13 Day Eastern & Northern Uganda

Welcome to UG

Early in the morning you will drive from Kampala to Jinja and assemble at the water rafting point for an initial briefing. You will be fitted out with life jackets and helmets before heading off downriver to the start point.

Once down at the river’s edge, you will receive a detailed safety briefing, before launching into the river for some practical instruction. The rafting carries through meanders of the Nile through beautiful scenery and challenge points selected for an enthralling but safe adventure. You have the opportunity to choose the intensity of your adventure and the level of rapids to raft.

After lunch, you will drive to Jinja town for a city tour and boat ride to the source of the Nile. Jinja town is best known for the source of the Nile where the river starts its 4000-mile journey to the Mediterranean from Lake Victoria.

Afternoon Hike

Walk around Sipi Falls. VIsit Caves, Coffee farms

Via Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve for a game drive

Explore Moroto

Moroto to Kidepo

After breakfast, you will embark on an extensive all-day game drive in Kidepo valley national park. You will carry a packed lunch and with the company of a ranger guide, start your search for the animals and birds of Kidepo.

The park ranger will help you spot the lions that may be sitting on the valley’s various rocks. Other wildlife includes elephants, leopards, bush duiker, jackals, bushbucks, bush pigs, ostrich, buffalo and much more, in the wild Narus Valley.

The game drive will traverse open plains that extend past Kanangorok Hot Springs towards mountains across the Sudanese border. This is the part of the park where ostriches are most commonly seen. At the hot springs, you will take a brief walk to observe and photograph.

Kidepo valley national park offers a range of nature walks depending on your strength or preference.

Shorter guided walks of around two hours can be taken through the Narus Valley extending over a 5km radius from Apoka Tourism Centre. The walk to Lomej Mountains can be last four hours, the hike starts at 7 am.

Guests can also wander along the splendid Kidepo River Valley between banks of attractive Borassus palm forest.

In the afternoon you will take a visit to a willing community of Karimojong. Discover the unique culture of this remote tribe with the Lorukul Cultural Group, located just outside Kidepo Valley National Park.

Their main livelihood is herding livestock, and the social and cultural importance will be explained as you walk with the guides to the traditional Karamojong manyattas (homesteads), granaries and cattle enclosures.

Learn how the village people make their distinctive beads, sample the local cuisine, and even learn the tribe’s folklore and beliefs.

You will depart from Kidepo Valley National Park in the morning and drive to Murchison falls national park via Kitgum and Gulu.

Along the way, you may have a brief stop at Aruu waterfalls. Explore this pristine site and enjoy numerous photography opportunities. You will also stop in Gulu town for lunch.

Upon entry into Murchison falls national park, you will head to your accommodation and relax after the long drive.

We'll start the day early with breakfast before going to a morning game drive in the park. On this game drive, expect to see many wild animals such as lions, elephants, leopards, giraffes, buffaloes and much more.

You will return to the lodge for lunch and then go for the afternoon boat cruise on the river Nile leading you to the bottom of Murchison Falls. On the cruise, you will see many animals along the river bank including hippos, crocodiles and many more.

Your boat will come close to the bottom of the falls and experience the power of the Nile as the river squeezes through a 7-metre gap in the rock and plummets down 40 metres.

This is the world’s most powerful waterfall and is said to be the greatest thing to ever happen to the Nile. You then drive to your lodge to retreat from the day’s activities.

Top of the falls & proceed to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

Rhino tracking and travel back to Kampala, Entebbe