6 Days Wildlife Safari in Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe

You arrive at Entebbe International Airport (EBB), located on a peninsula that juts out into Lake Victoria, where the guide will welcome you and transfer you to Imperial Resort Beach Hotel. Breakfast for the following day is included.

Day 2: Transfer to Gulu

You will be picked up by a guide from your accommodation and then commence your transfer to Gulu for an overnight stay and dinner (not inclusive in the cost) with lunch en-route. Your accommodation will be at Churchill Courts with included breakfast.

Day 3: Gulu to Kidepo Valley National Park

After breakfast, you will head to Kidepo Valley National Park via Kitgum. On arrival, you will check into your lodge. After checking into your lodge, you will have lunch and rest. At about 5:00 pm, you will head out on an evening game drive along the Narus River Valley. The valley is a rolling grassland plain enclosed by distant mountains.

The valley has permanent water and for much of the year, the park’s wildlife comes here. During this drive, you will view elephants, herds of buffaloes, jackals, and Jackson's hartebeest, Klipspringer, and lions plus many other mammals. You will stay overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge. Lunch, dinner, and breakfast will be provided for this day.

Day 4: Kidepo Valley National Park

You will wake up to nature’s sounds and given the remoteness of the park, count on hearing the sounds of an authentic African morning. You will take a sunrise game-drive in and around Apopka Valley.

You will then return to the lodge for breakfast after which you will embark on a morning game adventure that will take you to the Kanangorok hot spring. Here, the so-called Big Five can be seen wandering around including the ostrich.

The semi-arid section of the park is home to hot springs and the majestic ostriches. This section also commands amazing scenery with savannah grassland and mountains from across the South Sudan border in the distance. Return to your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you can opt for a walk with an armed guide around the park.

You will stay overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge. Lunch, dinner, and breakfast will be provided for this day.

Day 5: Lorokul Cultural Group

After breakfast, with your packed lunch, you will visit the Lorokul Cultural Group and explore the fascinating, ancient culture of the Karamojong. You will also visit the traditional homesteads (Manyata) of the Karamojong to sample local dishes and hear stories of this remote tribe that has just started accepting traits of modernism.

After interacting with the locals and learning a few things about this cattle-keeper people, you will drive to Gulu for dinner (not inclusive in cost) and overnight. You will stay overnight at Churchill Courts with included breakfast for the following day.

Day 6: Gulu to Kampala via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

After breakfast, you will drive to Kampala or Entebbe via Nakasongola with a lunch stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Lunch will be en-route.

For this safari, you will visit Lorokul Cultural Group and explore the fascinating, ancient culture of the Karamojong. You will also visit the traditional homesteads (Manyata) of the Karamojong to sample local dishes and hear stories of this remote tribe that has just started accepting traits of modernism.

This safari will take place at Kidepo Valley National Park. It is located in the northeastern corner of Uganda. Covering an area of 1,442 square kilometers, Kidepo is a true wilderness given its vast savannah plains and rugged mountain landscape home to all the Big Game as you have come to know them. Kidepo Valley National Park is by far the most spectacular of Uganda’s parks yet the least visited.

After being declared a wildlife reserve area in 1958 by the British colonialists, the local tribe of the Ik that called the valley home were chased from the fertile valley which gives the park its name.

Today, Kidepo offers a range of animal species which is endemic to the area and is not found elsewhere in Uganda’s diverse game parks. About 500 bird species and 86 mammal species offer truth to the fact that Kidepo is a must-see destination in East Africa and worth your time.

Elephants, cheetahs, African buffalo, greater Kudus, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Oribi, Bonhor Reedbucks, Waterbucks, Kongoni, Elands are some of the animals found in Kidepo Valley National Park. It has got plenty of carnivores such as leopards, lions, spotted hyena, black-backed and side-striped jackals.

Because of its remote location and low numbers of visitors, Kidepo valley is mostly untouched and offers an exclusive look at Africa’s most precious savannah and forest animals.

This trip will serve you daily meals as specified in the itinerary. You will also be provided with bottled drinking water.

• 2 game drives in Kidepo Valley National Park
• Visit Lorokul Cultural Group
• All park entrance fees
• Services of an English speaking driver guide
• All ground transportation in a 4x4 minivan
• 5 nights accommodation
• Daily meals as specified in the itinerary
• Bottled drinking water in car
• Airport pick-up and transfers

• Bar bills
• Phone calls
• Personal insurance
• Laundry
• Services of personal nature
• Driver’s and guide’s tips
• Air fares
• Visa

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 75% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.