Another one of the postcards posted last year by me to my dad, while I was travelling through Uganda. Murchinson Falls is number 3 on the list of top 10 scenic places of Uganda.
I bought this postcard from a shopping mall in Kampala along with many others.
Murchinson Falls National Park is about 300 kms NW of
Kampala.
Murchison Falls National Park is
Uganda's largest national park. It measures approximately 3,840 square kilometres (1,480 sq mi). Together with the adjacent
Bugungu Wildlife Reserve and the
Karuma Wildlife Reserve, the park is part of the 5,308 square kilometres (2,049 sq mi)
Murchison Falls Conservation Area (MFCA).
In
Murchison there are four of the
"Big Five".
Cape buffalo, elephants, lions, leopard are best to be seen in the northern part (above the Nile). Due to excessive hunting and poaching,
rhinos became extinct by 1983, but were re-introduced into Uganda in 2005 by
Rhino Fund Uganda.
White rhinoceros are now being bred again in the 7,000 hectares (27 sq mi)
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, which is located 70 kilometres (43 mi), south of the park. Their mission is to reintroduce small herds of rhinos (around five at a time), whilst retaining a nucleus breeding herd in the sanctuary. MFCA and adjacent Bugondo Forest reserve contain 76 Species of mammals as well as Uganda's largest population of
Nile crocodile.
You can see the official website of the park
here.
The stamp used was issued in honour of Ugandan athlete
Stephen Kiprotich, who won a
Gold Medal at
Men's Marathon in
London 2012 Olympic Games.
On 8 July 2011 the Voortrekker Monument, designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk, was declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Heritage Resource Agency.
The sender sent the postcard with 5 beautiful stamps. These stamps were issued as a 16-stamp set on 27 October 2010 under the topic of "Crafts".
