Kidepo Valley National Park, situated in Kaabong District, North-Eastern Uganda is remarkably one of the virgin travel destinations tourists on Uganda safari should consider a must-visit to experience something unusual. If authentic African wilderness experience is what you are interested in then, Kidepo Valley National Park safari is the right answer! 

No best place on planet earth holidaymakers can experience that true feeling of authentic African experience except only in Kidepo Valley National Park (KVNP). Gazetted in 1962, the same year Uganda attained her independence, Kidepo is an incredibly pristine Uganda safari park lying in the extremely rugged, semi-arid valley close to border areas with South-Sudan and Kenya. 

Kidepo Valley National Park is isolated in the Karamoja Region, North-Eastern Uganda, makes up the premier Eastern Circuit sites and sprawls in a land area of about 1442sq.kms. To most people, Kidepo is a true Long-Lost Eden, and a Uganda safari here is a great opportunity to explore and experience what this true Eden has to offer the world. Its remoteness makes it an exceptional wilderness paradise and it is of no doubt one of the best savanna destinations in the East African region. 

Kidepo Valley National Park (KVNP) noted for its distinct landscape, characterized by mountains, savanna grassland, riparian wood, semi-arid scrubs, and open thorn bush. Kidepo lies within an elevation range of 914m to 2749m.

Years back, Kidepo Valley National Park was largely an area that was occupied by the Ketebo farmers and hunters. They lived in the area from 1800, until, recently in 1958 when it was gazetted as a Game Reserve under the British Colonial Government.

The creation of Kidepo Game Reserve in 1958 was purposely to protect wildlife from hunters and also to reduce bush clearing so as to fight against tsetse flies. The occupants of Kidepo area were forced out (especially Ketebo farmers) who had to relocate to other areas in Bira and they occupied Napotpot, Naurkori, Namosingo, Loriwo and Kudo in South Sudan. In 1962, the Late Milton Obote and its government upgraded Kidepo Game Reserve into Kidepo Valley National Park making it one of the 10 Uganda safari parks in the Pearl of Africa today. 

Kidepo National Park records semi-arid kind of climatic conditions compared to rest of the other national parks in Uganda. The longest period of the year, the park experiences drought considering it’s kind of climatic conditions. The temperatures are hot ranging from 29 degrees celsius to 40 degrees celsius during the afternoon. At night, temperatures tend to drop to 17 degrees celsius and generally, Kidepo experiences a single rainy season starting from April, May, July and August. 

Each year, Kidepo Valley National Park Uganda, records 2 significant drier seasons. The phase of drier months/season commences in September, October, November while the second phase begins in December, January & February. Temperatures vary from 17 degrees celsius in the morning to 29 degrees celsius afternoon during the dry months of September to November and rise up to 32 degrees celsius day time and 18 degrees celsius in the morning, during the drier months of December to February.