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7 Days from$1612 p/p in USD -
DeparturesYear Round
Destinations
Uganda,
Tour Type
Guided, Large Group, Small Group
Safari Standard
Budget
Tour Overview
Uganda’s Kidepo Valley National Park is among the finest parks in Africa; you will find rocky outcrops in the grassy plains surpassed by steep rough mountains extending from Southern Sudan and to the west as you will have a view downwards into the Turkana plains of Kenya. Very few people visit this park, but the few that visit are certainly rewarded by the splendor of this place. As many perceive the park to be ‘wild Africa’, unspoiled Kidepo Valley has an abundance of wildlife including several uncommon bird species.
General Information
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Safari types:Guided Safari, Wildlife Safari
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You will visit:Kidepo Valley National Park, Sipi Falls
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Wildlife:Birds, Lion, Cheetah, Zebra, Forest Pig, Waterbuck
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Activities:Game Drive, Hiking
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Getting around:4x4 Safari Vehicle
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Start/end:Start/end in Kampala
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Minimum age:12
Price Per Person – USD
From USD 1,612 per person
What's Included
- Accommodation & meals
- English-speaking guide
- Transport
- Boat rides
- Cultural tours
- Activities mentioned
- Park entrance fees
- Bottled water
What's Excluded
- Flights & visas
- Alcoholic drinks
- Laundry services
- Tips
Disclaimer
- This itinerary is owned and delivered by ‘Ropani Tours and Travel‘
- All prices are ‘From’ and may vary at the time of booking
- Display price is usually based on two people sharing
- ‘Ropani Tours and Travel‘ reserves the right to change the content and price of the itinerary
- All itineraries are subject to availability
Day by Day Overview
Leave Kampala by 6:30am and drive north for Kitgum town; this drive will take the entire day so you will have lunch on the way accompanied by two sodas or a beer. You will be provided with bottled drinking water in the vehicle. You will make several stops to take photos and a leg-stretch on this long 8-hour drive. Kidepo Valley National Park has remained pristine mainly because of its distant location. You will reach Fugley’s Guest House – a clean comfortable facility with basic accommodation, nice food (expats travel several miles to unwind here), cold beverages, a swimming pool and an ideal place to have a night’s slumber before proceeding to the Kidepo Valley National Park the following day. The warm welcome will certainly make your stay very enjoyable.
Dinner and overnight at Fugley’s in Kitgum
After an early breakfast you continue with the drive to Kidepo Valley Park where you will arrive in time for time for lunch. The drive takes you through a terrain very different from the rest of Uganda. Check in at the lodge of your choice. Rest the whole evening and have dinner and spend a night.
Accommodation Option: Apoka Bandas
Meal Plan: Full Board
After a wonderful breakfast, you will set off for to check out the terrain and wildlife in this very remote part of Uganda. Go for a fascinating game drive in the savannah grasslands, the dry river bed, hills and small forests. Animals like buffaloes, elephants, warthogs, lions, cheetahs as well as birds will be seen, plants plus trees will stun you as you will keep wondering how they have managed to survive in semi-arid part of the country. You will also drive to the Karankorog Hot Springs seeing several wild animals on the way. Each game drive will be very unique though you take the exact same route two times, there will always a new thing to see and find. The birds, scenery and animals, will surprise you and we recommend that you have your camera near so as to take all the good shots.
Have lunch at your lodge and afterwards leave for a cultural experience with the Karamajong people; they are a people proud of their native culture. Their great love for rearing cattle is matched to that of the renowned Maasai people in Kenya and Tanzania. These proud warriors live a very unique lifestyle and in fact they believe that God gave them the right to own cattle so all that cattle even that owned by other people, the Karamajong believe is theirs. You will observe their lifestyle, how they cook their food, see them enjoy life; dance their traditional dances, and also their compassion for the cattle.
Head back and have dinner and overnight at the lodge. Enjoy another night with the only sounds of this African wilderness in Kidepo Valley National Park.
Accommodation Option: Apoka Bandas
Meal Plan: Full Board
Have another delightful breakfast listening to the beautiful melodies of birds singing up in the trees. Enjoy the nice breakfast well-prepared for you. Afterwards set out for a guided nature walk where you will have proof of how it feels to be in the wilderness only surrounded by wildlife, savannah grasslands and a few small forests.
Return to the lodge for lunch then have a game drive in the afternoon to explore this wonderful, remote park rich in wildlife plus a profusion of bird species. This will give you an opportunity to view the wildlife up close while in your safari vehicle – among the highlights in this park.
Accommodation Option: Apoka Bandas
Meal Plan: Full Board
After breakfast you will leave for Sipi Falls, having lunch on the way, and later in the afternoon arrive at the Sipi Valley Resort. The Resort is a high-class, realistically priced resort offering excellent food plus breathtaking views.
Accommodation: Sipi Valley Resort
Meal Plan: Full Board
After breakfast drive to Mountain Elgon where among the choices of activities to enjoy are mountain biking along the Mount Elgon National Park trail; guided nature walks in accordance to your physical fitness; para-gliding as well as birding. These activities may be enjoyed through the entire day as you set out with a packed picnic lunch which you will enjoy in the mountains, with its different vegetation zones which are all very stunning and worth viewing.
Accommodation: Sipi Valley Resort
Meal Plan: Full Board
After breakfast you will have a morning nature walk to Sipi Falls plus also visit some various caves here below and at the back of the falls. This is a very unique combination of the local culture, the beautiful scenery, the early morning rising sun as well as the numerous colorful birds. Have lunch and return to Kampala where you will arrive in the late afternoon.
