Murchison Falls National Park Birding Tour

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Murchison Falls National Park, is Uganda’s largest park and arguably the best!

Seeing the famous roaring waterfalls of Murchison Falls is just the tip of the iceberg of this incredible park – a birding tour to Murchison Falls National Park is a must!

Murchison Falls National Park very existence is determined by the famous waterfall – the rushing waters of the River Nile are forced through a narrow 7m gorge and and has been fascinating the explorers for centuries. Murchison Falls National Park holds all of four of Africa’s Big Five – Lion, Leopard, Buffalo & Elephant. The park is also well endowed in birds too, holding a whopping 460 bird species! With some of the highlights including the Red-throated Bee-eater, Eurasian Curlew, Black-billed Barbet, White-headed Barbet, Denham’s Bustard, Black-billed Barbet, Southern and Northern Carmine Bee-Eater, Rüppell’s Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Silverbird, Black-billed Wood Dove. This park truly has it all and is a must for anyone planning to visit the ‘Pearl of Africa’.

Join us on an unforgettable Sustainable Birding Tour at Murchison Falls National Park!

Key Bird Species

Popular Species seeon this Murchison Falls National Park Birding Tour: Red-throated Bee-eater, Palm-nut Vulture, Abyssinian Ground-hornbill, Giant Kingfisher, Black-headed Gonolek

Red-throated Bee-eater, Eurasian Curlew, Black-billed Barbet, White-headed Barbet, Denham’s Bustard, Black-billed Barbet, Southern & Northern Carmine Bee-Eater, Rüppell’s Vulture, Lapet-faced Vulture, Silverbird, Black-billed Wood Dove, Abyssinian Ground-hornbill, African jacana, African Quailfinch, Black-billed Barbet, Black-headed Gonolek, Black-headed Lapwing, Blue-headed Coucal, Denham’s Bustard, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Giant Kingfisher, Goliath Heron, Malachite Kingfisher, Palm-nut Vulture, Piapiac, Shoebill, Speckle-fronted Weaver, Squacco Heron, Swamp Flycatcher, White-browed Sparrow-weaver.

The beautiful coloured Red-throated Bee-eater seen on our Uganda Birding Tours
What to expect on this Uganda Birding Tour
The striking Northern Carmine Bee-eater is a great sighting on our Uganda Birding Tours

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