Murchison Falls National Park

If the mission for your visit to Africa is birdwatching, Kidepo deserves a special place on your bucket list. The parks 475 recorded species include 56 raptors. Other specials include Karamoja apalis, Abyssinian roller, Chestnut weaver, Golden pipit, Pygmy falcon, Rufous chatterer, Abyssinian scimitarbill, D’Arnaud’s barbet, Black-breasted barbet, Fox kestrel, Greater kestrel, Jackson’s hornbill, Northern carmine bee-eater, Purple grenadier and White-bellied go-away bird among others.

Found in Northern Uganda, Murchison is a multi-award winning national park with a diversity of sensational experiences and heart-racing adventures. There’s wildlife aplenty including 76 mammal species and 451 bird species.  It is Uganda’s biggest conservation area, covering an expanse of 3,840km2 which comprises of dense tropical forests, open Savannah with towering borassus palm trees, freshwater lakes, rolling his a s free flowing river network. The cherry on the cake is all the Big Five except for the rhino, but you can see them during your stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.