Thursday, 22 August 2019

10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

Overview of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

The 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari Uganda & Gorilla Tour Uganda is an exclusively planned Uganda wildlife tour to the best of the Savannah safari parks. Featured in this Uganda tour in Kidepo Valley National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Budongo Forest and a tour to Sipi falls on Mount Elgon National Park.
From Entebbe International Airport you are picked by a knowledgeable Uganda safari driver guide for a drive to a lodging facility in Kampala-Uganda’s capital where you continue from to Kapchorwa for a Sipi falls hike the next day. From Sipi the next morning, you continue with the drive to Moroto town in northeastern Uganda on a long road drive where after you continue to Kidepo Valley Park the next day. takes you past Uganda’s capital to the countryside arriving and spending a night in Gulu town. You spend 2 whole days in Kidepo on game drives and cultural tours Uganda then after continue with the tour to Murchison falls national park Uganda. You spend a night at Gulu town where after you continue to Murchison falls national park where you undertake a game drive, boat cruise and hike to the falls. From Murchison Falls National Park, you are driven to Budongo forest where you trek chimpanzees. On the last day of this Uganda safari tour, you are driven back to Entebbe international airport with a wildlife encounter stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking.
Highlights of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda
Day 1: Drive from Kampala to Mbale at the hotel that was prior booked for you
Day 2: Transfer to Sipi Falls in Kapchworwa
Day 3: Transfer to Moroto town
Day 4: Transfer from Moroto town to Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 5: Do a Game drive in the Narus valley, have a picnic lunch and an evening game drive
Day 6: Do a Game drive and cultural tour
Day 7: Transfer from Gulu to Murchison Falls National Park
Day 8: Do a Game drive and boat cruise along the Nile
Day 9: Enjoy a Chimpanzee trekking safari in Budongo
Day 10:  Transfer to Ziwa for Rhino tracking and drive back to Kampala

Day by day detailed itinerary of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

Day 1 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

Arriving at Entebbe international airport, at the shores of Lake Victoria, a knowledgeable Uganda wildlife safari guide will be ready to welcome you and take you through your trip. After a briefing on the safari in Uganda, the drive to a lodging facility in Kampala starts. On arrival here, you check-in, have dinner and spend the night as you plan to continue with the drive, upcountry the next day.
Day 2 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

Sipi Falls HikeAs early as possible, at around 6:00 am, your driver-guide will be at your lodging facility to pick you up for a drive to Kapchorwa district in North Eastern Uganda. Taking about 6 hours, you arrive in the afternoon check in to a booked accommodation facility and then after go for a Sipi falls hike. This is more than just a hike but an amazing walk in the natural landscapes of kapchorwa with plantations, caves and the beautiful falls for you to tour Uganda. In the evening after this experience, you return to your lodging facility where you spend the night.
Day 3 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

You wake to an experience like non, have breakfast in the calm countryside then after check out of your lodging facility for a drive to the heart of the Kidepo valley plains-Moroto. You are driven for about 5 hours to the untouched wild off the beaten track, going past the Karamoja homesteads. Arriving in the afternoon, you relax and spend the night in Moroto town.
Day 4 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

From Moroto town, you have breakfast then embark on the drive to Kidepo Valley National park for your Uganda wildlife tour encounters. Arriving in the afternoon, you check-in, have lunch and then embark on an evening game drive within the plains of Kidepo Valley.
Day 5 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

Early morning, you are transferred to Kidepo valley park for a game drive at the Narus river. This is the permanent water source at the park and definitely where to spot several wildlife species as they quench their thirst. You have picnic lunch and then undertake an evening game drive before returning to your lodging facility where you have dinner, refresh and spend the night.
Accommodation options:
Luxury/up-market: Apoka Safari Lodge
Mid-range: Nga’ Moru Wilderness Camp
Budget/Basic: Apoka Rest Camp/UWA Bandas
safari attraction in Kidepo ValleyDay 6 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

In the morning, you go for another game drive to the park where you get the chance to sight the other wildlife species that you missed the previous day and visit the kanangarok hot springs.  With a lucky day, you could sight the cheetah which is the fastest land animal and endemic to Kidepo in Uganda and the ostrich.
In the evening, you have a moment with the diverse Karamojong community as they demonstrate their daily life skills within their homesteads, this is a moment you will wish to never miss. You return to your lodging facility for dinner and relaxation from the experiences of the attractions in Kidepo valley national park.
Accommodation options:
Luxury/up-market: Apoka Safari Lodge
Mid-range: Nga’ Moru Wilderness Camp
Budget/Basic: Apoka Rest Camp/UWA Bandas
Day 7 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

