Hiking in Murchison Falls National Park

The hiking safaris in Murchison Falls National Park involve nature walks that give visitors the opportunity to explore the African wildness on foot. During hiking or nature walk safaris, you will be able to walk on foot, guarded by the armed rangers and guided by the guide, and this offers visitors the chance to get up close and personal with nature, appreciating nature and its scenery and the beautiful animals in the park, especially the birds. With your guide, you will learn a lot about any creature that you come across and how to conserve them and how they have existed.

The hiking safaris in Murchison Falls National Park have been established and the gazetted track where the visitors will pass through. The visitors will move around the Kaniyo pabidi, the Albert delta, and then the Rabongo forest sections. All these areas are part and partial of the great Murchison Falls Conservation Area. These safaris are not hard, and the visitors will just need to move slowly. They will follow the pace of the guide as they explore nature on their tour adventure.

Hiking and nature walks in Murchison Falls National Park provide visitors with not only a world of natural experience but also individual or personal benefits, such as starching the body and making the muscles upright, thus making you physically fit, which is very interesting.

Some of the experiences that the birders do experience during the birding trips can also be experienced during the hiking safaris. With the hiking safaris, you will hike to the top of the Murchison Falls National Park as you see and enjoy the interesting facts about the formation of the Murchison Falls National Park.

The hiking and the nature walk safaris in Murchison Falls National Park will lead you to spot various species of primates, especially within the Kaniyo Pabidi forest, where you will find a lot of primates, including monkeys and chimpanzees. From the Paraa dock to the top of the falls, you will walk for about forty-five minutes to the top of the fall, and this is a wonderful hiking experience for you to enjoy nature.

The less strenuous hiking and the nature walks start from the Sambiya River Lodge, and the visitors will start the walk slowly as they go and start hiking slowly as well as along the Mubako junction on the southern side of the river Nile. The hiking safari will walk alongside the riverbank, especially on the northern side of the river, and these walks take about two hours and are regarded as short safaris that can be done even by elderly visitors coming to Murchison Falls National Park.

Visitors participating in nature walks and hikes begin at Bakers Point, which is where Sir Samuel Baker stood and appreciated the stunning beauty of the Murchison Falls National Park and where he was based to name this park Murchison Falls.

Most hikers’ ultimate goal is to reach the falls’ tip, and the spot on the top of the falls is the very beautiful and spectacular sighting of several species of birds, including weavers and pied kingfishers, among others. The tour guide will help you understand all the queries or questions that you will need to know the answers to. Don’t feel shy, but ask about anything that you are interested in seeing. This is very wonderful and interesting.

Still, the hiking and the nature-guided walks are carried out in the Rabongo forest, which is located in the southern section of the Murchison Falls Conservation Area. This is far away from the Paraa dock, and you will need to drive for about 2 hours from Paraa to Rabongo Forest to commence the nature walk or forest walks. The forest is covered with green vegetation comprised of rushing savannah grassland.

The forest is found in remote areas and it attracts a lot of predators, especially lions and other primates, including chimpanzees, monkeys, and other wildlife animals, including warthogs and elephants, among other species. Savannah birds are also common in the Rabongo forest and you will explore them during your nature and hiking safaris.

Murchison Falls National Park is also a wonderful location for a nature walk safari in Murchison Falls National Park. This forest is close to the Kichumbanyobo main gate within the Murchison Falls National Park, and our hiking and nature walk safaris will take you to see a variety of primates such as olive baboons, chimps, blue monkeys, red-tailed colobus monkeys, white monkeys, hornbills, and more.

Hiking and nature walks in the Murchison Falls National Park can be done all day and in all seasons, but the dry season is ideal for these safaris. Since you will be moving on food, you will need to have dry clothes because the rain will interfere with your experience of hiking. Come and explore the wildness of Murchison Falls National Park on foot for a better wildlife safari experience.