Book a self drive safari in East to Northern Uganda for the best experience ever. You need to book for the tour when you are still in your home country and you will have to pay a certain deposit as a way of securing your safari tour in East to Northern Uganda.
Use the best tour companies for hiring vehicles which you will use in your self-drive safari such as 4×4 Car Hire Uganda which provides the best vehicles for self drive safaris and these include; Land cruiser, Prado, Premio, super custom, safari van, Coaster and Rav4.
When you go to Uganda for your self-drive safari in East to Northern Uganda, you will absolutely start with your journey to Eastern Uganda where you will find Mountain Elgon National Park which has the biggest volcanic base in the whole world.
In the park you will get involved in many activities such as mountain hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, birding, spot fishing which is done at the Sipi falls in the park and cultural encounters.
In the park you will be able to see a number of wildlife like buffaloes, elephants, small antelopes and forest monkeys which are always seen on the mountain side of Mountain Elgon.
The park inhabits over 300 bird species which provide a brilliant view to many tourists/mountain hikers who make it to the park.
Along the mountain sides of Mountain Elgon National Park is the growing of Arabica coffee which is too economical to the citizens of Uganda who grow it. It is sometimes known as Bagisu coffee simply because it is grown by the local people known as Bagisu.
And if you book for a self drive safari during even numbered years especially in November and December, you will be able to see the fierce ritual done by the Bagisu.
This is the period where the Imbalu ritual takes place onto the male Bagisu. This Imbalu ritual is the act of circumcising the male Bagisu using very sharp knives and it is a compulsory culture to the Bagisu that every male should do.
This Imbalu ritual is done in public whereby people will come to confirm and prove that you have grown up into a man because according to them, you become a man after being circumcised through performing the ‘’Imbalu’’ ritual.
You will stay in the good lodges of Mountain Elgon National Park and then extend your safari to Northern Uganda.
Some of the lodges around the Park include; Mbale resort hotel, Sipi River lodge, Lacam lodge, Mountain Elgon hotel & Spa, Masha hotel, Noah’s Ark hotel and many more.
As soon as you reach northern Uganda, you will be able to reach to one of the best destinations for the birders, which is Kidepo valley national park. The Park protects almost 500 bird species and 77 mammals including buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, leopards.
For the mountain hikers in Kidepo valley national park will be able to hike the Morungole Mountain which is found in the Park and the Park is also favorable for tourists who like photography tourism due to its beautiful landscape.
The Narus valley is also such an attractive thing in the Park plus the fact that the Park is full of sandy soils this is also ideal for tourists who like photographing during tourism.
During the nature and community walks in the Park you will be able to discover the culture of the local people (Karamajong) who live near the Park and they are traditionally hunters and cattle keepers, and tourists are impressed with their dressing code which is so different from that of the usual one.
The Park consists of good lodges and exclusive camps where tourists live in during their tour and some of these lodges include; Apoka safari lodge, Nga’moru wilderness camp, Kakine self catering campsite and Apoka rest camp.
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