Murchison Falls National Park is the country's largest protected area covering 3,840 sq km that protects a vast savannah land bisected by the mighty river Nile. It is one of the two oldest national parks that were gazeted in 1952 and it is home to a variety of mammals like the Graceful Rothschild Giraffe, Lelwel's Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Bohor Reedbuck, Oribi among others

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Murchison Falls National Park is also home to primates like Chimpanzee, Patas Monkey, Black and white Colobus Monkey to mention but a few. Murchison Falls National Park is home to 450 bird species among them the pre-historic looking Shoebill, Heuglin's Francolin, Abbyssinian Ground Hornbill, White-fronted Black Chat, Silverbird, Beautiful Sunbird, Speckle-fronted Weaver, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Bar-breasted Firefinch and White-rumped Seedeater among others.

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Murchison Falls National Park is about 310 km from Kampala the capital city and you can access it via Masindi-Kicumbanyobo gate which is the short route or Masindi-Biiso-escarpment overlooking Lake Albert-Bugungu gate which is long but scenic

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