7 Days African Wilderness

Up on arrival, you’ll be met by a Luxury Africa representative at Entebbe airport, who will then assist you with check in with your onward scenic flight to the Kidepo Valley. Few parks are as remote as this one, and spending three days in African’s finest wilderness provides you with an immersion into a world that is yet to be featured on wildlife documentaries. Check in at Apoka Lodge and retire in expansive room with natural canvas walls surround a rocky kopje with endless views across the savannah.

After breakfast, you’ll head for a game drive, the landscape is incredibly open with very little in the way of trees or features that interrupt the view. This visibility makes it wonderfully easy to spot wildlife from afar. Tension dominates the atmosphere, stemming from the relative lack of resources. After lunch, relax at the lodge and go for an evening game drive in southerly Narus Valley, some of the animals unique to this park include striped hyena, Cheetah, Ardwolf, greater and lesser Kudu, Klipspringer, Dik-dik, Bright’s Gazelle and Chandler’s mountain reed buck. Dine at Apoka Safari Lodge.

Head for a morning game drive in Narus Valley after breakfast.  Look for buffalo and elephant in the swamps along the valley floor, giraffe and eland on the drier slopes above and scan the rock outcrops for lions and Chances of spotting big cats hunting are very high. Return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will set off for a cultural walk, getting a chance to meet the native Karamajong people at Kapedo and Karema. Meet the local elders and have an opportunity to interact with them. Learn about their traditions and cultures, unique housing, ornaments, and crafts. You will be welcomed by a traditional dance presentation. Return in the evening for dinner and overnight at Apoka Safari Lodge.

Murchison Falls offers an excellent diversity of wildlife, at 7:00am, you’ll be taken for a morning game drive where you will finally spot several mammals including warthogs, antelope, lions, hyenas, giraffes and primates among others. You’ll head back to your lodge for a sumptuous lunch, freshen up and prepare for a boat cruise. The Voyage takes approximately 3 (three) hours on the water with remarkable safari viewing to and from the falls, the boat offers an opportunity to witness up-close teeming of hippos and crocodile populations on the river as well as a plethora of animals and birdlife on the river banks. When the boat gets to the base of the spectacular Murchison Falls, disembark and do a 45 minutes’ hike on a trail from the bottom to the top of the falls. Enjoy the amazing views of the world’s strongest waterfall where the Nile squeezes through a tiny cleft of 8 meters between the rocks to explode into the whirlpool below, before the river continues on a calm course filled with plenty of wildlife as you should have observed during the boat trip. Meet the driver at the top of the falls for a transfer back to the lodge.

After breakfast, check out and leave for Kampala, stopping over at the Kabalega Diners in Nakasongola for lunch. From here you will proceed with Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino tracking; here you will find both black and white rhinos. The sanctuary was set up in 2005 to breed and later introduce Rhinos to Uganda’s major game parks. Afterward, You’ll drive to Kampala for diner and overnight at Serena Kampala

After breakfast, you’ll head out for a Kampala City. Kampala, the capital city of Uganda is located in the central region on the shores of Lake Victoria. The city has many attractions, destinations and tourists’ activities ranging from events to prime time venues and hotels, that’s why it’s referred as The City that never sleeps”. With a local guide, you can pick and choose a few destinations that epitomize the modern urban Ugandan experience.  Afterwards, you will drive to Entebbe and check in at Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa. Unwind with a one-hour spa treatment to fully revitalize after at an Iconic Journey.

Morning and afternoon at your leisure. Later you’ll be transferred to Entebbe International Airport for departure