6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour

This 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour takes you through rugged and semi-arid terrain with a rewarding experience of beautiful landscapes, and wildlife, you will enjoy wildlife game drives, community visits, and a walk to Sipi falls and a coffee experience in eastern Uganda.

6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour Highlights

Detailed 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour

Day 1: Drive to Kapchorwa- Sipi Falls and Coffee Tour

Drive to Kapchorwa and proceed to Sipi Falls; Proceed to the lodge and in the afternoon, go for the trek through the Sipi Falls. The falls are characterized by 3 spectacular falls along the river Sipi. The region is predominantly panoramic with the view of the unique Karamoja valley.

Along this 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour walk, you will have a chance to have a coffee tour where you will learn about coffee and personally experience the processes of coffee growth, drying, and processing locally. The Sipi Falls area, found at the base of Mount Elgon is particularly famous for Bugisu Arabica Coffee produced and grown by the local farmers.

Bugisu Arabica only grows at an altitude of between 1,600 and 1,900 meters; it is the main cash crop in the area and genuinely one of the finest coffees in the world. Later return for dinner and overnight at your lodge.

  • Accommodation: Rafiki Lodge Sipi – Mid-range lodge located in or near Sipi Falls
  • Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included).

Day 2: Drive to Kidepo Valley National Park

After breakfast start the drive to Kidepo Valley National Park. The Park lies in the rugged, semi-arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with Sudan and Kenya, some 700km from Kampala. Gazetted as a national park in 1962, it has a profusion of big game and hosts over 77 mammal species as well as around 475 bird species. Kidepo is Uganda’s most isolated national park is also the most magnificent, for Kidepo ranks among Africa’s finest wildernesses.

  • Accommodation: Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Safari Tent) – Mid-range tented camp bordering Kidepo Valley NP without fences
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 3: Morning game drive and community visit

You will have a morning where you will have a chance to see elephants, zebras, giraffes, huge herds of buffalo, warthogs, duikers, Jackson’s Hartebeest, lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hundreds of bird species, other animals that may be seen roaming around include Jackal Roan, Antelope, Waterbuck, Eland, Oribi, Klipspringer, and Lions.

The park also boasts of being the highest concentration of bird’s endemic to Uganda like Ostrich, Kori bustard, vultures, pygmy falcon, hornbills, eagles, and more. Later in the afternoon, go for a cultural tour in the Karamojong community. Here you will spend a wonderful evening with the Karamojong people and have an insight into their way of life and beliefs. Return to the lodge.

  • Accommodation: Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Safari Tent) – Mid-range tented camp bordering Kidepo Valley NP without fences
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Non-alcoholic drinks.

Day 4: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park


Drive to the legendary Murchison Falls National Park to proced with the 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour. This Park is one of Uganda’s largest conservation areas and boast of 76 mammal species and 451 bird species that thrive in the open savannah and tropical forests. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the park.

  • Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge – Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 5: Game drive and launch cruise on the Falls

After an early breakfast, proceed to have a game drive. Drive in the open African savanna in search of Lions, Leopard, Hyena, Buffalo, elephants, Jackson Hartebeest. Oribi, Waterbucks, Uganda Kobs, and enjoy spotting various Bird species.

This is a beautiful 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour drive across the savannah, Borassus Palm Forest, and grassland down to Lake Albert where the Albert Nile heads north. In the afternoon, go for a boat ride up the Nile to Murchison Falls. Enjoy these spectacular falls where the Nile squeezes through a 7-meter gap. Thereafter drive back to the lodge.

  • Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge – Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Non-alcoholic drinks.

Day 6: Drive to Kampala, visit Ziwa rhinos and departure

You will start your 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour journey back to Kampala, have an en-route visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, home to the southern white rhinos while here you will have a walking safari to the rhinos. Thereafter, proceed to Entebbe International airport connect with your onward evening flight back home.

  • Main Destination: Entebbe (City)
  • Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
  • Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour

6 Days Wilderness Tour

    Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour

Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.

  • You’ll be dropped off at the airport.

 

Important to Know

  • Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
  • This 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour accepts children who are 12 years and older.

6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour Inclusions and Exclusions

Package Include:

  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident).
  • Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident)
  • All activities (Unless labelled as optional).
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional 6 Days Kidepo and Murchison Falls Wilderness Tour driver/guide.
  • All transportation (Unless labelled as optional).
  • All flights during the tour
  • All Taxes/VAT.
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section).
  • Drinking water (On all days)

Package Exclude:

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tips)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)