Main Info
Northern Uganda’s open spaces and cultural diversity truly come to life on this 9 day trip into the wild. This safari takes in three parks, numerous animals and countless breathtaking views and cultural experiences with the local communities. Accompanied by your guide and camp chef, you’ll enjoy the best scenery, food at an unbeatable price from the market leaders in camping safaris in Uganda.
Safari Package Includes
- 4×4 vehicles specially adapted for game viewing
- English speaking guides
- All accommodation on a twin/double share basis
- All park fees and game drive fees
- All meals apart from breakfast and lunch on day one and lunch and dinner on day 9
- Karamoja cultural experience
- Rhino trekking
- Murchison Falls cruise
Recommended Daily Spending Allowance
USD $25 – 40 per day
The above is a guideline only.
Safari Package Excludes
- Airfare to and from Uganda
- Visa’s
- Travel Insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Souvenirs and items of a personal nature like telephone calls
- Any activity, meal or accommodation NOT mentioned in the itinerary
- Porters and other luggage service
Itinerary
Accommodation: Via Via Guesthouse-Camping or dormitory
Meal Plan: Dinner
Accommodation: UWA Bandas
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast we will travel East along the scenic route close to Lake Victoria. We’ll stop briefly at the source of the river Nile in Jinja and then move via the foothills of Mount Elgon and onto Pian Upe game reserve. If the going is good we will arrive in time for a short evening game drive at this scenic reserve, hoping to find eland, ostrich, hyena and possibly cheetah.
Accommodation: Homestay in a traditional Manyatta
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Another chance to see some wildlife in the morning before heading north along the ridge overlooking the plains of southern Karamoja. After lunch in the capital of the region, Moroto you will head into the surrounding countryside and be introduced into the culture of the Karamojong. You will participate in daily life activities from preparing local foods, looking after cattle to celebrations, this will be an unforgettable journey, culminating in a night stay in a manyatta (a fenced village).
Accommodation: Catered Camping
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Wake up to the sights, sounds and smells of pastoral life and after breakfast we will continue our journey north through the rugged Karamoja scenery towards Kidepo Valley NP. We will have time for a game drive as we enter the park before setting up camp at one of the campsites.
Accommodation: Catered Camping
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Wake up in the middle of the action and watch the sunrise over the Morongole mountains. Then we begin our day of game viewing with a visit into the Narus valley in search of lion, elephant, giraffe, eland, zebra, and leopard and to marvel at the sight of the huge herd of buffalo grazing in the wetland. After lunch at camp you’ll have some time to enjoy the views before an evening game drive towards the seasonal Kidepo River in search of cheetah and ostrich. We’ll take a cold drink among the Barassas palms at the Kidepo sand River, from which the area takes its name before returning to camp for dinner.
Accommodation: Catered Bush Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After an early breakfast we’ll break camp and have one last chance to enjoy the beauty of Kidepo and maybe get a sight of any animals we missed. From the park gates it is a two hour drive through the rugged landscape (and roads!) of northern Uganda to Kitgum and then a further hour to Gulu where we will stop for lunch. From Gulu we’ll head south on good roads to the northern gates of Murchison Falls NP. We’ll have the opportunity to take a slow drive in the late afternoon through the park before setting up camp in the delta area of the park.
Accommodation: Catered Camping
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
A dawn start with fresh coffee and fruits and right into your game drive in search of lion, leopard, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, hyena, hartebeest and more. We will spend around 4 hours driving around the rolling savannah, riverine forest and marshland of the northern section of Murchison Falls NP before returning to camp for an early lunch. After lunch we’ll take the scheduled cruise to Murchison Falls and then walk to the top of the falls where your driver will be waiting for you to take you to your nearby camp for the night.
Accommodation: Catered Camping
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast we’ll break camp and head to Ziwa rhino sanctuary via the honeymoon game drive. (optional extra chimpanzee tracking). In the late afternoon, as the heat of the day begins to dissipate, you will go for your rhino trek. You’ll spend around 2 hours walking to and watching the rhinos. Although guarded 24/7, the rhinos live as wild and this is a unique opportunity to spend some time with these giants while supporting their reintroduction to the wild in Uganda.
Accommodation: n/a
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast we’ll depart Ziwa and head south to Entebbe arriving in time for lunch.
