Destinations: Murchison Falls Park

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The 3,840km2 Murchison Falls National Park is one of Uganda’s oldest protected areas. Originally gazetted as the Bunyoro and Gulu Wildlife Reserve in 1926, it was upgraded to form one of Uganda’s first national parks in 1952. The 5072km2 expanse of Murchison Falls National park and the contagious Karuma and Bugungu Wildlife reserves are managed collectively as the Murchison Falls conservation area.

At Murchison Falls, the Nile explodes through an 6m wide gorge and plunges 40m into the ‘Devil’s Caldron’. The boat trip along the Nile to Murchison Falls is one East Africa’s top wildlife spectacles. The northern section of the park contains Savannah and borassus palms, acacia trees and riverine woodland.

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