Kidepo Valley National Park

Kidepo Valley National Park [1] is in north west Uganda. It covers 1436 sq km and borders onto Sudan. Understand the park contains unusual, not often sighted Predators such as the aardwolf, bat-eared fox, caracal, cheetah, hunting dog and striped hyena. the park also contains the usual plains animals such as Lions, leopards, giraffe and other common herbivores. small cats are also found within the park. History Landscape Open tree savannah. Flora and fauna herbivores include elephant, rothschild giraffe, nile buffalo, burchell's zebra, oribi, klipspringer, uganda kob, greater and lesser kudu, warthog, bush pig, topi, grant's gazelle, eland, bushbuck, common duiker, bush duskier, roan antelope, beisa oryx, dik dik, Defassa Waterbuck, jackson's hartbeest, Chandlers Mountain reedbuck and Bohor reedbuck. carnivores include lion, cheetah, leopard, carcal, serval, spotted hyena, stripped hyena, aardwolf, african hunting dogs, black-backed jackal, side-striped jackal and bat eared foxes. primates found in the park include the endemic (found nowhere else) Kavirondo bush baby 465 species of bird have been recorded in the park and 58 of these are birds of prey and 14 of these are endemic to the region. Climate Get in By car Approx 700km from Kampala. By plane There is a small airstrip about 3km away from the park HQ which chartered planes from Entebbe International Airport fly to. United Airlines, P.O Box 246000 ph:+256-41-349841/2 (email: [2], fax: +256-41-349843) Fees/Permits Non residents require a permit costing US$20, East African residents one costing US$10. Get around See Do Buy Eat Drink Sleep Lodging Apoka Rest Camp - 16 chalets. See www.uganda-wildlife-photographic-safaris.com for safaris to this park. Camping Backcountry Stay safe Get out This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!