7 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour to Kidepo Valley National Park & North Eastern Uganda – “The Little un Exploited trail of North – in the Pearl”

7 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour – details:

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport – Transfer to Lodge – Briefing – overnight

On arrival at the Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide and then transfer to your accommodation for briefing and an overnight. (Meal Plan on B/D)

Accommodation options: Laico Hotel (Up market-Standard), Karibu Guest House/Cacia Lodge (Mid range)

Day 2: Transfer to Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve (A Haven for Unique Wildlife)

Early morning breakfast with your guide you will start off with your journey to Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve, the drive will take you via Jinja, Mbale, Sipi Falls and in the evening you will arrive at the game reserve, for an overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Uganda Wildlife Bandas/Camp ground (Basic)

Day 3 of the 7 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour: Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve – Game drive – Nature walk – Moroto

After an early breakfast, we will go for a full day game drive in Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve which is about an hour drive from the lodge. On the game drive, we will come across some carnivores like the Jackals, Civets, Spotted hyenas, Serval, Leopards, Cheetahs, and Wildcats.

Primates that you might come across include Vervet monkeys, Patas monkeys and the Olive baboons. And during the game drive, also lookout for the following animals: Topis, Cape buffalo, lesser kudu, Bright’s gazelle, ostriches, eland, Roan antelope, Blue and common duiker, Günther’s dik-dik, Klipspringer, Waterbuck, Uganda kob, Bohor and mountain reedbuck, Rock hyrax, Aardvark, Crested porcupine, Hare and the Four-toed hedgehog. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Karatunga Guest House (Moderate)

Day 4: Pian Upe – Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park (a True African Wilderness)

Today after very early breakfast, we will drive to Kidepo Valley National Park, where we will arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. In the afternoon/evening, we will go for a guided game drive on a look out for the animals like leopards, lions, jackals, etc. return to the camp for an overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Apoka Lodge (Up market-Standard), Savannah Nature Lodge/Nga Moru Lodge (Mid range)

Day 5 of the 7 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour: Kidepo Valley NP – Game drive – Nature / Community Experience

Today after an early breakfast, you will go for a game drive. We will try to spend the whole morning exhausting all the options in the park. Wildlife is most active in the Narus Valley during early mornings at 6am and late afternoon at 4pm, they are optimum times to set off on game drives.

The ranger-guides are so experienced; they will help you spot some of the park’s lions that may be sitting on various rocks within the valley. Other wildlife you are likely to spot includes elephants, leopards, bush duikers, jackals, bushbucks, bush pigs, Kavirondo bush baby, buffalos and much more. Since it’s a game drive, everyone participates in the spotting.

Kidepo Valley Scenic Drive. Though wildlife is scarce in the arid Kidepo Valley, the drive to Kanangorok Hot Springs passes some magnificent landscapes. The route goes rock outcrops and hills, then descends into the Kidepo Valley, crosses the Kidepo Sand River and traverses the open plains that of Kanangorok Hot Springs to the mountains across the South Sudanese border. This is where ostriches are most commonly sighted.

In the afternoon go for a 2 hours Game/Safari walk with a ranger guide. Shorter guided walks can be taken through the Narus Valley extending over a 5km radius from Apoka Tourism Centre.

Visitors can also wander along the splendid Kidepo River Valley between banks of attractive borassus palm forest. And also Namamkweny Valley can be reached in one hour from Apoka for dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Apoka Lodge (Up market-Standard), Savannah Nature Lodge/Nga Moru Lodge (Mid range)

Day 6 of the 7 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour: Kidepo Valley – Nature walk – Gulu – Zziwa Nakasogola

After an early breakfast, we embark on our drive out of the park; view a variety of fauna and flora species in the park, shortly we will be out of the park through beautiful sceneries across savannah hills, small forests, dry river beds and rings of mountains. Beautiful northern homestead settings form memories of this long drive, we will have lunch in Gulu a northern town along our way before we finally cross Karuma falls before we enter Nakasongola at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary, check in our lodge, time for dinner will be almost nearing, later overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Amuka Lodge/ Ziwa Rhinos Guest House (Moderate)

Day 7: Zziwa Nakasongola Rhino & Shoebill trekking – Depart to Entebbe Airport

Early breakfast and continue to Kampala or to Entebbe International Airport for your evening departure flight. (Meal Plan on B/L)

End of Mountain Rwenzori African Safaris –Services- 7 Day Safari.