Fishing Sport

Did you know that Murchison falls national park is one of the best-visited national parks in Uganda? Vibrant Holiday Safaris brings you this park best known for its diversity of different wildlife species and habitats including the river line habitats, the open savannah grassland, and forested vegetation among others. Murchison falls national park is bisected by Africa’s longest river called River Nile having its source in Uganda.

 Because of the presence of the river Nile in Murchison falls national Park, the park offers wonderful opportunities for sport fishing to visitors who like fishing adventures. There are a lot of fish species in Uganda that you fish on the river Nile and Vibrant Holiday Safaris shall organize for you this wonderful adventure fishing trip to Murchison falls national park.

 Murchison falls national Park is found in the Northwestern part of Uganda and you will need approximately 5 hours to drive from Uganda’s capital Kampala to reach Murchison Falls National Park by road. There is also an option for you to fly to Murchison falls national park from Entebbe international airport and this may take for you approximately one to 2 hours to land at Pakuba Airstrip. I can say that the park is so accessible for you to engage in sport fishing in Murchison Falls National Park

For the visitors who are interested in taking the sport fishing adventure in Murchison Falls National Park, you need to know the best time when you can visit this wonderful park for this activity, and thus visitors need to know the time when they are supposed to engage in this wonderful safari such that they plan successfully their safari. Knowing the best time is the key factor when you can know best when to travel for this wonderful safari.

Sport fishing in Murchison falls national park takes place at River Nile. The longest river Nile starts from Jinja city in Uganda where it has its source and runs towards the Murchison falls national park. Murchison Falls National Park forms the delta which is a good habitat for a wide range of animal species and it is the place where you can spot the shoebill stork.

It is good for the visitors to enjoy and go sport fishing during the dry season. Soon we are seeing why we should not travel for sport fishing during the wet season.

It is not good to travel to Murchison falls for sport fishing during the wet season because the wet season may bring you some inconveniences while taking the sport fishing adventure safaris.  The wet season in most of Uganda’s safaris happens in March, April, and then October. During this period the Nile River tends to overflood and comes with floating islands and weeds and this makes the activity of sport fishing so difficult since most of the fish go into hiding however still you can enjoy still catching some fish. During the wet season, the floating weeds cut off some of the oxygen supply making the fish run to areas with enough oxygen supply

Now when can I go sport fishing in Murchison Falls?

Now that we have seen that the wet season is not the best time to do sport fishing in Murchison falls national park, we can affirm that the dry season is the best time for you to enjoy sport fishing in Murchison falls. This comes from the months of December to February and from June to October. This is ideal because the water levels are low and fishing expeditions can be Cleary done and it’s the time when the park receives, more visitors for fishing on River Nile.

Among the fish species that you will catch during this expedition is the Nile perch which is the largest fish caught within the largest fish and at times this fish can overweigh over 114 kilograms. Another one you can find here is the Sudanese catfish which has got the hugest head and this gives a wonderful and a perfect fishing expedition on the River Nile and all these will be able to be found

Do I need to carry anything when going sport fishing in Murchison Falls National Park?

Yes like any other safari, you will need to do some packing of different items that will help you in your safari and thus you will also need to come with some of the items when going for sport fishing in Murchison Falls Park. Some of the items that you will need to carry include hiking boots, Leatherman, sunscreen, cape or huts, energy bars, you need to carry out enough drinking water, insect repellants, carry out the camera, and other equipment among other activities and this is very interesting.

Therefore, you are free to come and book with Vibrant Holiday Safaris for the fishing adventures in Murchison Falls National Park.