6 Days Kidepo, Murchison National Parks Safari
6 Days Kidepo, Murchison National Parks Safari
Tour Description
This package will enable you to tour Uganda’s most popular and spectacular parks with diversity of wildlife. In both of these 2 parks, you will have a feel of the African big five Mammals spiced with birds around you. Cultural encounters will spice up your tour when you meet the local people with their traditional dressing styles, architecture etc.
Included
- Transport 4x4 with a driver guide
- Accommodation
- All meals
- Boat cruise on the Nile in Murchison falls National park
- Guide fees Park fees
- Rhino tracking fees
- Government taxes
- Drinking water on board.
Excluded
- Tourist insurance
- Money for tips and anything of personal nature
- Beverages
Schedule
Early morning, the driver will pick you from your hotel and brief you before heading out to Kitgum which is in the northern part of Uganda. Along the way you will make a stop at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola where rhinos are being reintroduced to the wild in Uganda so that you have a complete feel of the African Big five mammals as it is the Rhinos, out of the big five that re missing in Murchison Falls National park. Here you will go for a trek around the sanctuary on foot. You will have lunch at the sanctuary
and some relaxation for an indefinitely short time and embark on an exciting road trip to Kitgum, arriving in the evening at the lodge for relaxation and dinne
Overnight stay: Boma Hotel Kitgum
After an early breakfast you will head off to Kidepo Valley National Park passing through villages and farm fields. Upon arrival in the park, you will check in and have lunch thereafter an evening game drive. Kidepo ranks among Africa’s finest wildernesses. From Apoka, in the heart of the national park, a savanna landscape extends in all directions, towards horizons outlined by distant mountain ranges. Later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Ngamoru Wilderness Camp
Depart in the morning after break and carry with you packed lunch for game drive to the hot springs via the palm trees lined Kidepo River, in search for Ostriches and leopards, tortoises along the way. After having our packed lunch we will stench our legs on guided nature walk through the park and return to hotel Karamoja villages for an exciting community encounter with the Karamajong pastoralists, relax and have time to enjoy the wildernesses night overstay and meals at Ngamoru Wilderness Camp
Early in the morning after breakfast, you shall head out to Murchison falls national park through the northern sector. The park is bisected by the Victoria Nile, which plunges 45m over the remnant rift valley wall, creating the dramatic Murchison Falls, the centerpiece of the park and the final event in an 80km stretch of rapids. The mighty cascade drains the last of the river’s energy, transforming it into a broad, placid stream that flows quietly across the rift valley floor into Lake Albert. There are a lot of animals to see on your way to the hotel through the park such as elephants, giraffes and buffaloes
You will have lunch en route or inside the park depending on time. Upon arrival inside the park, you will be amazed by the beautiful landscape while occasionally sighting warthogs, Uganda Kobs, Giraffes, Elephants, and other wildlife in a drive
Overnight stay: Fort Murchison lodge
After your early morning breakfast, our driver guide picks you up for the early game drive. Explore the major game trails especially around the area of Paraa for good game spotting including lots of Elephants, Lions, Giraffes, Antelopes, Jackals, Hyenas, Uganda kobs, Waterbucks, Jackson's Hartebeests and hopefully the elusive Leopards among others.
Later on, you will enjoy your packed lunch and some relaxation for an indefinitely short time. Later we set out for the afternoon Boat Ride on the Victoria Nile which is the high spot of any Murchison Falls Safari for you get to spot lots of animals at a close encounter. You will have to spot lots of hippos, Nile crocodiles, Elephants, Buffaloes, and many other animals that come to drink water, refresh and cool themselves off the scorching sun and some animals to eat the fresh grass along the river banks. You will hike to the top of the Falls whose views are breath taking. About 300 - 400 cubic meters per second of Nile water force through a tiny gorge of about 7 meters to plunge into a violent tempest in a whirlpool about 42 meters below. It is such a beautiful sight with incredible picture moments here. Return to the lodge.
Overnight stay: Fort Murchison lodge
After an early breakfast you shall head out of and embark on an exciting road trip back to Kampala city with a calculation of stopovers for photography and lunch en route. Upon reaching the city, drive to Entebbe international airport in the afternoon to catch your flight back home as you say farewell to the pearl of Africa.
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