11 Days Kidepo Uganda Safari is one of the finest Uganda safari tours that caters for travelers that wish to stay at moderate safari lodges while enjoying the best Uganda safari moments through Kidepo National park in to Murchison falls National park. This 11 Days Kidepo Uganda Safari further takes you down for Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forests, to Queen Elizabeth National Park for wild game safari in Uganda. Uganda is such a beautiful country and our 11 Days Kidepo Uganda Safari further gives you an opportunity for gorilla trekking in Bwindi Forests, Uganda’s most beautiful and popular safari attraction in Uganda. You don’t have to miss out on our 11 Days Kidepo Uganda Safari that ranks the best safari in Uganda Book Now
Hiking Kidepo Valley National Park
Itinerary of 11 Days Kidepo Uganda Safari
Day 1: Kampala – Kidepo Valley National park.
Our guide/driver picks you from your hotel of residence after your breakfast at 0600am in Kampala and start the panoramic drive north to Kidepo via Gulu and Lira with lunch enroute. The Park is a completely different world of vast plains, in spring view from every vantage point, with a lot of wildlife as you drive into the park. Kidepo offers breathtaking open savannah which is surrounded by spectacular mountain landscape nowhere to be seen in Africa! Kidepo Valley National Park is Uganda’s second biggest National Park one of Africa’s finest wilderness areas, Dinner and overnight at Nga’ Moru Safari Lodge Meal plan Lunch & Dinner
Day 2: Kidepo valley National park-game drive to Kanangorok hot springs
Early morning for breakfast, catch the sun rise behind the mountain before flooding the valley then off for the game drive to the ostrich farm it not any man made occurrence, but given the massive number of the birds one would compare it to this along the we shall be able to view, herds of elephants, cape buffalos, giraffes, lions and then the hot springs at kanangorok,. In the afternoon have a cultural experience that will bring into contact with Karamojong peoples. Meet the local elders and have an opportunity to interact with them. They will show you the kraals, the grinding stones and many more interesting items. Dinner and overnight at Nga’ Moru Safari Lodge (Mid rage facility Meal plan Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Kidepo Valley National Park
After an early breakfast, today is dedicated for a visit to the Ike Community (at Karenga and Kapedo )to learn and share their life style. Learn about their traditional living, way of life and if possible engage in their day to day activities. Return to your lodge for overnight stay and dinner and overnight at Nga’ Moru Safari Lodge (Mid rage facility) Meal plan Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Kidepo Valley National Park-Murchison falls
Today is dedicated for a drive to Murchison Falls National Park with sightseeing and scenery a long. You will be move by the most beautiful scenery in the countryside. The evening is spent on relaxation and sightseeing around the lodge. Overnight stay at Murchison River Lodge (Mid rage facility Meal plan Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Murchison Falls National Park
After your cup of coffee, cross the ferry to the northern side of the park and your guide will help you spot Elephant, Lion, Cape buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard. Return to the hotel for breakfast and lunch. After lunch, go for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls stopping just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”. En-route, marvel at the toothsome hippos, crocodiles and over this 17 km stretch you may see elephant, waterbuck and Uganda Kob crocodile. This is also a zone of many bird species like Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork.
There you leave the boat and start your – quite heavy – hike to the Top of the Falls (approx. 1 hour). See where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to the lodge. Overnight and dinner at Murchison River Lodge (Mid rage facility Meal Plan B-L-D
Day 6: Murchison Falls-Kibale
All day drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal through verdant countryside and past traditional homesteads and farms along Albertine Rift escarpments. Fort-Portal rests in the shadow of the fabled Mountains of the Moon. Meals and over night at Primate Lodge-Forest Cottages (Mid Lodge) Meal plan: (B, L, D)
Day 7: Kibale Chimpanzee Trekking -Queen Elizabeth National Park
Early morning trek for chimpanzees. Kibale Forest National Park is the best reserve in Africa to view chimps, a thick jungle with a towering canopy. In the afternoon, drive to the south into Queen Elizabeth National Park, sightseeing and game viewing enroute. Dinner and overnight at Enganzi Lodge (Mid Lodge) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8 : Queen Elizabeth NP
Begin your day with a cup of coffee. Early morning game drive along Kasenyi and Queens Mile makes visitors encounter elephants, buffalo, water bucks, warthogs, lions, Uganda Kobs lakes and a variety of birds. Return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch. After lunch, a two hour boat trip along the famous Kazinga channel is worthwhile an opportunity to see Hippo, Buffalo, Kobs, Elephants, warthogs etc. This trip also enables visitor chance to see spectacular birds. . Dinner and overnight at Enganzi Lodge (Mid Lodge) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Queen Elizabeth NP-Bwindi
With previous day’s memories, enjoy your breakfast ready for guided Chimpanzee/primate walk along Kyambura Gorge to look for habituated chimps through the gorge. After primate walk, proceed to Ishasha. You will drive along the deep and wide dry craters that are occupied by savanna grasses and acacia. The drive takes you through the unique western rift valley escarpment and the (southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park) Ishasha sector where you will take on yet another game drive in search of tree climbing lions before proceeding to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
The journey takes about 4 hours but driving through interesting features. Arrive Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the evening. This park is home of the rare mountain gorillas. Apart from gorillas, there are a wide variety of primates to see including the blue and red tailed monkeys. The forest itself is lush and green and there are streams running through it. Dinner and overnight stay at Sliver back Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge (Mid range) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Bwindi Gorilla tracking
After breakfast set off early with guides to track the gorillas. The thrill of your encounter will erase the difficulties of the potentially strenuous trek. Bring jungle boots and rain jackets because the park is often wet. Spend time in awe watching the gorillas go about their activities. Each gorilla safari encounter is different and has its own rewards, but you are likely to enjoy the close view of adults feeding, grooming and resting as the youngsters frolic and swing from vines in a delightfully playful display.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a magnificent green swathe of dense rainforest, so ancient that survived the last ice age. A recently proclaimed World Heritage site, it’s one of the most biologically diverse areas on
earth and its unique, precious flora sustains roughly half of the world population of mountain gorillas – believed to number just 720. There’s also a substantial chimpanzee population and research shows that Bwindi is the only forest in Africa in which these two apes live together.
Time permitting, spend the afternoon on a community foot safari to explore the life style of the people living and surrounding the park. Return to camp exhilarated to relieve the encounter with friends over a drink. Dinner and overnight stay at Sliver back Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge (Mid range) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Bwindi -Kampala/Entebbe
After early breakfast, Drive back to Kampala with a visit to Igongo Cultural village to explore and learn the Bahima and Ankole culture. This is the place where the future meets the past. Continue your drive to the Equator crossing with your lunch enroute before you drive to back to Kampala/Entebbe to catch up your evening flight back home. Meal Plan B-L End of Service
11 Days Kidepo Uganda Safari Inclusions & Exclusions:
Includes:
- Airport transfers
- All ground transportations in 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
- All ground transfers
- Park entrance fees.
- Visit hot springs at Kanangorok
- Game drives
- Nature walk
- Hike to the top of the Falls
- Ferry crossing fees
- Boat ride along the Nile
- Guides fees
- Cultural visit
- Igongo cultural village visit
- Boat trips
- One Gorilla permit per person to be secured and paid for in advance
- Park fees
- Kibale Chimpanzee and Kyambura Gorge chimp Permits
- Community visits
Excludes:
Expenses of personal nature like: premium drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, cigars, personal insurance, shopping bills etc