6-Day Murchison Falls & Kidepo National Park Wildlife

This trip is specially packaged for wildlife lovers that would like to visit the dry, hot, isolated yet spectacular and virgin, waiting to be discovered Kidepo Valley National Park in North-Western Uganda with much ease. Instead of driving you direct to the park that is 575 km away from Kampala, this package is designed with stopovers at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary and Gulu town to give you comfort and time to get over the journey fatigue.
Duration

6 days

Max People
Min Age

05+

Pickup

Airpot

This trip is specially packaged for wildlife lovers that would like to visit the dry, hot, isolated yet spectacular and virgin, waiting to be discovered Kidepo Valley National Park in North-Western Uganda with much ease. Instead of driving you direct to the park that is 575 km away from Kampala, this package is designed with stopovers at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary and Gulu town to give you comfort and time to get over the journey fatigue.

Included/Excluded

  • Specialized bilingual guide
  • Private Transport
  • Entrance fees
  • Box lunch water, banana apple and chocolate
  • All Meals
  • All Accommodation
  • All Transport
  • International Flights
  • Tips
  • Laundry services
  • Alcoholic Beverages

Tour Plan

Day 01 Arrival in Kampala

You will be welcomed by our guide/ driver at the Entebbe International Airport to Kampala Acactus Hotel or any other accommodation of your choice around Kampala. After taking a short break, the guide will take around the Kampala for a city tour to visit the historical and cultural sites around. These may include the Uganda parliamentary building, Kabaka’s palace, Kabaka man-made lake, Uganda museum, Kasubi tombs, Religious cathedrals, Bahai Temple among others before returning to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Overnight: Acactus Hote in Kampala

Day 02 Transfer from Kampala to Gulu

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Gulu town for an overnight. Amidst the journey, you will take a break to track rhinos at the Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch located in Nakasongola district, home to the only wild rhinos in Uganda. Presently, the sanctuary is home to twenty-two (22) southern white rhinos.

Overnight: Apoka UWA Bandas

Day 03 Transfer from Gulu to Kidepo

In the morning, transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park where you will have a short game drive in the evening to see animals like Zebras, Giraffes, caracal, lesser kudu, mountain reedbuck among others. Dinner and overnight

Overnight: Apoka Rest Camp (budget).

Day 04 Game drive in the park

Transverse by large sand rivers, Kidepo Valley National park is renowned for its distinctive composition of wild game co-existing with the dry mountain forests, open savannah that is home to over 77 mammal species and almost 500 birds. As a result, the variety of animal species in the park is equally abundant including many which are to be found nowhere else in Uganda such as Cheetah. Therefore, on day four, you will spot as many animal and bird species as possible during game drives around the park for the whole day including the rare/ endemic ones that are nowhere else in Uganda such as the cheetah. Dinner and overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge(Safari tent)

Day 05 Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

In the morning, you will embark on the journey to take you to Murchison Falls National Park, currently the most visited park in Uganda from where you will do a game drive in the evening. While in the Murchison, both the game drives and the launch trips offer an opportunity for one to come across distinct animal and birdlife. A game drives around the Buligi game tracks on the northern bank with our trained guide is a fantastic way to see and photograph the wide range of animals in the Nile Valley to see the lions, hyena, elephants, giraffes and probably the leopard.

Overnight: Parkside Safari Lodge

Day 06 Hike to the Top of the falls/ Game drive & Transfer to Kampala

After breakfast in the morning, you will embark on a hike to the top of the Murchison Falls to feel and witness the world’s strongest falls. Alternatively, you can go for a morning game drive to see more of the animals that you could have missed during the evening game drive the previous day. Then after lunch, your guide will drive you back to Kampala.

Main Destination:
Kampala (City)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)

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