5 Days Kidepo National Park Galore

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda and after all the formalities, you shall be welcomed by our safari guide, you will drive to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary the home of the only wild Rhinos in Uganda which is located in Nakasongola District and also conveniently located north of Kampala on the Gulu highway towards Murchison Falls. The Rhino re-introduction project is a project of Rhino Fund Uganda and Uganda Wildlife Authority. The sanctuary has become increasingly popular with tourists and is the only place where you will be able to see rhinos in the wild.

Today after an early morning breakfast, you will have a walking safari to the white Rhinos and then drive to Kidepo National Park. Kidepo Valley National Park is a 1,442 square kilometers national park in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda and lies in the rugged, semi-arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with Sudan and Kenya, some 700km from Kampala.

The park consists of the two major valley systems of the Kidepo and Narus Rivers. Most of the park is open tree savannah. Because of differences in rainfall in the Kidepo basin, vegetation and animal populations vary between the two valleys. Gazetted as a national park in 1962, it has a profusion of big game and hosts over 77 mammal species as well as around 475 bird species.

It is said to be Uganda’s most isolated national park, but the few who make the long journey north through Karamoja would agree that it is also the most magnificent, for Kidepo ranks among Africa’s finest wildernesses. Arrive later at your lodge for an overnight.

After your breakfast, you will drive through the Narus Valley and have a nature walk in the park. With the help of the guide, you will be able to spot some lions, elephants, leopard, bush duiker, jackal, bushbuck, bush pig, ostrich, buffalo and much more.

After lunch you will have a game drive in the park. Kidepo National Park is a savannah landscape that extends in all directions. It is home to various wild animals such as herds of buffalo, warthog, duiker, Jackson’s Hartebeest, lion, leopard, cheetah and hundreds of bird species, other animals that may be seen roaming around include: Jackal Roan, Antelope, Waterbuck, Eland, Oribi, Klipspringer and Lions. The park also boasts of being the highest concentration of birds endemic to Uganda like: Ostrich, Kori bustard, vultures, pygmy falcon, hornbills, eagles and more. After your game drive you will return to your lodge and rest.

Today will embark on another morning game drive through the Narus Valley; this is the best opportunity for you see some animals that you did not see on previous game drives such as the lions, leopard and the elusive cheetah. After lunch, you will visit the Karimojong community that lives in the north-east part of Uganda and are sharing the same roots as the Masaai of Kenya.

They make their living as cattle herders and mostly still live in a traditional way. The traditional clothing is a blanket like cloth in patterns of black and red and the women make and wear beautiful beadwork, the Karamojong stay in small houses called Manyatas. You will have a great cultural performance and interaction with the great cattle keepers. At the end of the tour you will be able to understand why their pride makes them slow to adapt to globalization.

After an early morning breakfast, you will choose to fly or drive to Entebbe Airport for your departure flight back Home, concluding your memorable tour in Uganda.