Uganda · East Africa
Murchison Falls and the north.
Murchison is where the Nile is forced through a gorge seven metres wide and falls into the Albert Nile below.
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The boat trip to the base of the falls is the set piece, and the northern bank holds good general game — giraffe, elephant, lion and the country's best chance of shoebill in the Albert delta.
It is a long drive from Kampala and is often flown instead, which is what makes it feasible on a shorter trip.
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Elsewhere in Uganda
- Bwindi Impenetrable ForestBwindi holds around half the world's mountain gorillas and is where most Ugandan itineraries are built to reach.
- Kibale and the crater lakesKibale has the densest chimpanzee population in Africa, and the crater-lake country around it is some of the prettiest in Uganda.
- Queen Elizabeth and IshashaQueen Elizabeth is Uganda's most visited savannah park, and the Ishasha sector in its south is known for lions that rest in fig trees.
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