17 Days Kidepo – Uganda Safari, 17 days full Uganda safari tour to kidepo national park and murchison falls for wildlife safari, kibale national park for chimpanzee safari tour and bwindi national park for gorilla trekking safari tour
17 Days kidepo – Uganda safari suits those with enough time and the love to explore Uganda and her outstanding attractions and destinations that got her the name “Pearl of Africa”. The safari gives you a platform to visit Uganda’s most magnificent savann na and tropical national parks as well as seeing all the big 5 animals. Book Now
Your 17 Days kidepo – Uganda safari will start from the remote Kidepo Valley National Park in the far North East, then to the North and proceed to the far south west and end with western Uganda. This Uganda safari includes game drives, boat trips, gorilla tracking, chimpanzee tracking, nature walks, horseback safaris, and rhino tracking as the main activities to be undertaken.
Day 1: Pick up from the airport to your hotel.
You will be picked by our representative from the airport and transferred to a hotel or guest in either Kampala or Entebbe for an overnight stay.
Day 2: Drive to Gulu for an overnight stay
Embark on your 17 Days kidepo – Uganda safari by driving to Gulu for an overnight stay and to cut the long journey to kidepo short.Possible activities for today are visiting karuma falls, local communities and markets.
Accommodation: Churchill Courts (Midrange) or Bomah Hotel (Midrange)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 5-6 hours
Day 3: Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park
After breakfast, drive through the Karamojong manyattas (villages) to Kidepo Valley National Park for an evening game drive through the kidepo valley to the kanangorok hot springs and watch the sun set.
Accommodation: Apoka Safari Lodge (luxury), Nga’moru Wilderness Camp (Midrange) or Apoka Rest Camp (Budget).
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 2-3 hours
Day 4: Game drive and a visit to the Karamojong manyattas.
This park has unspoiled wilderness which will give you the best game drives in the Narus valley where you will spot herds of buffaloes, Jackson’s hartebeest, giraffes, maneless zebras, reedbucks, lions, leopard as well as cheetahs and black-backed jackals.
Visit the Karamojong mayattas in the afternoon to experience their cultures.
Accommodation: Apoka Safari Lodge (luxury), Nga’moru Wilderness Camp (Midrange) or Apoka Rest Camp (Budget).
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Hiking to the IK people
After breakfast, drive to the base of Morungole ranges with packed lunch to start your hike to the IK people. Then Drive to Murchison Falls and check in at Murchison River Lodge.
Accommodation: Murchison River Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
You will set off for an early game drive on the North of the Nile. Check out lions, Buffaloes, waterbuck, Jackson’s hartebeest, oribi and baboons are some of the animals you will spot. Then you will take a launch cruise on the Victoria Nile River. Spot schools of hippos, large crocodiles, small herds of buffalo. There is rich birdlife on the papyrus banks, watch out for the shoebill stork, the most sought bird in Africa. Meals and overnight stay at Murchison River Lodge.
Accommodation: Amuka Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 6-7 hours
Day 7: Hike to the top of the falls and drive to Hoima
After breakfast you will hike to the top of the falls which is a perfect platform for photography and viewing the breath taking Murchison falls.
At the top of the falls, watch the entire Nile River squeeze itself into a 7 meter gorge entire and falls 45 meters into a plunge pool. Drive to Hoima in the afternoon for an overnight stay on your way to Kibale National Park.
Accommodation: Kontik Hotel (Midrange) or Hoima Cultural Lodge (Mid range)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 5-6 hours
Day 8: Drive to Kibale National Park
Drive to Kibale national park after breakfast and stop in fort portal for lunch and then proceed to the park check in your lodge, rest a bit and then go for a night walk.
During this walk, you will see nocturnal animals like pottos, bush babies and other animals. Kibale National Park is known as the primate capital of the world because the highest concentration of primates in the world with chimpanzees topping the list.
The park is also home to other 12 primate species such black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, olive baboons among others.
This enchanted forest also harbors a variety of bird, butterfly, plant and mammal species like buffaloes, warthogs, giant forest hog, and elephants among others.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge (Luxury), Kibale Forest Camp (Midrange) or Rwenzori View Guesthouse (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 5-6 hours
Day 9: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi swamp walk
Early in the morning, drive to the park’s headquarters to meet your guides and be briefed about the day’s activity which is chimpanzee tracking.
