Country: Uganda
Destinations: Entebbe, Kampala, Jinja, Moroto, Kidepo Valley National Park and Murchison Falls National Park.
Itinerary at Glance
Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe
Day 2: Transfer to Moroto for a cultural experience
Day 3: Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 4: Game drives in Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 5: Game drives in Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 6: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Day 7: Game drives and the Nile boat cruise in Murchison Falls National Park
Day 8: Game drives and boat cruise to the Nile delta in Murchison Falls National Park
Day 9: Visit Ziwa Rhino sanctuary and departure (evening flight)
Trip Overview
This 9 Days Kidepo Valley and Murchison falls wildlife adventure safari, will reward you with the best cultural and wildlife experience of Uganda.
Explore Northern Uganda, as you cut across the northeast safari circuit and discover the real beauty of Uganda, meeting one of the most authentic and incredible people in their natural state. This tour is curated for those who are very interested in an authentic cultural and great wildlife experience with opportunity to spot the BIG 5, blended with some part of nature touch, and cultural experience. Northern Uganda and Eastern Uganda, has one of the rarest activities, and it’s one of the un-spoilt/ un-exploited regions of Uganda, that is still intact. This long Uganda Safari experience, will make you discover the hidden secret beauty of Kidepo Valley National Park and Murchison Falls National Park, which are the top best Uganda’s national parks, for the great wildlife experience. Get away from the crowd, and go a little and discover the hidden beauty of Uganda. You will enjoy this trip, as you will be patched with great treasure of real traditional Africa! From great water adventure, hikes, community visit, into game drives and wildlife. It is not the normal trip, but a life changing safari, crafted perfectly just for you.
Days are as action-packed or as gentle as you prefer.
Trip Highlight.
- Wildlife game drives in Kidepo Valley National Park
- Karamojong cultural experience
- Karamojong Nyamatta home visit
- Endless wildlife experience
- Coffee tour experience
- Community cultural experience
- Boat cruise on the Nile delta
- Boat cruise on the Nile
- Birdlife experience
- Hike to the top of the falls
- Rhino trekking experience
- Cross country drive experience
Day 1: Welcome to Uganda!
Day Itinerary
Upon landing at Entebbe International Airport, you will go through the immigration protocol and on getting done, as you exit the tunnel, your driver guide, will warmly welcome you to Uganda, and he will pick you up from Entebbe airport and transfers you to your booked accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight stay at: Karibu Guest House
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: Off to Morotto. The Cradle land. Journey Time +7 hrs.
Day Itinerary
Wake up early in the morning at 4:30 am, meet your guide by 5 am, share a short briefing and start off your drive to Morotto, through Tororo. Moroto town is the heart of the Karamoja area for your cultural activities tomorrow. You will have a stopover in Jinja for breakfast as you continue with your drive. You will catch up for lunch, relax and later head off for a cultural experience in the afternoon to have a taste of the Karamojong culture. You can as well shop a blend of traditional customs and local materials with a modern touch. Your time here brings you a unique experience of heritage, comfort and hospitality during a safari through Uganda’s untouched northeast. You will enjoy a moment of true African experience, and total wilderness. You’re lost into total nature blended with culture.
Overnight stay at: Karamoja Safari Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
NB: Those wishing to fly, a local direct flight to Kidepo Valley National Park, can be arranged.
Day 3: Off to Kidepo National Park. Journey Time +5 hrs.
Day Itinerary
In the morning you can still enjoy this unique opportunity to spend more time with the Karamojong tribe. After this thrilling experience it is time to travel to the most remote and pristine national park in the country: Kidepo Valley National Park. The most beautiful pristine Uganda Park.
In the rugged semi-arid valleys in the extreme northeast of Uganda, Kidepo Valley National Park lies hidden away in a lost and not frequently visited corner between Uganda’s borders with Sudan and Kenya. It is a long but very rewarding journey to get to this area with some of the most beautiful scenery in Uganda. You’ll experience an afternoon game drive in the wild Narus valley where herds of elephants & buffalos as well as beautiful sights of lions and leopards sitting on various valley rocks can be spotted.
You visit and stay here, it will be one of the best tour choices you have ever made. You’re just in one of the silent places on earth, where all you can hear are the calls of nature.
Overnight stay at: Kidepo Savannah Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 4: Safari in the hearts of Kidepo Valley National Park
Day Itinerary
Kidepo Valley National Park is one of the few parks in Uganda where you can do a walking safari. An armed ranger is joining you for your safety and you will explore the wilderness on foot. During this activity you get the chance to experience the wildlife up-close, a totally different experience than game-viewing by car. Buffalo, water buck, giraffe, warthog, zebra, bush-buck and of course the naughty baboons can be seen all year round as well as many different bird species. The guide stops regularly, not merely searching for game, but telling you about birds, insects, trees, animal droppings, the medicinal use of plants and which animals eat which plants. You will later return to your lodge for hot lunch. In the afternoon you will go for another game drive in this amazing national park. The savannah is ringed by mountains and rocky ridges. It has a profusion of big game and hosts 475 bird species and over 80 mammal species, of which 28 were not known to occur (or very rarely) in any other Ugandan park. For example; ostriches, zebras, bat-eared foxes, aardwolves, caracals, cheetahs, and greater and lesser kudus. Kidepo Valley National Park ranks among Africa’s finest wildernesses and is ranked No. 3 on the CNN list of CNN of best national parks in Africa. Let’s try to get that famous lion king picture of a lion on a rock before you’ll spend another night at Kidepo Savannah Lodge. After an exciting day out, come back to the sun-downer camp, sip on a gin and tonic while enjoying a sunset, from your camp balcony.
