Kitgum–Kidepo Road is a road in the Northern Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Kitgum in Kitgum District and the town of Apoka, in Kaabong District, inside Kidepo Valley National Park.
[1] The Kitgum–Kidepo Road starts at Kitgum and continues in a general northeasterly direction, through Naam Okoro, Orom, Lobarangit and Karenga, before ending at the western edge of Kidepo Valley National Park, a total distance of approximately 116 kilometres (72 mi).
It is a major route of transportation between central Northern Uganda and the Karamoja sub-region.
[1] The Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), were carried out by Environmental Solutions Africa (ESA) working together with Tenvicon.
[4] Besides improving Uganda's tourism sector, this road is intended to support Uganda's mineral development, now that gold, marble, limestone, uranium, graphite and other minerals have been discovered in the Karamoja sub-region.