Fly from your private airfield at Kajjansi through the heart of Uganda to the towering granitic topography and wide open spaces of the North. Take a game drive through the lush Narus Valley with its large herds of buffalo and elephant and family groups of eland, giraffe and zebra with a good chance of spotting big cats.
Kidepo Valley National Park
Kidepo Valley National Park was gazetted in 1962 and is one of the most spectacular parks in Uganda. It lies in the remote north east of Uganda, bordering with Southern Sudan and close to Kenya. Its relative inaccessibility makes it one of the last untamed frontiers. The park encompasses an area of 1,442km2 with an altitude ranging between 914m and 2,750m. Its varied landscapes of rolling savannah in the Narus and Kidepo Valleys, the mountains of Napore Nyangea, Mount Morangole and Natera Hills, the dry sand rivers of the Narus and Kidepo, the forests of acacia and borasses palms makes for a dramatic view. Although the park is criss-crossed with rivers, they evaporate in the dry season, leaving only occasional waterholes for the wildlife.
The park is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. Over 475 species of birds including ostriches have been identified, along with 77 mammal species which include large herds of elephant and buffalo, smaller herds of gazelle, kudu, hartebeest , eland, giraffe and zebras. Leopards, lions and cheetahs and the elusive Patas monkeys are also to be seen.
Kidepo you can visit the IK tribe near Mount Morungole to see their adaption to subsistence farming, visit the Karamajong tribe to see their pastoral cow herding ways, visit the Kanangorok Hot Springs, take early morning guided walks and many game drives.
Cross sand rivers and pass through the shade of Borassus palm forests. Explore the arid Kidepo Valley and look for Uganda’s only wild ostriches on your way to the Kanangorok Hot Springs. Keep your eyes in the sky and trees for some of Kidepo’s 475 bird species and on the ground for a chance to see the world’s fastest primate, the Patas monkey.
After an early morning walking safari we take a scenic flight west across
Uganda and along the winding and tumbling River Nile to Murchison Falls National Park.
Here we will explore the park by vehicle and boat, from the fertile delta area, through open savannah and borassus forests to the spectacular falls themselves. Home to large herds of elephant, buffalo and giraffe with a good possibility to see big cats and another great chance to see new and spectacular bird species including the rare shoebill, giant kingfisher, African Skimmers and Bee eaters.
Flying the length of the Lake Albert escarpment we pass waterfalls and isolated fishing villages, crossing over tea estates and tropical forest via volcanic craters to the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. Here we will track the chimpanzees and other primates of Kibale Forest including black and white colobus, red tailed monkeys and grey-cheeked mangabeys.
Our morning game flight will take us right through Queen Elizabeth National Park, landing at Kisoro Air field and road transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable
Forest. Take the afternoon to stretch your legs on a short community walk or trip to the forest waterfall. The next day will be the culmination of the safari, tracking the awe-inspiring mountain gorillas in Bwindi.
We fly back to Kajjansi over Forest and lakes and, weather permitting, views of the volcanoes of Uganda, Rwanda and DRC.
