Twiga Safari Lodge is set within the Southern Bank of the world's longest river, the Nile, on the edge of Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest and oldest national park, where the River Nile meets the Big Four animals of the Big Five, which include lions, elephants, buffaloes, and giraffes. Twiga Safari Lodge offers comfortable and affordable accommodation in a relaxing and serene environment amidst Uganda’s top wildlife paradise. Click here to see mountain gorilla trekking safaris 

 Twiga Safari Lodge is a mid-range type of accommodation with a total of 8 exclusive cottages perched on the river Nile bank in Mubaako Paraa, just opposite Murchison falls National Park. Twiga Safari Lodge is situated in the heart of all the activities carried out at Murchison Falls National Park, which is a 5-minute drive from the Paraa ferry crossing point. Click here to view our recommended mountain gorilla trekking tour

Twiga safari lodge guests can enjoy a boat ride on the Nile delta and/or a hike to the famous Murchison Falls bottom or the top of the falls, bird watching, sport fishing, endless game drives, and chimpanzee tracking at Budongo Forest.

 Twiga safari lodge operates a restaurant that serves both continental meals and local dishes, they also have a well-stocked bar with wines, spirits, beers, and cocktails, the lodge offers excellent services and breathtaking views of the River Nile and Murchison falls national park at large.

Game drive at Murchison Falls National Park

Game drive is the major safari activity at Murchison Falls National Park. Tourists can discover this park with the help of a professional tour driver guide in a 4WD pop-up safari vehicle. Tourists can choose between a morning game drive, an evening game drive, or a night game drive. Murchison Falls game drives take about 4-5 hours, where you will be taken to different game drive tracks such as Buligi track and Albert track with animals such as giraffes, elephants, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, warthogs, buffaloes, lions, hyenas, leopards, and jackals, among others. 

Boat cruise in Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park offers two boat cruises, all heading to Victoria. The boat cruise starts from Paara jetty and takes about 4-5 hours. Boat cruises take travelers to view animals such as buffaloes, hippos, giraffes, waterbucks, bushbucks, and bird species such as red-throated bee-eaters, billed storks, African jacanas, goliath herons, and Malachite kingfishers.

Bird watching at Murchison Falls National Park

Bird watching at Murchison Falls National Park takes tourists to see over 451 bird species, including those that can only be seen in the Albertine Rift, water birds, and Savannah birds. Murchison Falls National Park bird species include the shoebill stork, yellow-billed stork, yellow-fronted tinker bird barbet, and giant king fisher.

Murchison Falls National Park can be visited at any time of the year, although the best time is during the dry season of June to September and from December to February. During the dry months, Murchison Falls National Park game drive trails are dry, which makes viewing wildlife species easier since animals gather around water points.