6-Day Sipi, Pian Upe and Kidepo Valley NP

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Transfer from Entebbe to sipi falls

Early in the morning after your breakfast, our driver guide will pick you from your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe to start your trip to sipi falls. Reach in the afternoon to have lunch and check in at the lodge. Refresh and prepare to start on the hike to the waterfalls and later go for coffee experience and later do a sunset walk as you head to the lodge. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Sipi Falls (Highlight)

Accommodation:

Rafiki Lodge Sipi

• Mid-range lodge located at Sipi Falls (Highlight)

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinks not included

Sipi falls hike and transfer to pian upe

After breakfast, transfer to Pian Upe wildlife reserve. It is about 3-4 hours’ drive form Sipi falls of Kapchowra district located on foothills of Mount Elgon. Have en-route lunch in one of the close towns to the reserve. Proceed to the reserve and connect for an evening game drive the connect to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve

Accommodation:

Uganda Wildlife Authoity Bandas

• Budget banda located inside Pian-Upe WR

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Game drives and community visit

After your breakfast, set off for a morning game drive in the savannah plains to search for reserve residents including the cheetahs, Uganda’s only population of the Roan antelopes, the Elands, Zebras, giraffes, Oribis, Uganda Kobs, Buffaloes, blue and Common Duiker and Impalas to mention a few. Return for lunch and later afternoon; visit a local Karamoja community close to the park for a rare cultural experience in dance and drama performances and also be able to learn more about the community. Before nightfall, return to your camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve

Accommodation:

Hunters Camp

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Pian-Upe WR

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Transfer to kidepo valey NP

After your breakfast, check-out of the lodge and embark on your journey to Kidepo valley national park. The park is located in the far North Eastern part of Uganda taking about 5-6 hours’ drive. The drive is spectacular with great views of the countryside and as you approach Karamoja region. Lunch enroute as you proceed to your lodge for check in and refreshing. Kidepo national park is very beautiful with incredible views of the mountains and hills. Connect for an evening game drive in Narus valley to find some of the animals like the elephants, zebras, buffaloes and many more. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Kidepo Valley National Park

Best Time To Visit September to March (Dry season)

High Season September to March (The park rarely gets crowded)

Best Weather September to November (End of the rains)

Wildlife in Kidepo Valley NP

ElephantCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraCommon

GiraffeOccasional

LionOccasional

CheetahOccasional

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HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

Wild DogRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Safari Tent)

• Mid-range tented camp bordering Kidepo Valley NP without fences

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Game drives

After an early morning breakfast, head to the park for game drives through the narus valley with expectations of great sightings of wildlife. Kidepo Valley National Park has high biodiversity of fauna, with at least 86 mammal species, third behind Queen Elizabeth National park and Murchison falls national park for its mammal diversity. 28 of the 86 species of mammals in Kidepo Valley National Park are not found anywhere else in Uganda’s national parks.
Some of the animals unique to this park include striped hyena, Ardwolf, greater and lesser Kudu, Klipspringer, Dik-dik, Bright’s Gazelle and Chandler’s mountain reed buck. Other large mammals here include, African elephant, Zebra, Buffaloes, Water buck, Jackson’s hartebeest, Lions, Leopard and both black-backed and side-striped Jackal are found here. Return to the lodge for lunch and later go for an evening game drive for more chances of the wildlife. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Kidepo Valley National Park

Accommodation:

Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Safari Tent)

• Mid-range tented camp bordering Kidepo Valley NP without fences

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Transfer to kampala/Entebbe

After breakfast, check-out of the lodge and embark on your journey back to Kampala/Entebbe. It’s a 10-12 hours’ drive from Kidepo national park to Kampala with en-route lunch. Reach entebbe later in the evening.

Main Destination:

No major destination visited

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.