This Mundari South Sudan trip will take to the north east of Juba to Tarekeka to explore one of the unique tribes of South Sudan. The Mundari people are farmers, cattle herding and agriculturalists who live in small scatered villages. They follow a largely traditional lifestyle. They have a strong cultural believes, where the young men and women are marked with a series of parallel “V-shaped scars on their forehead – this tradition is now officially discouraged by the government and is starting to die out but most over the age of around 25 will sport these markings.
Apart from the Mundari this tour takes you to the cattle camps of the Dinka tribe. The Dinka people are a Nilotic group with no centralized political power but are rather divided themselves into independently interconnected clans. Most of the Dinka community resides in Sudan’s Anglo-Egyptian historical province of Bahr el Jebel.
Juba the capital of South Sudan
3:00 am from your hotel in Juba
ARRIVAL TO JUBA & DRIVE TO MUNDARI TRIBAL LAND
Visa on arrival and head to Rainbow hotel for lunch.
Lunch in Juba and drive to the Mundari village settlements. The Mundari are nomads and settle in an area called Tarekeka and around Juba following availability of grazing lands. At times they settle around Tarekeka and at times around Juba. So we drive towards their settlement.
Setup camp and mingle with the tribe when they return with their cattle usually around 5:00 pm.
O/n Camping
MUNDARI-DINKA
Wake up early around 5:00am. Prepare for visiting and Photographing the early morning activities of the Mundari. Around 10:00 am depart from the Mundari tribal land and drive 6 hours 260 KMS south of Juba to visit the Dinka tribe.
We spend the late afternoon mingling with the Dinka.
Overnight camping by the Dinka settlement
DINKA TRIBE- TORIT-LOTUKU MOUNTAINS -ILLEU VILLAGE
Wake up early and visit the morning activities of the people of Dinka. The villagers leave their settlement with their cattle for grazing leaving behind their women and children. We start our journey to Lotuku Mountains.
PM around 4:00 hike up to the Lotuku mountain for the visit to the village called Illeu. Hike down for overnight under Lotuku mountains by the nearby school compound.
Overnight camping.
LOTUKU MOUNTAINS- KAPOETA
AM drive to kapoeta the capital city of Eastern Equatoria state for the visit of the TOPOSSA tribe. Setup our camps at Mango camp in Kapoeta and after lunch we drive to a village to visit the Topposa tribe located by the mountain stretch called Koteen.
The Toposa are Turkana speaking cattle rearing people that have resisted western influence to this date. Toposa have traditionally lived by herding cattle, sheep and goats, and in the past were involved in the ivory trade. They have a tradition of constant warfare, usually cattle raids, against their neighbors. Return back to Kapoeta for overnight at Mango Camp.
LOTUKU MOUNTAINS- KAPOETA
AM drive to kapoeta the capital city of Eastern Equatoria state for the visit of the TOPOSSA tribe. Setup our camps at Mango camp in Kapoeta and after lunch we drive to a village to visit the Topposa tribe located by the mountain stretch called Koteen.
The Toposa are Turkana speaking cattle rearing people that have resisted western influence to this date. Toposa have traditionally lived by herding cattle, sheep and goats, and in the past were involved in the ivory trade. They have a tradition of constant warfare, usually cattle raids, against their neighbors. Return back to Kapoeta for overnight at Mango Camp.
KAPOETA -LARIM TRIBE
Today we spend half the day with the Topossa and we drive to Imatong hills for the Larim/ Boya tribe.
Breakfast and drive to an area called PARIYANG. Here we visit the young Topposa girls traditionally mining gold from a river stream and drive back to Kapoeta town to visit the daily market.
After lunch in Mango camp we leave Kapoeta and drive to camp 15 a spring board of the Larim tribal land.
Coffee, arrange permits with local officials at Camp 15 and drive to Imatong hills for overnight.
Picnic lunch on the way.
PM around 5:00 meet the Larim returning from their surroundings, mingle with them and spend the night camping by the villagers.
IMATONG HILLS -CAMP 15- KAPOETA
Wake up at 6:00 am and further visit the villages of the Larim/Boya tribe. Photo opportunity of morning village activities and drive to JUBA.
Upon arrival to Juba take a covid taste and checkin to Pyramid hotel.
Breakfast, collect covid results and drive to the airport.
