Kidepo National park is most popular for it is a great home to many diverse wildlife species including the big five animals plus some rare bird species like ostriches. It is considered to be the second after Queen Elizabeth national park.
Kidepo National Park has over and offer rewarded its visitors life memories to its visitors especially birders from
all parts of the world particularly because of her great diversity of
birds and recorded approximately 475 bird species among which are Ostriches. At Apoka Rest Camp as well as at the
park headquarters looking over the superficial southern Narus Valley
provides a splendid spot for Uganda birding tour in Kidepo. The
Silverbird plus small bands of the Yellow-billed Shrike are some of the
stunning species commonly spotted in the thorny trees close to the camp.
At the rim of the camp is a tinny permanent water-hole which attracts bird species such as the Yellow-rumped Seedeater. This area is
frequently visited by the Four-banded Sandgrouse, Buffaloes, plus
Elephants, in addition to occasional Lions at night.
Close to the usually dry bed of the water stream not far from the camp along the trail to Amok lodge in the level grass, you will find the Broad-tailed Warblers, Marsh Tchagra & Crimson-rumped and many others.
neighboring countries.
Kidepo National Park has over and offer rewarded its visitors life memories to its visitors especially birders from
all parts of the world particularly because of her great diversity of
birds and recorded approximately 475 bird species among which are Ostriches. At Apoka Rest Camp as well as at the
park headquarters looking over the superficial southern Narus Valley
provides a splendid spot for Uganda birding tour in Kidepo. The
Silverbird plus small bands of the Yellow-billed Shrike are some of the
stunning species commonly spotted in the thorny trees close to the camp.
At the rim of the camp is a tinny permanent water-hole which attracts bird species such as the Yellow-rumped Seedeater. This area is
frequently visited by the Four-banded Sandgrouse, Buffaloes, plus
Elephants, in addition to occasional Lions at night.Close to the usually dry bed of the water stream not far from the camp along the trail to Amok lodge in the level grass, you will find the Broad-tailed Warblers, Marsh Tchagra & Crimson-rumped and many others.
Best time to visit: March to April for all varieties of specials as well
as several migratory species, although can be visited all year round.
The park is made up of vast savannah plains and rugged mountains and has a variety of wildlife which includes elephants, lions, cheetahs, leopards, ostriches, Rothschild giraffes, antelopes and so much more. It is definitely worth a visit and yet not many people add it to their Uganda safari itineraries, so everyone one who visits it feels like they discovering a new part of Africa.
Kidepo also shares borders with Sudan and Kenya’s Northern Frontier District, it is Uganda’s most beautiful, remote and least-explored park. Kidepo was once the playground of the late president Idi Amin and you can still visit the haunting ruins of a lodge that could just as easily have been designed as a massive bunker. Those who take the trouble to get here are rewarded with phenomenal wildlife sightings and a level of exclusivity that can rarely be had at any cost inneighboring countries.
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