DETAILED ITINERARY:
Day One: Arrival.
Our driver guide will pick you from the airport to the hotel for dinner and sleepover
Day two: Transfer to Kidepo valley national park.
In the morning our driver guide will pick you from your hotel and transfer you to the airport for a 1.5hour flight to a very remote area in Uganda. You will have your lunch in Apoka lodge and best of all is the fact that you can actually see some animals in the lodge vicinity even before your afternoon game drive. You may as well enjoy a swim in the swimming pool.
You will have a game drive in the afternoon in the Narus Valley and there you will see numerous Buffaloes, Zebras, Elephants plus Giraffes, and if lucky lions, cheetahs plus Leopards. In addition there are numerous bird species along the way. This drive is really slow offering you wonderful opportunities take pictures of animals, birds, trees, butterflies and plants. You will dine and slumber at your lodge.
Day Three: Hot Springs And Community Visit
You will have a wonderful breakfast after which you will have another fascinating game drive through the arid river bed, savannah, small forests, hills plus the foothills of the mountains to marvel at the impressive flora and fauna in the area.
You will continue to the Karankorog Hot Springs as you see numerous animals along the way. Each game drive is different even when you repeat the very route more than once. The scenery, birds and animals will certainly be very impressive so remember to bring along your camera.
Have Lunch back at Apoka Lodge and in the afternoon spend some time with the Karamajong people on cultural tour learning about their culture and norms. Their passion for cattle is best matched with that of the Maasai of Tanzania as well as Kenya. They are very proud of their culture and they are proud warriors who believe that God gave them a right to all cattle as well as that belonging to other people. You will observe their fascinating lifestyle, their ways of cooking, dancing, and cattle keeping. Head back to Apoka Lodge to rest dine and sleep as you enjoy the thrilling sounds of nature in Kidepo Park.
Day four: Game drive and nature walk.
Another hefty breakfast as you enjoy the impressive melodies of birds in the surrounding trees. You will have a game drive in the morning within the remote parts of the park to view birds and different wild animals.return to Apoka Lodge for Lunch in the afternoon relax by the pool or have a guided exciting nature walk searching for various animals. Dinner and have the overnight at Apoka Lodge.
Day five: Nature walk and Departure.
Have your final breakfast at the Lodge before going for a guided nature walk to see birds, return for lunch back at the lodge and then head back to the capital and this will be the end of your safari.
