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4 Days Kidepo Valley Wildlife Safari in Uganda / 4 Days Kidepo Valley National Park Uganda Safari
4 Days Kidepo Valley Wildlife Safari in Uganda organized by acacia safaris Uganda takes you for a great wildlife safari tour to Kidepo Valley national park. Kidepo Valley National Park is located on Uganda’s border with Sudan and Kenya in the extreme corner in the Northeast of the country.
The park comprises rolling savannah grasslands and a rugged spectacular mountain landscape. The park is accessible by road or by Air from Entebbe. Kidepo is considered one of the wildest, original African parks in Africa, offering a great experience of nature and game viewing.
Day 1 of the 4 Days Kidepo Valley Wildlife Safari in Uganda: You will be transferred to the airstrip to board a chartered flight to Kidepo.
Kidepo Valley National Park
Arrive in the park and after lunch, enjoy panoramic views of the Narus River Valley and photographic opportunities of wildlife from the verandah of the lodge.
An evening game drive along the Narus River Valley for game viewing and photography of Elephants, herds of Buffaloes, Jackals, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Klipspringer, and possibly Lions. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/Camp according to your choice between classic, midrange, and budget accommodation.
Day 2 of the 4 Days Kidepo Valley Wildlife Safari in Uganda: After an early breakfast, go for a morning game drive to Kanangorok hot spring.
A variety of animals can be seen roaming around including Ostrich. Return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon have a cultural experience that will bring us into contact with Karamojong peoples at Karenna and Kapedo.
Meet the local elders and have an opportunity to interact with them. They will show you the kraals, the grinding stones, and many more interesting items. Return for dinner and overnight.
Day 3 of the 4 Days Kidepo Valley Wildlife Safari in Uganda: Another day to enjoy wildlife and African landscape and a guided nature walk. Return for dinner and overnight
Day 4 of the 4 Days Kidepo Valley Wildlife Safari in Uganda: After breakfast, board your chartered flight back to Kampala
End of the 4 Days Kidepo Valley Wildlife Safari in Uganda
Kidepo Valley National park Is an isolated park found in the rocky semi-arid of Karamoja bordering Uganda, South Sudan, and Kenya, located on 1442 square meters dominated by rugged savannah and beautiful blue mountains such as Napore-Nyagia mountain, Morungole mountain, Lotukei mountain, and many more others. The fact that it is in a semi-arid area, water supply is scarce and can be found along with a few places such as the Narus River and Kidepo River
Initially, Kidepo national park was not a national park as it was just another area inhabited by the Dodoth pastoralists who are famously known as the Karamajong and the IK farmers. There were many Borassus palm trees that attracted so many people that came to pick the fruits and make things out of them such as beer, therefore the Dodoth pastoralist named it Kidepo from their verb a Kidepo meaning ‘to pick up’.
In 1958 the area was gazetted because people were burning down the bushes as it was infested with tsetse flies and the fact that animals were attacking people and their livestock/homesteads, it was therefore gazetted to protect both the animals from being poached and attacking people with their livestock. This was formally finalized in 1962 when it was converted into a national park, this left most inhabitants homeless as they were shifted from the park.
These people almost became extinct and can only be found up the scenic Morungole Mountains that are near to Kidepo Valley National Park, if you opt to visit these areas, you will hear all these amazing stories. To have a clear image of what Kidepo was after the transition is by watching a documentary film that was made, called ‘The wild and the brave’
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