Get deeply introduced into South Sudanese culture, experiencing the country’s complex diversity first hand. While South Sudan is a beautiful country, the real highlight of this trip is not the scenery but the people and culture. Start your trip in Juba, then travel through the countryside to remote and isolated villages meeting some of their different tribes. Kick off with a visit to the Toposa villages, best known for their piercings and scarification’s, to the foot of the Boya Mountains home of the Larim tribe, before passing through the Lotuko territory on the way to meet the Mundari in their livestock camp.
If there is the opportunity you will also be able to watch the local sport of Boruboru, a version of dodge ball played by South Sudanese women and girls. A trip focused upon spending time with people from the world’s newest country. It is a unique opportunity to see this rarely visited country alongside our experienced guides who know the tribes and their people in reality.
Highlights:
• Spend time with the Mundari tribe and witness their symbiotic relationship with their cattle.
• Visiting the remote Toposa, Lotuko and Larim tribes
• A drink on the banks of the White Nile
Day 1 – Juba – Mundari Villages
• Arrival in Juba at your convenience. Our local partners will greet you as you leave the plane and guide you through the immigration procedure.
• Upon arrival, head out for the compulsory visit to the state government authorities. They do not get visitors often and the visit is more out of their curiosity than anything else.
• Local lunch
• Drive to the nomadic Mundari tribe cattle camp.
• Golden hour is the perfect time to get your cameras out and take photos of the cattle herders, in their ghostly make up as they arrive back at the camp from grazing.
• Spend the evening with the Mundari and learn the way of life here.
• Dinner and overnight camping in the Mundari Village camp.
Day 2 – Mundari Villages
• Wake up early to catch the sunrise over the plains of South Sudan. Perfect for photography.
• Watch how the Mundari interact with their cattle. For Mundari, cows are more important than anything else, they provide food and milk but are also the most common currency and status symbol.
• Visit Nyikabor village which is another Mundari village.
• Have lunch in Nyikabor village made up of traditional South Sudanese fare.
• Drive to the village and spend the afternoon mingling with the Mundari as they show you around their village. Very few people have spent time here with this tribe.
• Dinner in Nyikabor village
• Overnight camping.
Day 3 – Mundari Villages – Juba – Dinka Camp
• After breakfast, it is time to bid farewell to the Mundari.
• Drive a further 4 hours to the Dinka cattle camp at Aru Junction on the banks of the Nile.
• Evening mingle with the Dinka and sunset photos.
• Dinner at the camp.
• Overnight camping in the Dinka cattle camp.
Day 4 – Dinka – Juba
• The Dinka’s are nicknamed the World’s tallest people, and you’ll quickly understand why.
• Spend the morning with this unique tribe as they care for their animals.
• Drive back to Juba.
• Short city tour taking in the craft market and John Garang Mausoleum.
• Dinner at the Afex riverside camp – South Sudan’s best.
• Overnight in Juba.
Day 5 – Juba – Depart
• Transfer to the airport.
• End of South Sudan tour.
