$3,122 to $3,278 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Rhinos and Murchison Falls
Rhinos and Murchison Falls
You'll meet at your accommodation in Entebbe at 8.00 am or in Kampala 9.00 am if you prefer. You'll have a quick brief on the trip and for larger groups, familiarisation with the second, self-drive vehicle, driving in convoy, and radio communication.
You'll start the journey with a transfer to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary with a rest stop en route at Lowero Market.
You'll arrive at Ziwa around noon and have a guided walk with the white rhinos. You'll learn about the re-introduction program of this rare beast into Uganda.
You'll have a late lunch at Ziwa then depart via Masindi for Murchison Falls National Park. You'll visit the top of Murchison Falls, which channels the River Nile through a 7-meter-wide ravine. You'll have a short hop to Red Chilli Restcamp for the first camp night and an introduction to our fabulous setup. More details are on our website.
You'll enjoy dinner and drinks around the camp or in the restaurant banda —or a bit of both —with a lodge fire overlooking the Nile Basin.
- Main Destination:
- Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Nile Boat Safari, Game Drive and Wild Camp
Nile Boat Safari, Game Drive and Wild Camp
An early breakfast at Red Chili will be followed by a boat safari to the base of Murchison Falls. Spectacular wildlife on the Nile banks and in the water include elephants, hippos, water buffalos, and abundant birdlife: kingfisher, weaver birds, and fish eagles.
You'll transfer to Paraa Lodge for lunch and a midday break around the pool, overlooking the Nile.
You'll collect the ranger and depart mid-afternoon for the savannah game safari into the wilderness to camp in the wild at the Nile Delta with Lake Albert. Expect antelopes, elephants, giraffes, water buffalos, and an abundance of birdlife. Uganda is home to over 1000 species! We'll collect firewood as we go and set up camp in the middle of nowhere, overlooking Lake Albert. You'll then do an evening game drive with the best chance to see a lion and perhaps a leopard, before returning to camp for BBQ and drinks around the campfire. This is wild camping: but we have a hot shower and a folding toilet seat! Welcome to Africa!
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Kidepo Valley National Park
Kidepo Valley National Park
You'll break camp before dawn with a cup of tea and head into the nearby hunting grounds for the best chance to see the lions and perhaps a leopard at work— looking for breakfast. You'll stop for yours by the Nile and go for an optional guided walking safari to find hippos or perhaps a croc or two while we prepare. You'll continue the game drive across Murchison and head out the far northeast gate through a sector renowned for elephants.
You'll depart the park and head to Gulu for lunch. Then, you'll continue across the north of Uganda to the remote Kidepo Valley National Park, rated by CNN as the second-best park in the whole of Africa. You'll stop en route —if time permits— at Aruu Falls. This is quite some journey, by road and then track, through remote villages and an ever changing landscape to finally arrive for a pampering lodge night at Kidepo Savannah Lodge —a luxury safari banda overlooking the valley with a spectacular hilltop restaurant to relax and unwind.
- Main Destination:
- Kidepo Valley National Park
- Accommodation:
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Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Safari Tent)
Wildlife in Kidepo Valley NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Kidepo Valley National Park Wilderness
Kidepo Valley National Park Wilderness
You'll have a leisurely breakfast then depart at 9.00 am for a game safari into Kidepo Valley. Apart from the magnificent scenery and the sense of truly vast African skies, this is perhaps the richest populated wildlife park in Uganda offering abundant antelopes, zebras, giraffes, elephants, and water buffalos as well as lions and a possibility of leopards and cheetahs. Birdlife is also everywhere.
You'll arrive at Apoka, the park HQ for lunch and pick up a ranger for an afternoon safari. You'll head towards Kakine Kopje for your second wild camp with a 360 view over the savannah plains of Kidepo Valley below. In the late afternoon, you'll relax, taking in the scene and preparing for the sunset. You'll enjoy dinner and drinks around the campfire under perhaps the brightest stars on the planet. Again, all the attributes of our support vehicle are at your disposal, including 'the seat' if so desired. Take a breath, close your eyes, what's that you hear? Nothing!
- Main Destination:
- Kidepo Valley National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
The Karamoja and Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve
The Karamoja and Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve
You'll break camp at dawn for an early morning game drive into true Lion King territory and a final chance to see lion and perhaps leopard in their hunting grounds. You'll depart Kidepo and head south through the remote and magical Karamojo region —Kaabong, and a short detour to Nakaperumoru to meet the people of the Jie warrior tribe. You'll see Mount Moroto and enjoy lunch at the Karatunga Foundation. It's a community enterprise supporting the Karamojo Region. There are vast savannah plains and ever-present villages and settlements of the Karamojong with ornate kraals and bomas appearing to date back centuries and beyond. Infeasible rock formations and vast volcanic mountain ranges rise out of the plains.
You'll continue south to Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve for a late afternoon game drive and a rare opportunity to see roan antelope and ostrich. You'll head to the Kara-Tunga Eco Camp for a final night camping with dinner, a campfire and a last chance to see the night sky.
- Main Destination:
- Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Mount Elgon and Sipi Falls
Mount Elgon and Sipi Falls
You'll enjoy camp breakfast and depart for final game safari in Pian Upe. You'll have a short trek to the ceremonial caves of the Upe tribe. Here, you'll feel the presence of ancient tribal gatherings, adorned with cave paintings.
You will depart Pian Upe and transfer to Mount Elgon, ascending the slopes of one of the highest volcanoes in Africa with the largest caldera in the world, heading to Sipi Falls.
The Sipi River descends Mount Elgon over three spectacular waterfalls. You will lunch at the beautiful Lacam Lodge overlooking the lower falls. Then, you'll transfer to the upper falls for a modest trek down the mountain trail to the middle falls where you will spend your final night in splendid surroundings at Sipi Heritage Lodge at the base of the falls.
- Main Destination:
- Sipi Falls (Highlight)
- Accommodation:
- Sipi Heritage Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Jinja and the Source of the Nile
Jinja and the Source of the Nile
You'll depart Sipi Heritage Lodge and transfer to an ethnic coffee processing facility on the mountain slopes. This is a fascinating opportunity to learn the key stages of coffee production from planting to cupping; roasting and grinding your own beans; and understand the potential of this valuable product to the local economy.
You will descend Mount Elgon and commence the return leg of the journey. You'll stop at Jinja for lunch at the source of the Nile. You'll depart Jinja for the return transfer to your accommodation either in Kampala around 6.00 pm or Entebbe around 7.00 pm.
Why not add a stayover in Jinja and spend a further day whitewater rafting or more passive pursuits on the Nile or within the famous city of Jinja?
- Main Destination:
- Jinja (Town)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
