4-Day Kidepo Wildlife Safari

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$750.00

This four day trip takes to Kidepo one of Uganda’s most spectacular parks and it is located in Uganda’s remote north –eastern corner.

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All about the 4-Day Kidepo Wildlife Safari.

This four day trip takes to Kidepo one of Uganda’s most spectacular parks and it is located in Uganda’s remote north –eastern corner. It is 1,442 square kilometers and harbors scenery unsurpassed in any other park in East Africa. It receives 890mm of rain fall of the southern part while 635 is received in the north. Tucked into the corner of Uganda’s border with Sudan and Kenya, the park offers breathtaking Savannah landscapes, you be able to see many lions plus the rare ostrich.

Note

  • A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.

Included

  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinking water (On all days)

Excluded

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.

What is not included in this tour?Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.

  1. Day 1 Pickup from Kampala and travel to Kidepo Valley National Park

    Your driver/guide will pick you from Kampala at 6.00am, You will start the drive to Kidepo Valley National Park with lunch en route at Gulu town Continue to drive past Kitgum town and be driven through Karamoja land up to Kdepo Valley National park. The park offers breathtaking Savannah landscapes, which end in rugged horizon. A huge latitudinal range and correspondingly wide climatic conditions have evolved an extremely diverse flora. Unique birds are found here like the Ostrich, kori bustard and secretary with 463 bird species. Kidepo have species not found anywhere in Uganda like the bat –eared fox, striped hyena, aardwolf, caracal and cheetah. In this park can meet prides of lions, herds of elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, eland, zebra and many more. Thus, the tour activities at the park begin the next day, dinner and overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge.

    Main Destination:
    Kidepo Valley National Park

    Accommodation:
    Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Camping)

    Budget lodge bordering Kidepo Valley NP without fences

    Meals & Drinks:

    Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
    Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

     

  2. DAY 2 Two game drives

    Morning after breakfast do a game drive. You will most likely be able to view those animals that are unique to the African Savannah like giraffes, antelopes, lions, elephants, hyenas, buffaloes and the Uganda Kobs. The splendid Kidepo river valley dominated by borassus palm forest, startling savannah landscape and the stunning view of the Narus valley situated in the southwest of the park. To the north of Sudan at the Lotukei Mountains and the Morongole range which marks the southern boundary of the park and ending the trail at the Kanangorok hot spring with a view of a number of faunas that can be seen wandering around like the tall Ostrich. After will be driven back to Park bandas for lunch and resting
    After lunch will take on another game drive in the evening exploring different wildlife in the area. Seeing herds of buffaloes, elephants and a variety of birds like ostrich herons, OR or visit the Kanangorok Hot Springs. Return to Kidepo Savannah Lodge for dinner and overnight.

    Main Destination:
    Kidepo Valley National Park

    Accommodation:
    Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Camping)

    Budget lodge bordering Kidepo Valley NP without fences

    Meals & Drinks:

    All meals included
    Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

     

  3. Day3 Another game drive in a different area

    Morning and evening game drive in the park exploring different wildlife in the area. The game drive will give you a chance for bird watching having a chance to see some of the rear bird and animal species like the cheetah and hunting dog, bat fox and stripped hyena, gazelles, zebras, Rothschild’s giraffes, antelope species include roan antelope, bush buck, bohor reed buck Jackson’s hartebeest, Buffaloes, Elands, Bushbucks, Waterbucks, Elephants and the jackal, later return to the lodge for lunch. In the evening you will go for the Cultural tour in the Karamajong community and this will enable you spend some time with the locals where you will get to know more about their culture and ways of life and beliefs. From here you will understand by the end of the tour why their pride makes them slow to adapt to the dynamic world and their love for cattle is comparable to the better known Masai of Kenya and Tanzania. Return for dinner and overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge.

    Main Destination:
    Kidepo Valley National Park
    Accommodation:
    Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Camping)

    Budget lodge bordering Kidepo Valley NP without fences

    Meals & Drinks:

    All meals included
    Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

     

  4. Day4 Transfer back to kampala

    Morning after breakfast you will be driven back to Kampala. After stop for lunch on the way and proceed Arrival will be in the evening, then head to Entebbe airport for you’ evening flight back home.

    Main Destination:
    Entebbe (City)

    Accommodation:
    No accommodation (End of tour)

    Meals & Drinks:

    Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
    Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

     

Hotels, Tea Houses and Lodges
  1. Red Chilli Hideaway
  2. Murchison River Lodge
  3. Jinja Base Camp
The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance.
Murchison River Lodge

Jinja Base Camp