7-Day Murchison Falls and Kidepo Amazing Safari

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Travel to Murchison Falls National Park | Rhino Tracking | Top of the Falls | Game Drive

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda, you will be welcomed by our guide, holding an A4 paper with your name printed on it. You will then be transferred to Murchison Falls National Park.

If you are already in Kampala, our guide will pick you up at 6 am from your hotel and transfer you to Murchison Falls National Park.

You will branch off to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking on your way to Murchison Falls National Park. This is one of the most breathtaking activities in Uganda, the pearl of Africa.

After the rhino tracking, you will be driven to Murchison Falls National Park. The top of the falls is the first tourist attraction in the park. It is an exciting experience that brings you close to the rushing whitewater as it squeezes through the narrow crevice below. In the evening, you will have a short game drive.

Dinner and overnight are at Parkside Safari Lodge.

Main Destination:

Murchison Falls National Park

Best Time To Visit December to February (Easier to spot animals)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June and July (Less rain and lower temperatures)

Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

HippoAbundant

LionOccasional

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LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Parkside Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Murchison Falls NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Morning Game Drive | Boat Cruise | Birding | Evening Game Drive

After breakfast, you will set off early at 6:00 am for a morning game drive. You can expect to see lions, leopards, buffaloes, waterbucks, Rothschild's giraffes, oribis, baboons, hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, and various bird species. Other activities on this game drive include bird watching and sightseeing across the open savannah, dotted woodland, and riverine vegetation along the Nile and Albert Delta.

After the game drive, you will return to your hotel for lunch.

In the afternoon, between 2 and 4 pm, you embark on a 3-hour boat cruise on the Nile. This boat cruise offers an amazing view of the falls from the bottom angle. Hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, and aquatic birds can be seen along the river's shores. After the boat cruise, you will go for an evening game drive.

Dinner and overnight are at Parkside Safari Lodge.

Main Destination:

Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation:

Parkside Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Murchison Falls NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer To Kidepo Valley National Park

You will have breakfast early in the morning and be driven to Kidepo Valley National Park. Along the drive, you will be treated to some spectacular scenery.

Kidepo Valley National Park is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including possibly Africa’s largest herds of buffalo, as well as Burchell’s zebra, lion, elephant, oribi, klipspringer, Uganda kob, greater and lesser kudu, warthog, bushpig, topi, Grant’s gazelle, eland, bushbuck, common duiker, bush duiker, roan antelope, Beisa oryx, dik-dik, defassa waterbuck, Jackson’s hartebeest, and many others.

On arrival, you will check in at your lodge and rest. Dinner and overnight are at Apoka UWA Bandas.

Main Destination:

Kidepo Valley National Park

Best Time To Visit September to March (Dry season)

High Season September to March (The park rarely gets crowded)

Best Weather September to November (End of the rains)

Wildlife in Kidepo Valley NP

ElephantCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraCommon

GiraffeOccasional

LionOccasional

CheetahOccasional

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HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

Wild DogRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Apoka Rest Camp

• Budget rest camp located inside Kidepo Valley NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning Game Drive | Cultural Interaction and Community Walk | Evening Game Drive

After breakfast, embark on an early morning game drive through the park to encounter zebras, giraffes, and many more that roam the short grassland plains of the Narus Valley. The scenic view is splendid, with Mount Lotukei in Sudan in the background.

In the afternoon, take a community walk where you can interact with the local people - the Karamojong. You will spend a wonderful afternoon with the Karamojong people and gain an insight into their way of life and beliefs.

After the cultural interaction, you will depart for an evening game drive to search for Kidepo’s exclusive wildlife, such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, hartebeests, roan antelopes, and many woodland birds.

Dinner and overnight are at Apoka UWA Bandas.

Main Destination:

Kidepo Valley National Park

Accommodation:

Apoka Rest Camp

• Budget rest camp located inside Kidepo Valley NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Relaxation in the Park

You start your day with a delightful breakfast, and after, you will use this day to relax in the park. You can move around the park and do some sightseeing and bird watching since Kidepo Valley National Park is a rich bird destination with over 400 bird species.

Dinner and overnight are at Apoka UWA Bandas.

Main Destination:

Kidepo Valley National Park

Accommodation:

Apoka Rest Camp

• Budget rest camp located inside Kidepo Valley NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Leave Kidepo Valley National Park | Transfer to Kampala

After breakfast, travel through the remotest zones of Uganda, seeing the villages and grass-thatched houses passing by the window. View the wild, domestic, and cultural richness of this pearl of Africa and experience quality vegetation.

You will arrive in Kampala late evening and check into the Bushpig Hotel for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City)

Accommodation:

Bushpig

• Budget hotel located in Kampala (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer back to the airport

The day begins with a delightful breakfast, after which you prepare to be driven back to Entebbe Airport for your scheduled flight home.

You will have lunch in one of the restaurants in town. Later in the evening, you will be transferred to Entebbe for your departure flight.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.