8 Days Uganda safari
Day 1: transfer to jinja
Day 2: transfer to Sipi falls
Day 3: transfer to kotindo (manyatta)
Day 4: transfer to kidepo valley national park
Day 5: full day game drive
Day 6: transfer to Murchison falls
Day 7: game drive and boat cruise
Day 8: top of the falls, ziwa back Entebbe.
Day 1: transfer to jinja. Transfer from the airport drive to eastern direction to jinja, reaching jinja town, you will have your lunch, after drive to the source of Nile, observe it, drive to busoboka falls and drive back to jinja town for dinner and night stay.
Day 2: transfer to Sipi falls. Wake early morning have breakfast embark to your vehicle for Sipi. On your arrival, check in the lodge, have lunch and set off for hike. and you will be able to hike all the three falls of Sipi fall. After drive back to the lodge for dinner and night stay.
Day 3: transfer to kotindo (manyatta). Wake up morning have your breakfast and deptur to kotindo in manyatta people in kalamonja region. On your arrival, you will check in the lodge where you will have your lunch, dinner and night stay, after, you will refresh yourself and drive to the manyatta people with the biggest land area of grass hutted house, enjoy their traditional dance, songs, drinks and food then drive back to the lodge for dinner and night stay.
Day 4: transfer to kidepo valley national park. Have your morning breakfast, set off for the kidepo valley national park, you will be check at the UWA cottages. Have your lunch and set off for afternoon game drive where you will be able to see different wild game like ostrich, lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and so many other animals. Drive back to the cottages for dinner and night stay.
Day 5: full day game drive. Although the park is located very far away from Kampala capital city, it is home to a wide range of unique wildlife animals that will be viewed in very huge populations compared to other national parks. There are two sections in kidepo valley national park where game drive safaris are conducted, such as Narus valley and kidepo valley.
Narus valley section: The valley is occupied with savannah grassland that enhances clear views of the inselbergs which can be viewed in a distance while on a game drive safari in Narus valley section of the park. Narus valley is the best spot for wildlife game safaris in kidepo valley national park due to the fact that it has a high concentration population of wild animals that gather in the dry season at valley to drink water and feed on the savannah grassland. Animals expected to be seen in kidepo valley national park include the African caped buffaloes, the beautiful gentle elephants’, waterbucks, bushbucks, the Uganda kobs, the zebras, hippos, the antelopes, the Rothschild giraffes among other animals. The valley is home to a wide variety of grazing wildlife animals that attract a wide range of carnivorous animals such as the lions, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs among others. These animals gather at the valley to drink water therefore they can easily be spotted on game drive safari in kidepo national park.
Kidepo valley section: Another part to enjoy game drive in kidepo national park is kidepo valley which is attached to the origin of the name of the national of the park. The section has little concentration of wild life animals compared to Narus valley section. Kidepo valley is supplied by the Kidepo River which is a season river that dries up during the dry season the valley dries completely and in the rainy season the river floods. Despite these challenges in kidepo valley section, the place is home to unique wildlife animals which are rare and endangered such as the beautiful ostriches, the cheetahs, nocturnal leopards, the kudus, elands, the wolf eared bats among others that may not be found elsewhere in Uganda. The valley is home to other wildlife species such as Burchell’s zebra, giraffes, waterbucks, Oribis, Bohor reedbuck, Jackson’s Hartebeests.
Day 6: transfer to Murchison falls: After breakfast, you will drive from Kidepo Valley National Park to Murchison Falls National Park. You will enjoy an en- route game drive through the northern section of the park popularly known as Para where you will have chances of spotting many mammals and if luck strikes, big cats hunting. Cross the ferry and overnight in the Park and depending on the time you arrive visit the top of the breath-taking top of the falls. Really an amazing treat at Murchison falls national park. Driving time from kidepo valley to Murchison falls is about 6-7 hours drive with a stopover at gulu town then processed.
Day 7: game drive and boat cruise: After early morning breakfast, you will go for your early morning game drive that gives you chance for wild game that include lions, buffaloes, elephants, several antelopes, leopards and so much more. The delta region is also very rich with water animals such as hippos, crocodiles and the rare shoebill stock. At Murchison Falls National Park, it is nature that gives so the fact that wild animals graze and move naturally, seeing any animal will depend on your luck of the day. Afterword’s, you will drive back to your lodge for lunch and then head for the afternoon boat cruise to the base of the falls. This boat cruise to the base of the falls is seen as the highlight of all activities at Murchison Falls National Park since many water and land animals can be sighted. Expect to see lots of Buffaloes, elephants, crocodiles, many water birds as you cruise up stream to the base of the falls where water squeezes itself into a narrow gorge to later explode as it flows down words. Return to the lodge for overnight.
Day 8: top of the falls, ziwa back Entebbe: After breakfast, you will drive back to Entebbe International Airport for your departure flight out of Uganda. You may pass by the top of the falls to see the falls from the top or drive to Ziwa Sanctuary to track white Rhinos. Lunch en route and drive to Entebbe International Airport. And the drive from Murchison falls to Entebbe is about 5-6 hours.
The end of the trip
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