Kidepo Valley National Park - All You Need to Know [Best Uganda Safari Experience]
Safari Overview
Travel Highlights
Safari Rates
Safari Features
Getting There
Safari Overview
This 3 day safari will take you to Kidepo Valley National Park a park a home to over 86 mammal species with about 26 mammals that can only be found in Kidepo Valley National park in the whole of Uganda. The park is the third largest park in Uganda after Queen Elizabeth National park.
The park has a very impressive mammals list. Twenty species of predator are resident, and several don’t exist in any other Ugandan park (including cheetah and black-backed jackal). Lion is common and leopard also occurs. Elephant, Burchell’s zebra, buffalo and Rothschild’s giraffe are all regularly seen, but black rhino has recently become extinct. Twelve antelope species are present – some of which don’t occur anywhere else in the country.
Uganda 
Parks In this Trip
Kidepo Valley National Park
What to Expect at Kidepo ValleyNational Falls
Top wildlife viewing in the Dry season
Several species (including cheetah) that don’t occur elsewhere in Uganda
Excellent birding with many birds of prey
Lots of wilderness appeal
Travel Highlights
Day 1: Travel to Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 2: Full Day Game Viewing Experience
Day 3: Departure back to Kampala/Entebbe
NOTE:
Safari Rates
Rates Per Person
Start dates | Solo 1 room | 2+ people Sharing rooms |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 | s/p* | $1,200 |
| Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 | s/p* | $1.200 |
| Jan 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 | s/p* | $1.200 |
*s/p= Special Order. This tour is for solo travelers with special order.
Important to Know
Activities & Transportation
Activities: game drives, evening/night game drives, gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, walking safaris (with an armed guide) & boat trip
Game drives: pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle
Getting around: pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle, boat & hiking/walking
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Safari Features
Mid-range tour
This mid-range tour uses lodges and guest houses.
Private tour
This tour will be organized exclusively for you. However, wildlife viewing activities are run by the lodges/camps and will be shared with others.
Can start any day
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
Can be customized
You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.
Suitable for solo travelers
Solo travelers can book this private tour.
Getting There
Getting There
This tour starts and ends in Entebbe / Pickup Location
Book your own international flights when using this operator
Fly to/from Entebbe Airport (EBB – Check price)
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Two valleys (Kidepo Valley and Narus Valley) on either side of predominantly mountainous terrain dominate the park. There are wide, sweeping views of the Narus Valley from many vantage points. Open grassland is interspersed with acacia trees, desert dates and rocky outcrops.
Price includes/excludes
- Park fees (For non-residents).
- A professional driver/guide
- All activities(Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade).
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section).
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional).
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Drinking Water
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour.
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day).
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Extra meals, snacks, gratuities, souvenirs, service tips
- The government imposed increases in taxes and/or park fees.
Detailed Itinerary
→ Day 1: Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park
Game Drive in Kidepo Valley National Park
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up by our company representative who will be your driver guide who will brief you about your trip and then embark on your transfer to Kidepo valley National park along Kitgum-Moroto road with more en-route views along the way like the tea plantations and the plenty of sugarcane plantation in Jinja and have lunch along the way before reaching kidepo valley national park.
in the late afternoon. Check in at the lodge, relax in the evening and have Dinner.
Accommodation Options; Zebra Safari Lodge (Budget)
→ Day 2: Fully day Game drive experience
Explore Kidepo Valley Wilderness