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North West · The Nile
Murchison Falls
The entire Nile forced through a seven-metre gap in the rock and thrown into the gorge below. Uganda's largest national park wraps around it.
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Why visit
- The most powerful waterfall on the Nile
- Uganda's largest protected area, at almost 4,000 km²
- One of Africa's most reliable shoebill sites, in the delta
Things to do
- Launch trip to the base of the falls
- Top of the Falls hike
- Northern-bank game drives — giraffe, lion, hartebeest
- Delta boat cruise for shoebill
Know before you go
- The Paraa ferry links the two banks and runs to a timetable
- Rothschild's giraffe here are among the largest populations left anywhere
- Big park, long distances — allow three days to do it properly
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