Night game in Murchison Falls national park; Murchison falls national park is one of the most visited national park located in the northern part of the country. Murchison Falls is also one of the savannah national parks in Uganda that offers the adventurous night game drive where travelers will be able to explore the savannah plains at night with companied experienced ranger guide and a good spot light torches for clear view of the nocturnal animals. Night game drive in uganda is not done in Murchison Falls national park only but also done in other savannah parks like Queen Elizabeth national park the second biggest after Murchison falls in north and lake Mburo national park the smallest savannah park uganda.
A night game drive in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda is an opportunity to see nocturnal animals in the park’s open savannah grasslands with Mirama hills Safaris as a Company we welcomes you to uganda for such an forgettable adventure.
Murchison Falls national park covers a distance of 3840 square kilometers which makes it the biggest national park in the country and it’s a home to over 76 different mammal species which includes the big four animals that is the elephants, lions, Buffaloes and leopards, the other animals in Murchison falls includes the water buck, oribi, warthogs, Rothschild giraffes, Jackson hartebeest, Uganda kobs the Uganda’s national animals representing the abundance of wildlife in the country, hippos, primates like the olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, patus monkeys, chimpanzees at the edge of the park at Budongo forest, red tailed monkey, and birds species like Ground Abyssinian hornbill, Northern Bishops, Fish Eagles, Vultures, weavers, Saddle stork even rear shoebill stork at delta site, the national bird of the country the Grey Crown crane among others.
On a night game drive in Murchison Falls national park is mostly done in the northern part of the park and it starts at around 6:30pm or 7:00pm but in 3 to 4 hours in 4WD vehicles. During the drive at night, you will be able to drive in the open savannah with armed ranger with spotlights torches for clear view of nocturnal animals like the civet, porcupines, genets, lions, bush babies, hyenas, nightjar, leopards and other animals like hippos when they are feeding, elephants, buffaloes, antelopes species, on a good luck you will be able to see the biggest snake in Africa the python when its going for hunting and so many others at night game drive.
A night game drive in Murchison Falls national park is costs $30 per person for non residents, $20 per person for foreign residents & 50,000UGX per person for East African citizens when using a private vehicle. Only pre-registered vehicles are allowed to undertake the night game drive and use of Uganda Wildlife Authority guide is a mandatory.
The best time to do a night game drive in Murchison Falls national park it can be done at anytime throughout the year though the best time is dry season in the months from June to September and from December to February, during this period, the rainfall is less in the national park and most of the country is dry apart from forested area and mountainous places, therefore vegetation will be short which allows you the clear views of the nocturnal animals. During the dry season, game drive tracks will be dry and passable which makes easier for the safari vehicles to navigate through compared to rainy season when the game tracks are slippery and muddy.
Where to stay in Murchison Falls if you would like to go for night game drive, it’s a mandatory that each and everyone who is going for night game drive in whatever park you must be sleeping inside the park like in Murchison you will be sleeping in either papa safari lodge or Pakuba safari lodge which of all these lodges are inside the park, since the park closed at around 7:00pm and opens at 7:00am morning therefore you plan to stay inside the one of the those lodges in the park.
Night game drive is an adventurous activity that can be combined with other activities in Murchison Falls national park during a safari in Uganda, with Mirama hills safaris do not hesitate to contact us on our website for the memorable trip in the pearl of Africa Uganda.
