Murchison Falls Conservation Area covering 5,072 square kilometers is one of Uganda’s largest and oldest protected areas laying at the northern end of the Albertine Rift Valley.
It is named after the breath-taking spectacular water falls on the Great River Nile which in 1864, a British explorer Sir Samuel Baker chose to name Murchison, in honor of the distinguished President of the Royal Geographical Society.
Murchison Falls Conservation Area with the adjoining Karuma and Bugungu Wildlife Reserves can be accessed through different routes by road to reach Paraa Park headquarters. It can also be reached by air using the daily flights from Entebbe International Airport or chartered aircrafts from Kajjansi airfield to Pakuba airfield, 19km North West of Paraa and south at Bugungu, 13 km from the park headquarters.
Murchison Falls National Park boasts a wide range of accommodation facilities from camping and traditional bandas at Paraa Rest Camp to the luxury of Paraa Safari Lodge, Nile Safari Camp, Chobe Safari Lodge and Sambiya River Lodge. There are five camping sites near Paraa Rest camp,at the Top of the Falls, Rabongo Forest next to Wariongo River and the two chimpanzee tracking sites at Kaniyo Pabidi and Busingiro.
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Physical AddressUganda Wildlife Authority Plot 7 Kira Road, Kamwokya P. O. Box 3530 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 414 355000, +256 312 355000 Fax: 256 414 346291 |
