5 Days Kidepo Valley National Park Safari

Overview

Kidepo Valley National Park is one of Africa’s most magnificent wildernesses, big game favorites; elephants, giraffes, zebras, elands, lions, hyenas, and perhaps Africa’s largest single herd of buffalo along with species that are rare or absent from other Ugandan protected areas such as; bat-eared fox, cheetahs, stripped hyena and ostriches. Its isolation means that Kidepo is little visited and visitors can expect to enjoy a high degree of solitude.

Trip Highlights:

Day 1. Transfer to Kidepo
Day 2. Community walk
Day 3. Game drive
Day 4. Cultural Visit
Day 5. Return

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1: Transfer to Kidepo National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you set off for Mbale in Eastern Uganda. Have a stopover in Mbale town for an early lunch and then proceed to Kidepo National Park along with the stunning landscapes of Nakapiripirit, Moroto, Kotido that come with spectacular views of Mount Moroto prior reaching Kabong and Kidepo. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 2: Full Day Game Drive.

After an early morning breakfast, we will take a thrilling game drive in the savannah plains of Kidepo which supports countless numbers of wildlife which include; cheetahs, spotted hyenas, buffalos, elands, striped jackals, elephants not forgetting the lion. Return to the lodge for lunch. After relaxation we will go for another game drive to the Narus valley to find more wild game that the park harbors. You will have a great opportunity for photographs as we return to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 3: Nature walk and Hot springs Visit.

After breakfast you will be able to have a visit to the waruitt kanangorok hot springs, the Kanangorok hot springs, that flow between rocks, over-look expansive grassy plains dotted with big rocky outcrops and flanked by steep-jagged mountains with the summit ridges of Napore range, Taan and Natera hills, part of Nyangea, Morongole and Zuulia forest reserves. In the afternoon, visit to the IK people, Hike to the Lomej Mountains, take leisurely walks through the Narus Valley, meet members of the endangered IK tribe and wander the splendid Kidepo River Valley between banks of borassus palm forest for a guest-host interaction. Their pride is their cattle and in the past cattle raids were the rule of the day. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 4: Cultural Visit

The Karamojong people are some of the immediate neighbors of the Kidepo Valley National Park the Karamojong are traditional nomadic people. Their main livelihood is herding livestock, and the social and cultural importance will be explained as you walk with the guides to the traditional Karamojong manyattas (homesteads) and you will experience Cultural performances from the Karamojong people. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 5: Kidepo – Kampala

After an early morning breakfast, you will depart for Kampala Via Abim, Katakwi, have a stopover in Soroti for lunch and later proceed to Jinja. Dinner and overnight in Jinja. If it’s still early we proceed to Kampala and you will be dropped off at your place of accommodation.

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