7-Day Kidepo and Murchison Adventure (Kidepo Valley Park Safari)

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7-Day Kidepo and Murchison Adventure: Entebbe International Airport serves as the starting point for a journey to Uganda, where you’ll meet a driver guide, relax in Kampala, visit Kidepo Valley National Park, and visit Karamajong homestead settings. Enjoy cultural performances before returning to your accommodation for dinner and overnight. Explore the African wilderness, including Kanangorok hot springs, Narus Valley, Murchison Falls National Park, and boat cruises on the Nile.

• Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
• Day 2: Transfer to Gulu to visit Aruu Falls
• Day 3: Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park
• Day 4: Game drive and evening game drive
• Day 5: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
• Day 6: Game drive and boat cruise
• Day 7: Transfer to Kampala

Detailed Itinerary: 7-Day Kidepo and Murchison Adventure (Kidepo Valley Park Safari)

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport

Welcome to Uganda! Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met and greeted by our driver guide, who will also brief you and take you through the trip plan. He will then transfer you to your hotel in Kampala for relaxation as you contemplate the adventure that lies ahead of you. On the way to the hotel, you will get your first impressions of the colourful life at the roadside.

Accommodation options: Serena Hotel/Sheraton Hotel (Luxury)

Day 2: Transfer to Gulu to visit Aruu Falls

After an early breakfast at your hotel, our driver or guide will pick you up from your hotel in Kampala and drive you to northern Uganda. This is a 7-8-hour journey, meaning you will have lunch in Gulu town. After lunch, you will be on an hour’s drive to Aruu Falls in the Pader district. These falls have recently been put on the tourist map. These beautiful waterfalls are situated roughly 47km off the Gulu-Kitgum highway and 4 and a half km off the Pader-Kitgum highway. You will hike a short distance to where the falls are located. Later, embark on your journey to your hotel in Gulu town for an overnight stay and dinner.

Accommodation options: (Luxury) (Moderate)

Day 3: Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park

After an early morning breakfast at the hotel, you will embark on your journey to Kidepo Valley National Park through the plains of Pader. Being the land of nomadic pastoralists, you can always have a glance at the large herds of cattle and the small huts (manyattas) that make up the people’s homesteads. You will drive to Kidepo Valley National Park, arrive in the afternoon, check in and have a late lunch at the lodge. Later in the evening, you will have a guided walk in Karenga and visit the Karamajong homestead settings, famously known as the Manyattas. You will be invited to the cultural performances before heading back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation options: (Luxury), (Moderate)

Day 4: Game drive and evening game drive

Rising to the sounds of mother nature, you will have an early morning breakfast and head for a morning game drive in the true African wilderness along the Kanangorok hot springs, which has a variety of wildlife such as elephants, antelopes, buffaloes, and giraffes, and you are likely to spot lions, cheetahs, and leopards as well. Return to the lodge for lunch and relax to put off the fatigue from the exhausting yet interesting game drive.

After lunch, you will have some rest and then set out for an evening game drive in the Narus Valley. Kidepo Valley National Park has a great variety of animal species, of which 28 do not occur in any other Ugandan national park. The Narus Valley offers an opportunity to see the park’s wildlife almost throughout the year. Here, you have an opportunity to see the animals up close.

Accommodation options: (Luxury) (Moderate)

Day 5: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

After breakfast, you will continue your journey to Murchison Falls National Park. You will drive through the Karamoja nomadic area, visit one of their villages, and get an insight into the way of life of this tribe. You can reach Murchison Falls National Park via the northern approach road and take the first game drive on the Yay to the ferry.  Upon arrival at the park, you will check in at the lodge for relaxation, dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 6: Game drive and boat cruise

With your packed breakfast, you will go on a morning game drive with your guide, who will help you spot a large number of wildlife found in the park, including elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, lions, leopards, various species of antelope, and many tropical birds. After the game drive, you will drive back to the hotel for lunch as you prepare to enjoy the boat cruise on the Nile. This boat will allow you to get up close and personal with water animals such as over 4000 hippos and Nile crocodiles. The Nile has many beautiful bird species that can be seen while on a boat trip, such as bee-eaters, coloured kingfishers, shoebill storks, grey-throated birds, and yellow-billed birds. After the boat cruise, you will go for a rest at the lodge in the evening as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 7: Transfer to Kampala

After a tasty breakfast at your lodge, you will check out of the lodge and transfer back to Kampala.

Day 8: Transfer back to Entebbe International Airport

After a delicious breakfast at your lodge, you will check out of the lodge with the assistance of your guide and then transfer back to Entebbe for your flight home. We truly hope that you had a wonderful stay in Uganda, and Uganda will always be close to our hearts!

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