height at which the hot air balloons are flown could leave the young ones uneasy and in a bad state. Hot air balloons in Murchison falls national park are flown as high as 10,000 feet in the air and later the pilot descends to about 330 meters which enables tourists to have a astonishing view of the Uganda’s wildlife such as; giraffes, zebras, birds, elephants, and the beautiful landscape of the entire park leaving visitors eyes blessed by the wonderful gifts of the nature.

Hot Air balloon Cost in Uganda?

 Tourists in Murchison Falls National Park can have a chance to experience and explore the entire park in a hot air balloon whereby a a hot air balloon full package is charged a fee of $380 for the foreign non-residents and $250 for the East African citizens and these prices exclude bush breakfast and dinner but include the sunrise or sunset view and the boat cruising for the tourists staying in the southern sector. More so, the visitors who want to do wedding proposals, photoshoot sessions and the VIP guests can pay an extra fee of $2,000 per person.

However, the park gives an offer to the children the age of 6 to 12 years to pay 50% of the adult price and the children below the age of 6 years are not charged any amount.

In addition, the advantage of  the fees paid by the visitors during the Hot air balloon Safaris in Murchison Falls national park help on clearing some expenses such as; the flight insurance combined with the third party insurance  and the pilot fee.

Best time to go for a hot air balloon safari in Murchison Falls National Park.

The best time for tourists to do hot air balloon safari tour in Murchison falls national park is during the dry season between months of June to September and December to February when there are less rains and short grass providing tourists with panoramic views of the park.

In Murchison Falls National park, the hot air balloon activity has two sessions and that is the sunset session and the sunrise session.

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Sunrise session.

The sunrise hot air balloon session begins at 5:00am in the morning when the visitors get picked and taken to where the activity will start from and on their arrival they get to watch how the balloons are inflated and later the pilots briefs the visitors about the safety rules and regulations, their expectations, and makes them aware that the flight will approximately take 2 hours from 6:00 am until 8:00am. And during their ride in the sky, they get to fascinate the adventurous part of the part such as; the savannah vegetation, lake Albert, animals and birds species, sunrise after they will land back to the ground where they will enjoy the bush breakfast and go to the Paraa safari lodge where they get to relax and have a bottle of champagne. Later they receive the certificates and meet up with your drive who transports you back to you lodge or some visitors can still opt to go for a game drive in the park, Hot Air Baloon in Murchison Falls National Park

Sunset session.

This hot air balloon session begins at 4:00pm and winds up at 6:30pm. The most beautiful part of this session is that tourists get to see the wonderful scenery of the sun as it sets down over the horizons. Tourists get to view the wildlife animals in the park as they retire from their dens and there are nocturnal animals such as lions, bush babies and among others.  However, unfortunately during this session, tourists do not get any privilege of having the bush breakfast and the bottle of Champaign.

However, there are a number of other activities in Murchison Falls National Park that visitors can get to combine with the Hot air balloon safari and these activities include;

Boat cruise on the Albert Nile, Sport fishing, birding, guided game drives, guided Nature walks, Cultural encounters, Hike to the top of the Murchison falls, community visits and many others.

Getting to Murchison Falls National Park.

Murchison Falls National Park is situated in the northern region of Uganda in Masindi District and visitors can access this back by taking a drive from Kampala city to the park, which covers a distance of 279 kilometers and takes about 4 hours and a half.

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