Overview
4 Days Kidepo Valley National Park is one of Uganda’s largest national parks that Uganda prides in and it also the least explored national park yet so endowed with high wildlife population. The park is a home to Africa’s big 4 which are lions, leopards, elephants and buffaloes and now that there is a rhino sanctuary in Kidepo, you will visit them and now you will have completed the list of Africa’s Big 5. The park is a gifted with endless plains and a game drive in Kidepo national park, is almost the same as game drive in Maasai Mara National Reserve of Kenya. The park is isolated and it takes about 9hours drive to get there. You will visit the Karamajong community where you will have a touch of their history, enjoy listening to their ancient stories, they will dance for you as well.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Kidepo
On the 1st leg of your trip, our driver guide will pick you from the agreed pick up point, he will brief you about your trip and then hit the road to Kidepo valley national park. You will have lunch en-route in Karuma, stretch a bit and embark on the journey to Kidepo. You will arrive in the evening hours, check in the lodge, and have dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 2: Game drive and guided nature walk
You will arise in the early morning at 6:30am, enjoy a scrumptious breakfast, you will meet your driver guide who will transfer you to the park headquarters to get a ranger guide and proceed to the Narus valley in Kidepo a sanctuary of wildlife where you will be welcomed by herds of buffaloes, elephants, Rothschild giraffes, spotted hyenas, Jackson’s hartebeests, Burchell’s zebras, oribis, bushbucks, Defassa waterbucks to mention but a few, you will also visit different animal view points for example the lion rock and this is where the lions scan the plans for preys, you will visit Kanangorok Hot Springs and this famous for ostriches. You will later return to the lodge for lunch, relax and then in the evening engage in the guided nature walk and this will bring you closer to wildlife and nature as well.
Day 3: Visiting Karamajong community
On this 3rd day, you will wake up on a lazy breakfast meet your driver guide and visit the Karamajongs in their Manyatta houses. They will welcome you with songs, dances and then settle in for a long narration of the ancient of the Karamajong stories, they will dance for you, take you through how they used to live in the ancient days. They have craft shops where you can buy souvenirs and then retire to the lodge for lunch, relaxation at the lodge.
Day 4: Check out and departure
On the last leg of your safari, you will have a mouthwatering breakfast, check out of the lodge, meet your driver guide and transfer back to Kampala. You will have a stopover for lunch in Masindi and then in then proceed to Kampala thus marking the end of your safari.
