5 days Kidepo National park Safari

5 days Kidepo National Park safari
Overview.
This 5 days safari adventure provides rare opportunities to travellers in Uganda to view various attractions in the virgin areas of Kidepo. The National Park is a renowned area for providing the most remote African experience which those on this trip will gladly indulge in and disconnect from their usual schedules. Travelers will also stand the golden opportunity to observe the fastest bird on earth, including the ostrich and world’s fastest animal – cheetah.
Kidepo National Park is a home to the African wild dogs which visitors on this trip will have an opportunity to encounter in the Narus valley. It is thus an assurance that visitors will have a good time in the area and also learn a lot about the Karamojong people.
Detailed itinerary.
Day 1: Drive to Kidepo National Park.
A professional tourist guide will pick up the guests from the hotel in Kampala with a tourist vehicle. Ensure the guests feel at home and later embark on the drive to Kidepo National Park in the north. This journey will take you approximately 10 hours and 10 minutes on the Kampala – Gulu highway.
There will be a lunch stopover in Gulu town where visitors will be served a delicious local meal at a reputable restaurant. Continue with the drive to Kidepo National Park and on arrival in the park you’ll continue up to the lodge, check in and relax in the wilderness as you view the beautiful birds in the compound of the lodge and other animals. Dinner will be served later at eventide and you will be accommodated overnight.
Day 2: Full day game drive in Kidepo National Park.
Breakfast will be served at first light at the lodging facility by the professional staff. Enjoy the breakfast as you marvel at the sunrise over the beautiful savanna grasslands of Kidepo. Embark on a guided morning game drive in the Tean valley which is a renowned habitat for ostriches and spotted hyenas that you will have a chance to view.
Enjoy the views of animals up to midday where you will transfer back to the lodge for a delicious lunch. Continue with the afternoon game drive in the Narus valley that will present opportunities to view African buffaloes, African wild dogs, spotted hyenas, African Bush elephants and many other attractive animals. At sunset, embark on the transfer back to the lodge, sip on some drinks as you enjoy the sunset and later at twilight dinner will be served to you. You will stay for a night time at the lodge as you wait for other exploration adventures the next day.
Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon Karimojong community tour.
A delicious morning meal will be served at crack of dawn at the lodging facility. Enjoy the meal and after, embark on a morning game drive in Kidepo River Valley areas where you’ll have the chance to view a variety of animals including leopards, jackals, servals, cheetahs and common genets. Countless bird species will also be viewed on this game drive especially the marabou stocks, black headed vultures, hammerkop, African darters, African fish eagles, turacos and piapiacs. Transfer to the lodge at noon for a delicious lunch. After lunch, undertake the drive to Kautakou Karamojong residence in the area.
Interact with the indigenous people the entire afternoon as they tell you about their way of life. They are celebrated entertainers and they will surely showcase their wonderful dances. Humanitarian acts will be done in the community to help empower them and later in the evening you will drive back to the lodge. Dinner will be served at eventide and you will be accommodated for the night.
Day 4: Mount Morungole hike and Visit to the IK people.
A mouth watering breakfast will be served at the lodge before sunrise after which you will embark on the drive to the base of mount Morungole. Undertake the hike to the top of the mountain which usually takes approximately 8 hours. The hike will unveil the wonderful views of Kidepo wilderness and also present various opportunities to see herds of African Bush elephants and buffaloes. A packed lunch will be served at the mountain peak after the hike as you enjoy the views of the surroundings of the mountain.
Slope down the mountain after lunch and later visit the IK people. The IK People are renowned as some of the first inhabitants of the Ugandan and they therefore have interesting history about them which will be unveiled in their homesteads by their elders. Interact with these people and take beautiful photographs with them for remembrance. At dusk, drive back to the lodge to refresh and enjoy dinner. Have an overnight rest at the lodge.
Day 5: Travel back to Kampala.
A scrumptious morning meal will be served at crack of dawn by the attentive staff. Undertake 10 hours drive back to Kampala using the Kampala – Gulu highway. You will have a lunch stopover in the local towns. After lunch, you will continue with the drive back to Kampala, which will mark the end of this interesting safari.