Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda

Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda

Murchison Falls National Park Uganda

Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP) is a national park in Uganda, managed by the Ugandan Wildlife Authority. It lies in north‑western Uganda, stretching inland from the shores of Lake Albert along the Victoria Nile as far as Karuma Falls. Together with the neighbouring 748-square-kilometre Bugungu Wildlife Reserve and the 720-square-kilometre Karuma Wildlife Reserve, the park makes up the Murchison Falls Conservation Area (MFCA). The explorers John Speke and James Grant were the first Europeans to visit what is now the MFCA in 1862. It was explored in more detail by Samuel and Florence Baker in 1863–64. Baker named the falls Murchison Falls after the geologist Roderick Murchison, who was then president of the Royal Geographical Society. Between 1907 and 1912, people living in an area of about 13,000 square kilometres were evacuated because of sleeping sickness spread by tsetse flies. In 1910, the Bunyoro Game Reserve was established south of the River Nile, covering what is now the part of MFNP in the districts of Buliisa, Masindi and Kiryandongo. In 1928, the boundaries were extended north of the river into what is now Nwoya District. In 1952, the British administration passed the National Parks Act of Uganda, and the area described above was designated as Murchison Falls National Park.
Recommended airport
Pakuba Airport (PAF)
Nearby destinations
  • Lake Albert a 39.43 km