Murchison Falls National Park lies at the northern end of the Albertine Rift where the bounding escarpments fade into the anonymous expanse of northern Uganda. The park protects a chunk of untamed wildlife in its 3840 sq. Km and is bisected by the Victoria Nile as it flows west from Karuma Falls, crashing in a thundering roar as it squeezes through a six meter canyon at the Murchison falls on its way to the Albert Nile.