The Most Powerful Waterfall
Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest and oldest conservation area, and it is built around the falls themselves, where the Nile is forced through a seven-metre gorge and drops 43 metres below. The park holds 76 mammal species and 451 bird species. Visitors take boat safaris up to the base of the falls and game drives across the savannah plains north of the river.
- Northwestern Uganda
- 3,893 sq km
- 1952
Destination Highlights
Murchison Falls - iconic waterfall
Abundant wildlife and game drives
Nile River boat safaris
Top of the Falls hike
Largest population of Nile crocodiles
Shoebill stork sightings
In pictures
An elephant and her calf at the water’s edge. 
Zebra in dry savannah grass.
African ElephantsLionsLeopardsCape BuffaloGiraffes (Rothschild’s)Nile CrocodilesHipposHartebeestOribiShoebill StorksGoliath HeronsAbyssinian Ground Hornbills
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