A walk through the forest will give you a chance to spend an hour with the chimpanzees and also the other different forest natives like birds, butterflies, plants, mammals as well as other primate species like black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, and olive baboons among other.
Have lunch at your lodge and after some resting, you head to the Bigodi wetland sanctuary for a swamp walk. The beautiful scenery and amazing birdlife of the swamp will leave you in awe.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge (Luxury), Kibale Forest Camp (Midrange) or Rwenzori View Guesthouse (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park as you enjoy the beautiful views of the Rwenzori mountains.
You will stop at the equator to take photographs and then proceed to the park and arrive in time for lunch. After lunch, go for a boat cruise to the Kazinga channel which will be a platform for you to view ant take photographs of the many birds, hippos, elephants, crocodiles at the channel.
Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury), Bush Lodge (Midrange) or Tembo Safari Lodge (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 3-4 hours
Day 11: Morning game drive and afternoon game drive in Ishasha
Have an early morning game drive in the park and in the afternoon drive to the southern sector of the park in Ishasha where you will have a game drive as you search for the tree climbing lions.
Also expect to see Topis that are only common in Ishasha.
Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp (Luxury), Ishahsa Jungle Lodge (Midrange) or At the River Lodge (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 2 hours
Day 12: Ishasha to Bwindi Impenetrable National park
Have an early morning game drive in Ishasha and then drive through interesting villages and beautiful sceneries to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Bwindi Impenetrable forest is notably known for the many numbers of gorillas inhabiting it. It is also the only place where Gorillas co-exist with chimpanzees.
Arrive in Bwindi check in your lodge and rest a bit. Thereafter have a walk through the forest to visit the Batwa where you will spend the evening with them and get entertained by their traditional dance. Return to the lodge for supper and preparation for tomorrow’s activity.
Accommodation: Mahogany Springs Camp (Luxury), Engagi Lodge (Midrange) or Bwindi View Bandas (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time:
Day 13: Gorilla Tracking!
Drive to the park headquarters for briefing and then proceed to the park with your ranger guides and packed lunch to search for fascinating and endangered mountain Gorilla.
You will have memorable and wonderful experience as you spend one hour with man’s closest relatives watching them go about their daily activities, playing and feeding.
Accommodation: Mahogany Springs Camp (Luxury), Engagi Lodge (Midrange) or Buhoma Community Bandas (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 14: Bwindi to Lake Bunyonyi
Possible activities at Lake Bunyonyi today are canoeing, visiting the local community, swimming or bird watching.
Accommodation: Bird Nest (Luxury), Bunyonyi Safaris Resort (Midrange)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 3-4 hours
Day 15: Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo National Park
Drive to Lake Mburo National Park with a stop at Igongo cultural center for lunch.
Proceed to the park for an evening game drive where there is a possibility of seeing leopards and other late grazers.
Lake Mburo and Kidepo valley National Parks are the only parks where you can see zebras in Uganda.
Accommodation: Mihingo Lodge (Luxury), Mburo Safari Lodge (Midrange) or Rwonyo Rest Camp (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Driving Time: 5-6 hours
Day 16: Horseback safaris and boat trip
After breakfast, enjoy game viewing while riding on the horses as you see animals like zebras, antelopes, waterbucks, giraffes, and impala.
Go for a boat trip on Lake Mburo in the afternoon where you will see different bird species, hippos as you watch the beautiful views of the sun setting.
Accommodation: Mihingo Lodge (Luxury), Mburo Safari Lodge (Midrange) or Rwonyo Rest Camp (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 17: Morning game drive and drive to Entebbe
Early morning game drive to see the early grazers and thereafter embark on your journey back to Entebbe for your departure.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
End of your 17 days Kidepo Safari
Driving Time: 5-6 hours
17 Days kidepo – Uganda safari COST INCLUDES;
- Airport Transfers
- Meet and greet services
- Transport and fuel in a 4×4 vehicle
- English speaking driver/guide
- Accommodation and meal plan as mentioned above
- All the activities mentioned above
- Bottled drinking water
- Park entrance fees
- Gorilla permit per person
- Chimpanzee tracking permit
EXCLUDES
- Airfares and visas
- Personal expenses of any nature like drinks, tips, laundry, telephones, cigarettes.
- International flights
- Personal insurance
