SOUTH SUDAN CULTURAL EXPEDITION JUBA | MUNDARI | AKWAKA | LOTUKO

You will in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, the youngest country on earth. The guide will meet you at the airport and transfer to Pyramid Continental Hotel. Arrange travel permits. The rest of the day is free to relax or explore depending on your arrival time.
No cameras to be used in Juba, smartphones can be used with utmost caution
Accommodation: Pyramid Continental Hotel
Meal plan – Lunch (if needed), Dinner

Activities : Adventure , Food and Drink , Forts and Palaces , Road Trip , Rock Climbing , Jeep Safari

Accommodation : Continental [ 4 Star ]

MUNDARI
Breakfast and drive to Terekeka the Mundari tribal territory. Reaching Terekeka, regional capital, walk around the market to meet the first Mundari tribal people. After having checked with the local authorities, drive to a cattle camp to spend the night.
Mundari are a small ethnic group related to the Nilotic people. Mundari together with neighboring Dinka people are sometimes noted for their height. The Mundari like the other Nilotic tribes are very cattle – oriented: cattle serves as food, a form of currency and a mark of status. Marriages are arranged by the prospective groom offering cattle to the bride’s family and husbands may take as many wives as they can support.
Mundari have kept alive animistic religion while the neighboring Dinka have lost most of these traditional ways due to war and conversion to Christianity.
In common with other Nilotic tribes in Sudan, the Mundari practice ritual scarification as a rite of passage into adulthood for young men. The typical Mundari scar pattern consists of two sets of three parallel lines, each on either side of the forehead, extending in a downward slope and unconnected in the middle.
Accommodation: Tents
Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Activities : Adventure , Camping , Forts and Palaces , Jeep Safari

Accommodation : Camping [ 1 Star ]

You will spend the morning hours enjoying the magnificent views of the cattle camp at sunrise, the Mundari morning activities in the camp and later drive to Bor for an overnight.
Accommodation: Bor Park Palace
Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Activities : Adventure

Accommodation : Bor Park Palace [ 1 Star ]

Breakfast and then take a boat to the Sudd wetland to visit the Akwaka fishermen. The Sudd is Africa’s largest wetland and one of the largest tropical wetlands in the world representing one of the largest freshwater ecosystems in the world. It is inhabited by Dinka and some other Nilotic communities.
Accommodation: Bor Park Palace
Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Activities : Adventure , Food and Drink , River Rafting , Road Trip , Adventure Sports , Jeep Safari , Rowing Boats , Boat Safari , River Cruising , Boat Cruise , Beaches Sightseeing , Cave Diving , Swimming

Accommodation : Bor Park Palace [ 1 Star ]

You will have breakfast and then drive to Torit for an overnight.
Accommodation: Torit hotel
Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Activities : Forts and Palaces , Jeep Safari

Accommodation : Torit hotel [ 3 Star ]

VISIT THE LOTUKO AND THEN DRIVE BACK TO JUBA
Breakfast and then drive to the Lotuko people. The Lotuko actually call themselves Otuko, however the name Lotuko has been bestowed by their neighbors. There are approximately 80,000 people spread over 16 traditional villages and in the city of Torit. They are agro-pastoralists of cows, sheep, goats as the main animals and sorghum, peanuts, sesame, and yams are their main crops. They hunt for fresh meat, since the number of domestic animals is a sign of wealth and prestige. Agriculture is communal.
Their belief system is based on ancestor worship. Folklore and poems are transmitted verbally. There are many ceremonies: the rain dance once a year, every 16 years a fire is made for the ceremony, funerals, marriages. Every town has a magician.
The Lotuko are famous for their dance and each town has an area created just for dancing. More and more the Lotuko are renouncing their traditional forms of dress and adornment for western clothing. But overall, its economy, religion, and house building remain traditional.
You will enjoy their intense welcome dances and later drive back to Juba for an overnight.
Accommodation: Pyramid Continental Hotel
Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Activities : Adventure , Food and Drink , Forts and Palaces , Road Trip , Jeep Safari , Cable Car

Accommodation : Continental Hotel [ 4 Star ]

You will after breakfast head to Juba international airport for your flight back home. Passengers are advised to be at the airport for check in 3 hours to their departure time.

Activities : Day Spas