Murchison falls Uganda

The best all rounder in Uganda, with animals in plentiful supply and the raging Murchison falls a sight to behold.
During the 1960s, Uganda's biggest national park (3893 sq km 5081 sq km with the adjoining Bugungu and Karuma reserves) was one of the Africa's best and as many as 12 launches filled with eager tourist would buzz up the river to the falls each day. The park also used contain some of the largest concentration of wildlife in Africa, including  as many as 15000 elephants. Unfortunately, poachers and troops wiped out practically all wildlife, except the more numerous ( or less sought after)herd spicies. There are now no rhinos and only a few prides of lions, but other wildlife is recovering fast and you can find good numbers of elephants, girraffes, Uganda kobs, waterbuck, buffoloes, hippos n crocodile these days. Sitatungas, leopord and spotted hyenas might also be seen and there are rumours that cheetah have returned. Bird life consist of some 460 species, including quite a few shoebill storks.

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Uganda

The big five back. In 2005, Rhino fund Uganda opened this private 70 sq Km. 170km northwest of Kampala, 23 after poachers shot the nation's last wild rhino. Half dozen southern white rhinos ( the northern white rhino oce found in Uganda is so close to extinction there's little hope of its survival). We saw some terrible pictures how people actually killed those rhinos and just took they horn sell them to china and middle east apparently good for health which is not true.

Eventually these magnifecent beast may also be reintroduced to murchison falls and Kidepo Valley National park. A guide will lead you on an up close encounter, either in your vehicle u need 4wd drive if it is rain. Once you reach the rhinos you finish your visit on foot. Reservation are rarely needed, but a good idea. Other animals living inside the two metre tall electric fence include leopord,hippo,crocodile,bushback and oribi. It is worth to visit n give support to the community here.

Bujagali falls, Uganda

Right back to the track again, after from Jinja we decide to go to Bujagali since only 10km away from Jinja and apparently people recommeded to us it is nice place to stop over and do nothing at all.

To get here, head northwest out of town and go straight a head at the Kampala roundbout, Follow this sometime smooth, sometime bumpty road and turn left at the large signpost pointing to the falls. If u decide to take minibus to Budondo pass this junction cost around SH500, 30 minutes but can take a while to fill up again not is africa.

Bujagali falls not an actual waterfall, but rather a wide spread series of large rapids and it is one of Uganda's outstanding natural beauty spot ( admission charge between 9am till 7pm). A thriving backpacker community has grown up near the falls and many travellers end up chilling ther for a few days after their rafting trip (we did this rafting which we were organized from jinja through backpacker hostel it was fantastic experience and wonderful scenery along the way just......absoulutely breathtaking If i have ten tumb I will put up all of them it was worth it)

This is the fun part, when we went to Bujagali fall during the next day a few local men, calling themselves the Bujagali Swimmers, have create a cottage industry by throwing themselve into the falls with one arm wrapped tight around a jerry can and the other paddling them through the safe router and all of a Ush 5000 fee. They make it look easy, but every once in a while a swimmer loses his grip and goes missing.

The controversial and long delayed Bujagali Dam is finally under construction, and sure to affect the falls, though exactly how much of the roar will end up under water is still unclear. Also likely to change things, a posh resort has been discussed for this site for many years. Regardless of these development, most of the facilities are clustered atop the hile and Nile views will still be beautiful no matter what happens down below.