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Murchison Falls National Park offers a rich diversity of habitats for the visitor to explore, including the Victoria Nile and the surrounding papyrus swamps, magnificent forests and riverine woodlands, as well as the familiar open grasslands dotted with Borassus palm. The Falls themselves are spectacular, with the mighty Nile bursting through a 20 feet wide gap and plummeting nearly 130 feet over the sheer rock face. A visit to the top of the falls brings you within inches of the crashing waters and you feel the ancient rocks vibrate under your feet.
The park is a bird watchers’ paradise, boasting over 374 species, including amongst many others the shoebill stork. There is an abundance of animal life to be seen - buffalo, elephants, Jackson’s hartebeest, oribis, Uganda kobs, lions, leopards, hyena, reedbucks and bush bucks. On the Nile at the foot of the Falls, hippos and crocodiles snooze in the shallows and bask on the banks.
There are also several species of primate to be seen on game drives and boat cruises as well as on walks in the Budongo and Rabongo forests. The vast Budongo forest boasts of being the best site in Uganda for a number of sought-after birds such as Nahans francolin, Cassin’s spinetail, Ituri Batis and Chestnut-capped Flycatcher. The forest is also home to Uganda’s largest population of chimpanzees.
