A raw, immersive journey through Uganda’s remote northeast - Karamoja, where few tourists go, but culture and nature thrive. Uganda is home to over 50 tribes, each with a different and unique culture, and in this trip, you'll become immersed in several tribes and traditions. From the wildlife of Kidepo Valley National Park to meaningful exchanges with the Acholi, Ik, and Karamojong communities, this 8-day trip blends local hospitality, highland beauty, and off-grid exploration.

The moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived: this is when your Ugandan safari begins. After a few brief formalities and an introduction to your guide, we'll start this journey together and begin to discover all of the amazing experiences Uganda has to offer.

Northern Uganda's largest town, Gulu is divided into a compact central business district centered on an overflowing market, and a leafy and more northerly administrative and residential district. Separated by a valley, both districts are enjoyable to explore on foot.

You'll arrive to your guesthouse, where you will be welcomed by the Acholi community, to kick off this truly unique adventure in Uganda

Full-day experience with the Acholi community. During this all day adventure, you will have a village walk, visit the craftsman, participate in meal preparations in some homes, and dance together. Learn about food, crafts, music, and the oral storytelling traditions of this ancient culture.

Return to your guesthouse in the evening.

Take off in the morning and drive to Kidepo Savannah Lodge.

Here you will have lunch in a beautiful safari park on the western boundary of the park.

In the late afternoon, you will take off for your game drive in Kidepo Park. Come to Kidepo Valley National Park for the wildlife, but be equally blown away by the mountanious scenery and sense of being miles off of any beaten track. Here, you can see several kinds of wildlife - including lions (if nature allows), elephants, buffalos, giraffes, and zebras. Kidepo's bird checklist also includes over 470 species, several of which are recorded nowhere else in Uganda (most famously, East Africa's only wild population of the spectacular rose-ringed parakeet). It's one of the best places anywhere to see the long-limbed, ground-dwelling patas monkey.

Spend the evening in a safari tent on the western boundary of Kidepo Valley National Park. This savannah lodge is an traditional tented camp that offers wonderful views over the Narus Valley. Simple but furnished, the lodge is ideally located for drives along the park's most productive wildlife viewing circuits.

Set off for Timu, where you will meet the Ik tribe - a group of former hunter gatheres who today live on the extreme northeastern corner of the country. They currently successfully practice farming and bee-keeping and are known for their love of the environment and their cultural heritage.

In the morning, you'll spend time immersing yourselves in the hearth of this culture, fostering cultural exchange and supporting local livelihoods.

You'll share a lunch together, and then head to Kaabong for panoramic views of the East Africa Rift amidst the traditional villages of the ik community.

Spend time exploring this lush forest that has served the community for many basic livelihood needs such as food, fuelwood, medivine, meat, honet and water. The biodiversity in this forest and surroundings is unexplored and undocumented. The fast wilderness has the potential of becoming a heaven for off-the-beaten path nature seekers, cultural tourists, outdoor adventurists and bird watchers.

Return back to your eco-camp for dinner.

In the morning, set out for Moroto, where you will continue to be fully immersed in Ugandan culture - this time with the Karimojong people. This is not a sightseeing experience, but a true immerise and particiatory experience. Together with the Karamojong community, you will share in their rich cultural history and particiapte in various domestic activities.

Through this experience, you can learn how to prepare traditional meals, how to sing and dance to traditional folklore, how to make traditional Karimojong beads accessories, experience the ancient traditions of foreseers, listen to the stories of elders, and play traditional Karimojong games.

Round out your time with the community by spending a night sleeping in a traditional hut. Exchange experiences and life stories around the campfire and share a meal with the host family.

ake up and continue your cultural experience, with a full morning of cultural activities. Start by an interactive cattle experience, where you will get to know the well-known Karimojong pastoral life. Help bring the cows to the kraal, milking the cows, herding, learning how to identify local greens, and experiencing traditions like getting your own Karimojong name.

Then, move on to the village walk. Togher with a passionate and experinced indigenous guide, you will learn about life in the traditional homestead on an easy walk.

Around noon, start your journey to Home of Friends guesthouse, with a packed lunch to enjoy on the way.

When you arrive to Home of Friends, you will begin the "Cooking with the Mamas" experience, where you will pick fresh ingredients from the family garden, learn to prepare a nutritious local meal and then enjoy the food together during an intimate, home-cooked dinner.

In the morning, head to Mount Elgon for a half-day waterfall hike. You will hike through several lush green forests, and experience the beauty of Sipi Falls.

In the afternoon, stop at a coffee plantation, to see the process of producing coffee from crop to cup. Here, you can ask everything you've ever wanted to know about where coffee comes from.

Return to your guesthouse in the evening for story telling around the campfire.

Say goodbye to the beautiful surroundings of northern Uganda, where you've been welcomed into the lives and cultures of so many different people over the past week.

Transfer back to Entebbe airport for your departing flight.