Item Code: 41-326

Kidepo Experience

Kidepo Valley National Park Covers 1,442km2, and the park’s altitude ranges between 914m and 2,750m above sea level.

The park contains two rivers – Kidepo and Narus – which disappear in the dry season, leaving just pools for the wildlife.

The local communities around the park include pastoral Karamojong people, similar to the Maasai of Kenya, and the IK, a hunter-gatherer tribe whose survival is threatened. The IK are believed to be the indigenous occupants of this region of Uganda before the coming of other tribes.

Kidepo Valley National Park lies in the rugged, semi-arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with Sudan and Kenya, some 700km from Kampala. 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.

Kidepo is Uganda’s most isolated national park, but the few who make the long journey north through the wild frontline region of Karamoja would agree that it is also the most magnificent, for Kidepo ranks among Africa’s premium wildernesses. From Apoka, in the heart of the park, a savannah landscape extends far beyond the gazetted area, towards horizons outlined by distant mountain ranges.

During the dry season, the only permanent water in the park is found in wetlands and remnant pools in the broad Narus Valley near Apoka. These seasonal oases, combined with the open, savannah terrain, make the Narus Valley the park’s prime game viewing location (UWA, 2018).

 

 

What is included:

  • Transportation
  • 3 nights’ Accommodation in Kidepo Valley National Park and 2 nights’ Accommodation in Kampala or Entebbe
  • Entrance fees
  • Game Drives
  • English Speaking Driver/Guide
  • All meals excluding drinks during the tour

What is excluded:

  • International air transport
  • Visa fees
  • Insurance
  • Optional Extras
  • All drinks not mentioned above
  • Tips and Personal shopping

Optional Extras:

  • Ndere Center Cultural Performances
  • Visit to the Karimojong and IK communities
  • Visit to the Source of the Mighty River Nile
  • Shopping at the Buganda Road Crafts Village

Details

Day 1st

You will be welcomed at the Airport and taken to your Hotel in Entebbe/Kampala by Stir Uganda Safaris representative. The selection of city for accommodation will depend on your flight arrival time at Entebbe International Airport.

Day 2nd

You will be picked by our driver from your Hotel/Residence in Entebbe/Kampala and Depart from Kampala at 06:00am heading to the most beautiful game park and reserve in Uganda through the Luwero Triangle, Nakasongola, Gulu and Kitgum.

Day 3rd

Before having breakfast we shall wake up very early in the Morning at 06:00am to have a game drive in the park which will be done along the Narus valley as the park’s wildlife congregates here much of the year. This area has adequate tracks circuits enabling visitors view at a close range, the Katurum kopje provides superb views north across the valley towards Morungole mountains ranges. After the game drive return to the accommodation facility for breakfast as you wait for hearty lunch at 1:00pm. The afternoon hours shall be for relaxation.

Day 4

After Breakfast we shall Drive to the Hot Springs and also try to look out for the rare mammals and birds closer to Border of South Sudan and then later return to the accommodation for lunch and another relaxing afternoon at the Accommodation facility.

Day 5

After breakfast we shall drive to Kampala/Entebbe.

Stops: a short break in Kitgum; Lunch in Gulu town and another short break at Kabalega Diners before heading for overnight accommodation in Kampala/Entebbe.

Day 6

Transfer from your hotel to Entebbe International Airport. You will be picked from your hotel in Kampala/Entebbe by our representative and taken to Entebbe International Airport.

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