After breakfast, you say goodbye to Kidepo valley park with a small game drive and then embark on the drive to Murchison falls national park. This is not just a road trip but an en-route game drive, what you meet along the way is beautiful views and daily life activities. Arriving in the evening, you check in a relax for the rest of the evening at a prior booked accommodation in Murchison falls national park.
Day 8 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

By 7:00 am, you are driven to Murchison falls park for a morning game drive with several wildlife species inclusive of which are elephants, lions, leopards, lions and giraffes. After the 2-4hours game drive, you have lunch then after go for an evening boat cruise to the bottom of the mighty Murchison Falls. The boat cruise/launch trip takes about 2 hours and at the base of the thunderous falls is the start point for the hike to the falls of which the park derives its name. You meet your driver-guide at the top for a drive back to your lodging facility.
Accommodation options:
Luxury/up-market: Paraa Safari Lodge
Mid-range/standard: Pakuba safari lodge
Budget/basic: Fort Murchison Lodge
Chimpanzee in ugandaDay 9 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

From Murchison Falls Park you have driven to the adjacent Budongo Forest about 106km away on a 2 hours drive. You chimpanzee trekking in the afternoon as you search for man’s closest relatives being one of the most popular safari Uganda activities in the country and Budongo Forest being the best destination in the world for chimpanzee photography. You sight the chimpanzee’s chunk fruit and curiously play around for about 2 hours and leaving one of the best Uganda wildlife safari tour activities. You spend the night at an accommodation facility within Masindi town.
Day 10 of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

In the morning, you have breakfast then be driven back to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino tracking on foot about 57km away on a 1 hours’ drive. You then spend about 2 hours tracking rhinos then continue with the drive to Entebbe international airport for an evening departure flight.
End of the 10 Days Kidepo National Park Wildlife Safari & Gorilla Tour Uganda

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10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

Overview of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

The 11 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda is an adventure that involves hiking, a chimpanzee trekking safari Uganda and wildlife tour in Uganda. Our 12 days Uganda tour is inclusive of a white-water rafting experience on a Jinja source of the Nile tour, Sipi Falls hike at Mount Elgon National Park, community tour in Uganda and Uganda wildlife safari tour encounters at Kidepo Valley National Park, a game drive, boat cruise and hike to the top of the falls at Murchison Falls National Park, and finally rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.
On the first day of your safari Uganda, a knowledgeable English-speaking Uganda safari driver guide picks you form your hotel or other destination so you are driven to Jinja the next day for a boat cruise. After breakfast the next day, you go for a white-water rafting experience then transfer to Kapchorwa the next day and hike to Sipi falls that evening. From Kapchorwa you transfer to Moroto town. A day is spent in Moroto then after transfer to Kidepo the next day. You spend a full day game drive in Kidepo Valley then be transferred to Gulu town the next morning. From there, you then continue to Murchison Falls National Park Uganda for a game drive, boat cruise and hike to the top of the falls from where you are driven back to Entebbe international airport with a stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Highlights of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

Day 1: After breakfast, Drive from Kampala to Jinja town for white water rafting at the Nile river then relax in the evening.
Day 2: Early morning after breakfast you are driven to Sipi falls in Kapchorwa within Mount Elgon National Park.
Day 3: This day after morning breakfast, you undertake the Sipi falls hike to the three beautiful falls.
Day 4: After early morning breakfast, your driver guide transfers you to Kidepo Valley National Park arriving in the evening.
Day 5: Continuing from Moroto town, you are driven to Kidepo valley National park going past the Karamojong communities in what you can refer to as raw Africa.
Day 6: Along the Narus river, you take a game drive in the golden valley of Kidepo, you have lunch and then continue with an evening game drive.
Day 7: From Kidepo, you are driven to Gulu town in northern Uganda driving past scenic landscapes.
Day 8: From Gulu, you are driven to Murchison Falls National Park arriving in the evening for check in and dinner at a booked accommodation in Murchison falls park.
Day 9: In the morning, you go for a morning game drive, have lunch and then after undertake an evening boat cruise and hike to the top of the splendid Murchison Falls.
Day 10: You will be driven to the adjascent Budongo forest for your afternoon chimpanzee trekking safari
Day 11: After morning breakfast, you are driven back to Entebbe international airport for a departure flight with a stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Detailed day by day itinerary of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

Day 1 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

Very early in the morning, you will meet our Uganda tour driver guide, pick you up and drive past Mabira forest and beautiful plantations, your guide briefs you about the tour Uganda in general. Arrive at the white-water raft start point on the Nile river by 8am in the morning. You will have practical training before you get into the Nile river for white water rafting lasting about 5 hours. You go rafting alongside professional rafters and kayakers with snacks provided during the activity. After white water rafting, you have lunch and then be driven to your lodging facility where you spend the night.
Day 2 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