Overnight stay at: Kidepo Savannah Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 5: Safari in the hearts of Kidepo Valley National Park
Day Itinerary
Today, you still have more days in Kidepo. You will still continue with more safari game drives to explore the vast Kidepo Valley National Park. In the evening, you will take on a night game drive in search of the nocturnal, and porcupines are one of the commonly sighted animals, alongside leopards.
Overnight stay at: Kidepo Savannah Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 6: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park. Journey Time +7 hrs.
Day Itinerary
Today, you will continue with your journey to Murchison Falls National Park, one of the oldest conservation areas in Uganda. This is a long but rewarding journey through various landscapes of Northern Uganda, as you explore the beautiful countryside setting, with a flat topography, as we drive past the rural area, enjoying the homestead settings of the Luo tribes.
Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s best-known and biggest nature reserve. With the impressive and powerful Murchison waterfall and its remarkable animal populations, this is a must visit in the Pearl of Africa. There are superb activities on offer such as a boat safari or Delta safari on the Nile. The river divides the park between a Northern and Southern section as it makes its way through multiple rapids and waterfalls to Lake Albert. Unfortunately, during the war years poachers and troops wiped out the majority of wildlife. Except for the park’s rhino population, fortunately all other wildlife has recovered fast since. A game drive in the park allows you to be eye-to-eye with the African animal kingdom and you will be amazed by the amount of elephants. Also giraffes, lions, antelope, waterbucks, buffaloes, hippos and crocodiles can all be spotted. Game drives take place on the tracks in the northern section which you reach by taking a ferry across the river. This park guarantees adventure!
Overnight stay at: Fort Murchison Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 7: Safari in Murchison Falls National Park
Day Itinerary
After an early breakfast, it is time to explore the park. On your game drives you of course need a fair share of luck and very good eyes to try and spot as many animals as possible. While driving through the park you can come eye-to-eye with the African animal kingdom. Hopefully you see them all; elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, lions, leopards, different species of antelope and many tropical birds. They are all there! Lost in nature, stretching your neck, to spot the best out of the drive. The park is especially known for its massive elephant population, huge array of bird species and big herds of buffalo. You will discover some of the park’s ecosystems and different scenery with dense woodland, extensive savannahs and rolling grasslands. As this is a private game drive you can ask your guide to tailor your trip towards specific birdlife and/or wildlife if you like. You will later have your picnic lunch served, take some relaxation, as you have a break.
The afternoon boat safari towards the Murchison Falls is a very special activity, it takes approximately 3 hours and goes along the Victoria Nile to the base of the fall. You can imagine; this boat safari will show you breathtaking scenery. Cold drinks are for sale on board for when you get thirsty for a local beer or a soda. Carefully watched by crocodiles, hundreds of hippos, buffaloes, water birds, monkeys and all the other (also thirsty) wildlife that the Nile attracts you go to the bottom of the powerful Murchison Falls. If you like hiking, the boat can drop you near the waterfalls and you can hike up to the top (this takes around 1 or 1,3 hours). The views are amazing! You will later return back to your lodge, with a slow en route game drive, and spend the afternoon at leisure swimming or dinning.
Overnight stay at: Fort Murchison Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 8: Boat Safari to the Nile Delta
Day Itinerary
The Nile Delta is the area where the Victoria Nile flows into Lake Albert. The banks of the delta are home to hundreds of bird species including the rare and prehistoric-looking shoebill stork and papyrus endemic species. A boat safari through the delta is a “must do” for every birdwatcher. During this (approximately) 5 hour boat tour you enjoy a breakfast while enjoying the peaceful scenery and while approaching Lake Albers you may see more fishermen in canoes catching tilapia fish and local people fetching water from the Nile and if lucky wild game along the banks. You may also see many hippo, crocodiles and if lucky you can witness elephants bathing in the river. Also keep an eye on the treetops as you can often spot monkeys such as eastern fringed monkeys and baboons. The boat trip starts early in the morning during the soft light, golden hours for photographers. On a good lucky day, shoebills can be spotted. These lights last till about 10 am when the light becomes brighter. Relax, sit back & enjoy!
In the afternoon you can go for another game drive searching for more exciting wildlife scenes in the park or you can decide to relax and go for a dip in the swimming pool. You can as well opt to go fishing on the Nile, in case you’re a fan of fishing.
Overnight stay at: Fort Murchison Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner
Day 9: Transfer back to Entebbe. Journey Time +5 hrs.
Day Itinerary
Have a relaxed breakfast at the lodge, as today, will mark our final day of our adventure as time has come to head back to Entebbe (Airport).
You will have a wonderful ride and on the way back, we can stop by at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, as an option, for on foot Rhino tracking, this takes roughly 3 hour’s. We shall later proceed to Kampala and make a stopover at the best place for your souvenir shopping.
You will later proceed to Entebbe Airport to catch up with your evening flight back home, with great wildlife experience. End of service!
Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch.
This safari package includes.
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle with a pop up roof for game viewing
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- Safari game drives as mentioned
- Boat cruises as mentioned
- Karamojong Cultural experience
- En-route lunches
- Boat cruise to the Nile delta
- Hike to the top of falls
- Park entrance fees
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- Bottles of mineral water per day during safari
- Rhino trekking at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary
- Unlimited bottles of mineral water
The package excludes expenses of personal nature like:
- Visa Fees & flights
- Optional activities
- Tips & gratuities
- Laundry
- Alcoholic drinks
- International vaccinations
- Health test requirements
- Personal travel Insurance
- Personal shopping bills
- Phone call bills
- Extras while at the hotel
- Items of personal nature
Please contact us for a free detailed quote on the option of your choice. We can tailor a request that suits your interests, and budget, as well as we can change or upgrade the lodge options. In case you would wish to add in gorilla trekking, or chimpanzee trekking, that can as well be arranged. Write to us with more details about your safari