Safari overview
Our 3 Day Murchison falls hot air balloon safari is designed for those travelers who want to explore the Park in the bird eye with limited number of days. Murchison Falls National Park is one of the best National Parks where one can have an opportunity to see lions, leopards, giraffes, elephants, hippos, crocodile, and antelopes among other. With the introduction of Hot air balloon safaris in this region, tourists have gotten a chance to have an aerial view of wildlife and scenic beautiful places in the Park. Join our 3 day Murchison falls hot air balloon for awesome experience.
Day 1: of your 3 Days Murchison Falls hot air balloon safari.
Being your day with morning breakfast and then your driver guide brief you about your 3 Day Murchison Falls hot air balloon safari. 3 Days safari to Murchison falls and you will start your 6 hours journey to Murchison Falls National park. You will go through the Luweero, and later have a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino tracking; here you will find both black and white rhinos. After tracking have another stop in Masindi where you will have lunch, after lunch proceed to the park, here along the way you will see various animals such as warthogs, baboons among others as you drive direct to the lodge for relaxation dinner and an overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge/Chobe Safari Lodge/Pakuba Lodge/Fort Murchison.
Day 2 of your 3 days Murchison Falls hot air balloon safari and Boat cruise to the base of the falls
You will be picked up to start your Hot Air Balloon safari on the Paraa side of Murchison Falls National Park. If you are staying on the southern bank of River Nile, It’s at Paraa Lodge that all will assemble to start your journey to the starting point of your balloon. You, the pilots and the whole crew will be transported to the starting point of your hot air balloon safari. As the Balloon is being assembled, you will be offered a cup of tea or coffee. Once this is done, the pilot will give you a short briefing, get on board and start your hot air balloon safari. Imagine experience of observing all these animals the beautiful rivers, trees and the sun setting some meters above. This whole experience may take to one hour exploring Murchison Falls National Park. After landing, you will be given certificates and those that would have paid a full hot air balloon package be treated to a full bush breakfast. Transfer to your Lodge for relaxation, lunch and an afternoon boat cruise to the base of the falls. You will set of from Paraa jetty up stream to the base of the falls where water squeezes itself through a small gorge exploding to create what has been called the strongest waterfall on planet earth. The journey to and from the base of the falls will provide an opportunity to see many water and land animals that include buffaloes, crocodiles, hippos, several water birds, elephants among others. There you leave the boat and start your – quite heavy – hike to the Top of the fall which is 1 hour. See where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to the lodge. Retire to your Lodge of Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge/Chobe Safari Lodge/Pakuba Lodge/Fort Murchison.
Day 3 of your 3 Day Murchison Falls hot air balloon Safari
Enjoy your breakfast; thereafter you will drive back to Kampala/Entebbe with en-route lunch and arriving Kampala/Entebbe in the afternoon.
End of safari
Package inclusions
Airport transfers
Transport in a 4×4 Vehicle
Services of an English speaking local driver guide
Fuel for this round trip
Park entry fees
One Hot air balloon safari
Boat cruise to the base of the falls
Visit to the top of the falls
Drinking water in the vehicle
The package excludes.
The package excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, personal shopping bills and ciggs.