How to get to Murchison Falls National Park, Transport, bus and Car Hire Uganda

HOW TO GET THERE:
Some of you may be wondering how to get to the park. But by means of road, it will take you around 5hours from Kampala with about 305 km.Paara covers a distance of about 85km from Masindi town by the shortest route.

A direct or longer route will cover an area of about 135km.Alternatively one may decide to take on the Budongo forest route that will provide magnificent views overlooking Lake Albert from the direct position of the rift valley escarpment over Butiaba.

getting to murchison

You can also access Paara from the north through Chobe Gate, Karuma Falls along with Tangi.The Gate that is close to Pakwach covers an area of about 25km2 to paara in addition to Wankwar Gate close to Purongo. Click here for Uganda safaris.

 

Travelling By Road

People with Vehicles or public means will definitely go through the Nile at paara. You can opt to hire a car rental company such as Self Drive Uganda to take you to Murchison Falls as well as other tourist sites in Uganda. It has a fixed time from 07.00 and 19.00.Besides road, Murchison can be accessed by air.Pakuba is the landing site for the charter flights and this takes about 19kms from paraa and Bugungu covers an area of 13kms from Paraa.