4 Days Pian Upe Game Reserve and Sipi Falls safari

The Sipi Falls originated from the Sipi River which flows to the base of Mount Elgon which lies between the border of Uganda and Kenya.

One of the Sipi falls is as high as 100M high and an adrenaline junkie can abseil down these falls.

Surrounding the falls are community walking paths and hills covered up with lush Arabica coffee trees.

Figure 1 Local tourists enjoying an afternoon shower at the Sipi Falls

After lunch, be ready for the Sipi Falls tour. You will go for a 3-hour tour guided by a local guide who talks about the history, culture, flora, and fauna of the Sipi Falls area.

Accommodation: Sipi River Lodge (stunning views of one of the gently flowing Sipi Falls).

Meals: Lunch & Dinner.

Drive time: 6 hours’ drive.

Sipi River Lodge is a semi-luxury lodge located in Eastern Uganda with stunning views of one of the Sipi Falls.

Sipi River Lodge is one of the most beautiful, comfortable, and intimate lodges to stay in while in the Sipi area.

From the lodge, you can explore the second of the three Sipi waterfalls and caves.

The lodge has a beautiful restaurant with really good food and a cozy fireplace to warm you up in the chilly evenings.

There are three spacious self-contained cottages and non-self-contained bandas which are more affordable but offer the same standards

Optional Activity
Abseiling:
Outback Adventure Safaris arranges rock climbing and abseiling descents of the main Sipi falls.

There are a variety of climbs to suit all standards made up of 10 sport climbing routes bolted into the cliff face adjacent to Sipi Falls.

Abseiling options range from easy 25m descents all the way to 100m waterfall descent.

You will be transferred to Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve for a cultural and wildlife experience. Pian Upe is one of the less-visited wildlife reserves in Uganda which has got so much to offer to a discerning traveler.

Expect to see plenty of wildlife including; the roan antelope, hartebeest, zebras, buffaloes, dik-dik, jackals, and lots of birds not forgetting Ostriches and occasional spotting of cheetahs if luck permits.

Figure 2 ostriches near the Park Head Quarters
You will arrive and check into the UWA bandas, have lunch, and after set out for a cultural community visit to learn about the ways of the people that live here.

You will learn about their traditional marriages and weddings through performances, traditional dances, and how they raid cattle, a very important activity to them.

Return to the camping area in the evening, and have dinner as you sit around the campfire reflecting on the day’s events.

Accommodation: UWA bandas – Basic but self-contained.

Figure 3 Self-contained tent in Pian-Upe

Meal Plan: Full Board

UWA bandas are basic, self-contained, and clean but don’t expect so much. The reserve is not yet popular and has not yet been developed for tourism.

There are self-contained tents and self-contained thatched cottages that offer a true wilderness experience, with stunning views of the reserve and the hills. The meals too are very basic.

After an early breakfast, you will go for a guided morning game drive. Look out for the early risers including the hunting cheetah.

Other animals you should be on the lookout for are; jackal, roan antelope, zebra, buffalo, dik-dik, hyena, baboon, patas monkey, and many others.

You will have lunch, relax, and later go for the sunset game drive

You will return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight

Accommodation: UWA bandas.

Meal Plan: All meals (The meals are also very basic)

Figure 4 Game drive in Pian-upe

After an early breakfast, you will go for a 3-hour Nature walk to the hyenas’ hill spotting different bird species, lizards, and possibly Hyenas while seeing breathtaking sweeping views.

Figure 5 Breathtaking  and sweeping views from Hyena’s Hill in Pian Upe

Later you will be transferred back to Kampala with stretching road breaks. You will arrive in the late evening.

END OF TOUR.