Overview
7 days Uganda Wildlife Safari, The one week special of Uganda Wildlife Safari is the best reward for travelers seeking to watch the full list of Big Five games. The trip starts from Kampala with two major destinations of Murchison Falls National Park and Kidepo Valley National Park. Activities to engage in will include; wildlife game viewing, boat cruise, community visits, community camping, forest walks, rhino tracking among others.
Trip summary
- Day 1 drive to Kidepo Valley National Park
- Day 2 explore Kidepo Valley National Park
- Day 3 visit the Manyatta community in Moroto
- Day 4 en-route to Murchison Falls National Park
- Day 5 explore Murchison Falls National Park
- Day 6 Rhino tracking and night at Kampala
- Day 7 explore Kampala and take your late flight back home
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Drive to Kidepo Valley National Park
Today will meet and great with Early Trial Expeditions Uganda assigned driver guide. He will have enough time to explain in details all about the trip. Then will embark on a drive to Kidepo Valley National Park. This is a long day of driving, meaning should start in the early morning hours. Along your drive will en-route to either Gulu or Kitgum town for lunch depending on the time. Then will proceed with a scenic drive to the park, will reach in the late evening hours. Check-in at your lodge, enjoy your dinner and relax off the exhaustion of the day.
Dinner and overnight
- Luxury – Apoka Lodge
- Mid-range – Kidepo Savannah Lodge
- Budge –
Day 2: Explore Kidepo Valley National Park
Enjoy your well served breakfast this morning, then will embark on the game drive. Yes, you went with a driver guide, but this time will have an experienced park ranger to guide you through the dwells of the park. Kidepo is among Uganda’s most rewarding national park with great encounters among which include; prides of lions, leopards, herds of elephants, buffalos, several antelope species, several bird species, zebras, giraffes and many other wild species. The drive will continue through the continuing scenic golden savannah alongside acacia woods. The game drive will last for at least 3 to 4 hours when enjoying the glance on the amazing dwells of the park.
Then, will return to your lodge for refreshment, enjoy your lunch and take an afternoon visit the Karamoja community. Here will enjoy the Karamoja narrations, and their lifestyle stories. There is dancing presentations of which you have to engage. Then will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Luxury – Apoka Lodge
- Mid-range – Kidepo Savannah Lodge
- Budge –
Day 3: Visit the Karamoja communities in Moroto
Following the delicious morning breakfast, will drive to Moroto and spend the all-day exploring the depth about the Karamoja people. This will include visiting the Manyatta communities, the experience is guided by the Karatunga cultural experts. Will have a chance to taste on the local beers, spend the night life in the communities of the Karamojas. The lunch, dinner meals will be enjoyed accordingly from Karatunga camp.
Day 4: En-route to Murchison Falls National Park
Today will take a drive to Murchison Falls National Park, while driving will en-route to the magnificent Aruu falls in Padar district along your route to Gulu. Then will drive via Gulu with lunch en-route and finally in the late evening hours will be at Murchison Falls National Park.
Night and dinner:
Luxury: Chobe Safari Lodge
Mid-range: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Budget: Heritage Safari Lodge
Day 5: Explore Murchison Falls National Park
We suggest a packed breakfast and take an early morning game drive which is the only space to see sunrise arrays. It’s an amazing moment to encounter the wild under the arrays of the sunrise, imagine sipping and enjoying your breakfast under the legs of the sunrise. Just know that a game drive at Murchison is a germ of amazing things and expect to watch some of the Big Five animals (lions, leopards, elephants and buffalos). Larger schools of hippos at the delta, highest concentration of antelope species, towers of giraffes, warthogs, several bird species and a lot more. The game drive takes through several made driving trucks will all converge at the delta that has the highest concentration of animals.
After a game drive will relax, then after the lunch delicious served meals will embark for Victoria Nile Boat ride to the bottom of the World’s most powerful waterfalls. 7 days Uganda Wildlife Safari, The boat ride takes about 2hours packed with views of various wildlife on the banks of the river, and aquatic life including monitor lizards, and crocodiles, several water birds, amazing features like cliffs among many encounters on the boat cruise. Then after will drive back to your lodge and relax for another day, dinner and overnight;
Luxury: Chobe Safari Lodge
Mid-range: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Budget: Heritage Safari Lodge
Day: 6 Rhino tracking and night at Kampala
This morning, following your served breakfast will drive to the top of the falls and watch the amazing flow of rapids forcing into the narrow gorge. Feel the moist view of the falls, then will drive to driving to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to track only wild rhinos in Uganda. This gives a complete list of the Big Five games after watch lions, elephants, leopard, and buffalos in Murchison and Kidepo. Then, with lunch en-route will drive back to Kampala and an overnight here in a descent booked hotel.
Day: Explore Kampala
Kampala is the genesis of all adventures in Uganda, there are a lot to discover. Will have to reach the Mengo palace for a cultural tales about Buganda Kingdom, Kasubi tombs, and Gaddafi Mosque. Then will drive to Entebbe for your flight back home and Early Trail Expeditions will say goodbye, and this is the end of the trip.
Trip inclusive;
- 4×4 safari vehicle
- All trip fuel
- All meals and soft drinks
- All Park entrances
- Gorilla permits
- Boat ride
- Accommodation
- City guided tour
- Driver guide
Exclusive;
- Visa and air ticket
- Laundry
- All hard drinks
- Souvenirs
- Tips
