Murchison Falls National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Uganda
About Murchison Falls National Park
Named after the president of the English Royal Geographic Society in 1862 by Samuel Baker. Part of the Albertine Rift. The White Nile flows through this park from east to west, before turning north when it contacts Lake Albert. At the spectacular Murchison Falls, the Nile squeezes much of its water through a 7-m wide cleft. Less know is the Uhuru Falls, adjacent to Murchison Falls. "Uhuru" means "freedom" in Swahili - these falls broke through the rock in the year of Uganda's independence. Elephants, Rothschild's giraffe, nile buffalo, lelwel hartebeest, oribi, waterbuck, bushbuck, warthog, lion, leopard, hippo, nile crocodile, olive baboons, mongoose, honey badger, monitor lizards, black and white colobus, vervet monkey, chimpanzee and a wide array of bird life including the rare shoe
Where to Stay in Murchison Falls National Park
- 🏨Nile Safari Lodge
- 🏨Paraa Lodge
- 🏨Red Chilli Rest Camp
- 🏨River Lodge
Murchison Falls National Park Travel Guide Sections
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