Day 1 - Heading north

You’ll be collected early in the morning you from your chosen collection point in Kampala (or Entebbe) and drive north. After about four hours, you’ll be stopping off at the mighty River Nile as it crashes down Karuma Falls. You’ll then pass over the river being sure to dodge the baboons basking in the sun by the road and drive a couple of hours to reach Gulu town were you’ll be stopping off for lunch. This afternoon you’ll be driving east along dusty murram roads, till you reach Kitgum town, where you’ll be staying for the night.

Day 2 - Kidepo Valley National Park

This morning you’ll complete your journey to reach the wilderness of Kidepo Valley National Park. The landscape will give way to savannah scrub and mountain peaks will start to appear out of the haze on the horizon. You’ll drive along winding roads passing mountain ridges to reach the edge of the park boundaries in the early afternoon. Once in the park you’ll take a game drive out into the stunning landscape of the savannah, ringed by mountains on the horizons. This parks wildlife diversity is the best preserved in Uganda and its remoteness gives the feel that you’re the only people there. As you explore the savannah you’ll be on the look out for lions, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, eland, oribi and elephants before returning to your camp to watch the sun setting over the rolling savannah plains.

Day 3 - A walk on the wild side

This morning you’ll be setting of driver further into the park to explore the Narus Valley. The early morning light will provide excellent photo opportunities and usually plenty of animal activity before the heat of the day sets in. There are several game circuits for you to explore with your driver/guide at your own pace. This afternoon you’ll have the chance to go out for a walking safari through the savannah with a Uganda Wildlife Authority Guide. They will help you track animals and explain the local environment. This is a great way to immerse yourself in wildlife and truly experience this unique area. These walks are an excellent way to view the park and get up close and personal with the animals giving you a different perspective than game driving in a car. Don’t worry, you’re perfectly safe! You’ll be spending the evening relaxing by the fire under a start filled sky with the sounds of the wilds of the savannah echoing around you.

 

Day 4 - Ostriches and hot springs

This morning you’ll be up bright and early to take an extensive game drive out into the northern sector of the national park. You’ll be heading over the seasonally dry Kidepo River bed towards the Kanangorok hot springs on the northern edge of the park close to the South Sudanese border. You’ll be accompanied by a Uganda Wildlife Authority range to help to search the savannah and scrub for a variety of wildlife but particularly for the flocks of ostriches found in the region. You’ll then head back to camp in the mid-afternoon to relax and enjoy the dramatic scenery of the plains and mountains of Uganda’s true wilderness, or if you want to continue your game driving you can head back out onto the savannah of the Narus Valley with your driver/guide. You’ll be able to spend until sunset on the plains before heading back to your camp for your final night in Kidepo Valley National Park.

Day 5 - Gulu town

You’ll want to be up in the early morning to take your last chance to take a game drive onto the savannah to catch a last glimpse the wildlife. This afternoon you’ll start making our way back home through the rolling wilderness that spreads out from Kidepo Valley National Park and start the journey back toward Kampala. You’ll be making it as far as Gulu town in the late afternoon. Gulu is the largest town in northern Uganda, which in the last few years has had new life breathed into it as a bustling center of the north. You’ll spend the night here and continue with your journey tomorrow.

 

Day 6 - Rhino tracking

You’ll be able to take a slower start to the day before you leave Gulu town and start the journey south back to Kampala (or Entebbe). After a few hours of driving you’ll reach Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Here you’ll be guided on foot by an experienced and knowledgeable ranger to visit Uganda’s most endangered creature, the Southern White Rhino. This is the only place in Uganda where they still survive and breed with the hopes of one day being reintroduced to Murchison Falls National Park. After tracking you’ll be driving just a few more hours Kampala (or Entebbe), arriving by dusk.

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