10 Days Eastern Route with Kidepo

Arrival at Entebbe International Airport meet your guide from Nsavi Safaris who will then transfer you to your hotel for an overnight.

Early morning drive to Jinja. Jinja is a former Industrial as well as the second largest town in Uganda and also home to the Source of the River Nile. You will choose from the optional activities available. These include white water rafting on the Nile, Kayaking, Bungee jumping, horse riding where you enjoy leisurely rides through the villages and farm lands along the Nile or opt for a bike ride. Otherwise enjoy a boat ride to the source of the Nile and Dinner and overnight at your hotel/lodge.

Please let us know what activities you are interested in as some need to be booked in advance.

Proceed to Sipi Falls; arrive in time for the trek through the Sipi Falls, characterized by 3 spectacular falls along river Sipi. The region is predominantly panoramic with the view of the unique Karamoja valley. And in the afternoon go for a coffee community walk. you will learn about coffee and personally experience the processes of coffee growth, drying, and processing locally. The Sipi Falls area, found at the base of Mount Elgon is particularly famous for Bugisu Arabica Coffee produced and grown by the Local farmers. Bugisu Arabica only grows at an altitude of between 1,600 and 1,900 metres; it is the main cash crop in the area and genuinely one of the finest coffee's in the world.

Drive to Moroto have an enroute visit to Pian Upe game reserve where you will have a game drive which gives you  opportunity to see more species of wildlife like Jackals, Civets, Spotted hyenas, Servals, Leopards, Wildcats, Vervet monkeys, Patas monkeys, Olive baboons, vervet monkeys, Topi, Cape buffalo, Ostriches just to mention but a few. Thereafter proceed to Moroto for an overnight.

You will have a morning nature walk in the park. In the afternoon have game drive through the Narus Valley where you will have a chance to see elephants, zebras, giraffes, huge herds of buffalo, warthogs, duikers, Jackson’s Hartebeest, lions, leopards, cheetahs and hundreds of bird species. Later in the afternoon, go for a cultural tour in the Karamajong community. After in the afternoon go for a community walk to Karimojng pastoralist with their exciting custom that surrounds these authentic people. They will take you around their home steads, cattle Kraals, their cultural Manyattas and they will also perform for you their cultural songs, after come back at the lodge for dinner and overnight.

You will have a morning nature walk in the park. In the afternoon have game drive through the Narus Valley where you will have a chance to see elephants, zebras, giraffes, huge herds of buffalo, warthogs, duikers, Jackson’s Hartebeest, lions, leopards, cheetahs and hundreds of bird species. Later in the afternoon, go for a cultural tour in the Karamajong community. After in the afternoon go for a community walk to Karimojng pastoralist with their exciting custom that surrounds these authentic people. They will take you around their home steads, cattle Kraals, their cultural Manyattas and they will also perform for you their cultural songs, after come back at the lodge for dinner and overnight.

This day you will hike to the Morungole Mountains where the native Karimojong are known to be flourishing. The native Karimojong are famously known to be the original inhabitants of the area before they were forced to the mountains by the coming of the pastoralist groups. The climbs are rewarding as you will be fortunate to see the remarkable views of Karamoja plains and south Sudan Mountains. After the activity retire back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight.

Drive to Murchison Falls national park one of the country’s biggest national park. The park boasts of 76 mammal species and 451 bird species that thrive in the open savannah and tropical forests. Have an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at your Lodge or camp on full board.

Today, experience the morning game drive in these savannah national parks and expect some of the animals like elephants, buffalos, giraffes, waterbucks, oribis, bushbucks, among others if lucky lions, spotted hyenas and leopards. In the afternoon, take a boat cruise on Victoria Nile to the base of the Murchison Falls. Expect to encounter some of the animals like hippos, crocodiles, variety of water bird species. Drive to the top of the falls for an amazing viewing experience.

You will start your journey back to Kampala en route visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, home to the southern white rhinos. This project aims to re-introduce Rhinos back to the wild following their extinction in 1980’s due to uncontrolled poaching. Thereafter proceed to Entebbe International airport connect with your onward flight back home.