After an early breakfast from your hotel, your driver guide will get you there for a drive to the far eastern Uganda. Arriving in the evening in Kapchorwa, you check in, relax and spend the night at an accommodation in Mount Elgon National Park Uganda that was prior booked.  You can take a coffee tour in the evening to the community with a local guide who takes you through the process in which coffee is produced locally.
Day 3 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

After breakfast, you take time in the beautiful countryside to visit the foot hills of Mount Elgon to Sipi Falls filled with a beautiful backdrop. On a full day hike, you are able to visit all the three Sipi falls to this beautiful flower filled paradise, birds, waterfalls and streams. Anticipate to spend a day in this beautiful haven with picturesque waterfalls and caves. Here you will take several memorable pictures then after return to your lodging facility in the evening.
Day 4 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

After breakfast your driver guide will start the drive for a wildlife safari in Uganda’s Kidepo Valley National Park. Driving to the heart of the golden Kidepo valley going past the dotted Pian Upe wildife reserve and Bokora wildlife reserve.  You have lunch en route as you go past scenic places of Napak and several bird species. You proceed to Moroto which is the biggest town in the region where you spend the night.
Day 5 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

Early morning after breakfast, you embark on a drive to the “untouched” Kidepo Valley National Park. This is most referred to as the best wilderness in Africa and the best safari destination or national park in Uganda. Past some of the most beautiful landscapes, you will arrive to this less crowded safari park of Uganda where you will have the chance to have an interaction and learn what makes this place a great destination. You check in, have dinner and spend a night at an accommodation in Kidepo valley National Park.
Accommodation options: Apoka Safari Lodge (Luxury/up-market), Nga’ Moru Wilderness Camp (Mid-range), Apoka Rest Camp/UWA Bandas (Budget/basic)
Day 6 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

Following breakfast, you are driven by your Uganda safari driver guide to Kidepo valley park for a whole day game viewing experience. Taking the Kakine circuit, you get the chance to glimpse at the Kuddu, an antelope, the elusive cheetah and many more species of the wild. Later on, after a meal you are driven to the Kanangarok hot spring point where you have chance to have a clear view of the whole park till sunset as several species roam within the grassy plains.
Accommodation options: Apoka Safari Lodge (Luxury/up-market), Nga’ Moru Wilderness Camp (Mid-range), Apoka Rest Camp/UWA Bandas (Budget/basic)
Day 7 of the 110 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda
This morning after breakfast you pack your bags and bid farewell to Kidepo valley national park. The drive takes you to Gulu town in Northern Uganda taking an en route game drive arriving in the afternoon for lunch and relaxation at a booked accommodation.
Day 8 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

Waking up in the warm side of the country, you have relaxed breakfast then embark on the drive to Murchison Falls National Park. The drive takes you to a booked accommodation in Murchison falls national park where you spend the night.
Day 9 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda


A morning game drive at Murchison Falls park starts your day from 7:00am within the vast savannah plains of the park. The elephants, lions, leopards and buffaloes alongside many more wild species are possible sightings of the morning. The game drive within wildlife natural habitat lasts 2-4 hours then after return to your lodge for lunch or have packed lunch.
In the afternoon at 2:00pm, you go for a boat cruise/launch trip to the bottom of the awe-inspiring Murchison falls where you look out for numerous schools of hippos, crocodiles and water birds at the bottom of the falls. At the boat set off point you have chance to experience the traditional music and dance from the local people of this community. The boat cruise to the bottom of the falls offers a start point for the hike to the top of the magnificent Murchison falls that takes about 40mins to 1hour. You find your driver guide waiting for you at the top of the falls for a drive back to your lodging facility.
Accommodation options:
Luxury/Up-market: Paraa Safari Lodge
Mid-range/standard: Pakuba safari lodge
Budget/Basic: Fort Murchison Lodge
Day 10 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

From Murchison Falls National Park Uganda you are driven to the adjacent Budongo Forest about 106km away on a 2 hours’ drive. You do chimpanzee trekking in the afternoon as you search for man’s closest relatives being one of the most popular safari activities in the country and Budongo Forest being the best destination in the world for chimpanzee photography. You sight the chimpanzees chunk fruit and curiously play around for about 2 hours and leaving one of the best Uganda wildlife tour activities. You spend the night at an accommodation facility within Masindi town.
Day 10 of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

In the morning, you have breakfast then after be driven to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking on foot. After about 1 hours’ drive, you arrive at the park where you track Rhinos for about 2 hours then continue with the drive to Entebbe International Airport. In case you need to purchase some crafts, you can do this along Kampala-Entebbe road in one of the craft shops here.
End of the 10 Days Mount Elgon Hiking tour & wildlife safari Uganda

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Tuesday, 9 August 2016

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