5-Day Ultimate Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking.
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Trip Overview
Experience the best of Uganda on our 5-Day Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari, featuring extraordinary wildlife encounters in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Kibale National Park. This all-inclusive tour offers the chance to track endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi, home to nearly half of the world’s population, and enjoy chimpanzee trekking or the immersive chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale, renowned for its high density of habituated chimps.
Highlights:
- Gorilla Tracking: Explore Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a prime location for observing mountain gorillas in their natural habitat.
- Chimpanzee Trekking: Discover Kibale National Park, the top destination for viewing habituated chimpanzees, with options for both standard trekking and in-depth habituation.
- Scenic Journeys: Travel through Uganda’s stunning landscapes, including Lake Bunyonyi, in a pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle.
- All-Inclusive Comfort: Enjoy return airport transfers, comfortable accommodations, and expert guidance adhering to new safari SOPs.
Tour Details:
- Starts and Ends in Entebbe or Kampala
- Small Group Sizes: Max 6 people per group
- Flexible Dates: Tour can depart any day and is customizable
- Age Limit: 15 years and above
- Solo Travelers Welcome
Book your 5-Day Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari today and embark on an unforgettable adventure in Uganda’s premier wildlife destinations.
Included/Exclude
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- All Transfers.
- 4 Nights Mid-range Full board Basis accommodation.
- Ground transport per private safari tour 4WD
- 5 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 4 Dinners while on a safari.
- All entrance fees for clients, guide & vehicle.
- Services of a professional safari guide/ driver.
- Personalized private services.
- International flights and taxes
- Passport & Visa applications & processing
- Travel Insurance.
- Tips and gratitude’s to drivers & guides.
- Personal laundry
- Any optional activities.
- Alcoholic Drinks
Tour Plan
After Breakfast, you will drive to Lake Bunyonyi located on the Eastern side of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Your guide will make stopovers at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe for photography, a brief talk and some experiments before you head to Mbarara town for lunch.
You will then drive past beautiful banana plantations, farms and the amazing Hills of Kigezi. You will arrive in the evening and check-in at Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge in Western Uganda.
Main Destination:Â Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Forest
Accommodation:Â Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge
Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast Not Included)
Drinks:Â Drinking Water
After your early morning breakfast, your guide will drive you to Rushaga Park Headquarters for briefing and joining others for briefing before heading into the forest for your gorilla trek. This trek can last for between 30 minutes to 7 hours depending on the location of mountain gorilla family on that particular day. Once you find the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them while observing their behaviour, taking photographs before you return to the Park Headquarters for your certificate that confirms that you have tracked gorillas in Uganda. Overnight stay at Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge.
 Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Forest
Accommodation:Â Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge
Meals:Â All Meals Included
Drinks:Â Drinking Water
After breakfast we will drive to Kibale National Park for overnight at Chimpanzee Forest Guest House. This journey will take you through Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will have chances of spotting some wild game as we drive through this Savannah dominated national park. You will also have another chance to cross the Equator at Kikolongo.
You will also cross several Rivers that originate from Mountain Rwenzori as you go through Kasese district to Fort Portal. You will have a stop in Fort Portal town for lunch before proceeding to checking-in at Chimpanzee Forest Guest House for overnight.
Main Destination:Â Kibale Forest National Park
Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest Guest House or kibale forest Lodge
Meals:Â All Meals Included
Drinks:Â Drinking Water
After breakfast, you will drive to Kibale National Park Headquarters for briefing on the Dos and Don’ts of Chimpanzee trekking. You will be divided into small groups of six people headed by one guide who will then move with you into the forest to find one of the Chimpanzee families. Chimpanzees live in communities of between 50-250 individuals but usually breakup into small parties during the day to reduce competition on food.
They will then recollect in the evening to build their nests. Once you find the Chimps, you will be allowed to spend one hour with the Chimps before returning to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you head out for wetland walk in the nearby Bigodi Village. Kibale National Park is popular for 15 recorded primate species and several bird species.
Main Destination:Â Kibale Forest National Park
Accommodation:Â Chimpanzee Forest Guest House or Kibale Forest Lodge
Meals:Â All Meals Included
Drinks:Â Drinking Water
After breakfast, you will drive to Kampala/Entebbe for your post tour accommodation (not included) or to Entebbe International Airport for your international departure flight.
Main Destination:Â Entebbe
Accommodation:Â End of Tour, No accommodation
Meals:Â Breakfast & Lunch
Drinks:Â Mineral Water
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