Kidepo Valley National Park Safari

Transfer to Entebbe Airport for your afternoon flight to Kidepo. It is Uganda’s remotest park and within the wild Karamajong region in North Eastern Uganda, one of the last of Africa’s untamed frontiers .Voted the third best national park in Africa by CNN travel news, Kidepo national park has vast savanna, jagged Rocky Mountains, views that go on forever and excellent wildlife: elephant, lion, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, cheetah, antelope, warthog and much more. The sought of place that one dreams about.

At the airstrip the lodge vehicle will be waiting to transfer you to the lodge. Relax at the lodge, have a late lunch / Dinner.

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Apoka Safari Lodge is rustic, set naturally among the boulders and valleys of the reserve. A big pool dug out of the rock is deep and cool – even in the hottest months. This is very remote, and conveniently reached as a fly-in destination. Road transfers too have picked with improved road network and increased security. It offers ten big tented rooms with hardwood floors, hot running water (solar heated) and comfy furniture located around a dramatic rocky kopje each with the most astounding views out across the plains to the jagged mountains in the distance. Outdoor bathtubs are carved out of the rock face, the furniture is handmade.

Wake early to a cup of coffee. At 0700hrs take a game drive through the Narus Valley to view the most amazing flora and fauna. Large herds of buffalo and elephant, family groups of eland, giraffe and zebra and lions lounging on grasslands, tree branches or from the natural throne, the granite rocks. There is a great opportunity to sight the leopard and cheetah as well. Return to the lodge for lunch.

In the afternoon visit the Karamajong Village, for a cultural tour to see how this proud tribe known to refused many influences for change is evolving. Their ways are unique to them and they are a proud pastoral nomadic tribe who herd cattle. You will see how they live, prepare food, dance, enjoy life and experience what their cattle mean to them.

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This morning led by your guide go for a walking safari along a sandy dry river bed fringed with palm trees, climb to the top of a rocky outcrop and take in the views! You move slowly along isolated tracks to fully appreciate what is around you. Look for tracks and signs of the animals’ movements stopping to point and investigate further. Look for lion track, or even cheetah, always surrounded by Zebra, Waterbuck, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Warthogs, Patas monkeys and big herds of Buffalo.

Return to the lodge for an early lunch .Afterwards, relax in your outdoor bathtub or take a dip in our big rock swimming pool overlooking the savannah and a waterhole frequently visited by animal’s .Later at 1430hrs drive to the airstrip for your flight back to Entebbe.