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5 Days Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking in Uganda – Unforgettable Primate Adventure

Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda
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Duration

5 Days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

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Overview

Chimpanzee Trekking

This Five-day safari offers the ultimate primate safari experience in Uganda. The safari starts with a visit to Kibale Forest national park home to the chimpanzees and 13 other primates’ species. At Kibale you will do a chimp trek and Bigodi nature walk. The second half of the journey takes you to the Bwindi impenetrable forest national park home to endangered mountain gorillas. At Bwindi you will do a gorilla trek, and later visit Lake Bunyonyi.

Highlights

  • Ages 13-100
  • Duration: 5 days
  • Start time: Check availability
  • Mobile ticket
  • Meets animal welfare guidelines
  • Live guide: English

Itinerary

Start. You'll get picked up See departure details
Start. You'll get picked up See departure details

Meeting and pickup
Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
Pickup details
Travelers are required to share their hotel or flight details for pick-up. The driver guide will have a placard bearing their names for airport pick-ups.
Hotel pickup offered
During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
Airport pickup offered
During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included airports.
Entebbe Airport, Entebbe Uganda

Kibale National Park
Stop: 19 hours

Kibale National Park
Our guide will pick you up from your hotel in Kampala or from Entebbe international airport on arrival for your gorilla trekking and chimpanzee safari. Transfer to Kibale forest heading west through Fort Portal where you will stop for lunch. Proceed to Kibale forest arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at your preferred lodge.


Meals included:
Lunch
Dinner
Accommodation included:
Chimpanzee Forest Lodge (Budget) Kibale Forest Camp/Isunga Lodge (Mid Range) Primate Lodge/Turraco Treetops (Luxury)

Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest and Bigodi Nature Walk 1


Kibale National Park
Stop: 6 hours

Kibale National Park
After morning breakfast, wake up early to track chimps near Kanyanchu. This can take you half a day. There are 13 other primate species that live in Kibale forests and you will therefore encounter some of them during your chimp trek, these include the golden monkey, L’Hoest monkey, baboons, white and black colobus monkeys, grey checked mangabey, red colobus, blue monkeys and pottos. Other animals include forest elephants unique from the common type, giant forest hogs and a striking tree species.


Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary
Stop: 2 hours - Admission included
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Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary
Enjoy Lunch and later take a guided nature walk to Bigodi swamp sanctuary, a good site for birders. The Great Blue Turaco and Papyrus Gonolek can easily be marked among the other bird 137 species. There is also an array of butterfly species. Later return for dinner and overnight as above.


Meals included:
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Accommodation included:
Chimpanzee Forest Lodge (Budget) Kibale Forest Camp/Isunga Lodge (Mid Range) Primate Lodge/Turraco Treetops (Luxury)

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Stop: 24 hours

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will enjoy morning breakfast and set off for Bwindi forest the home of half of the remaining mountain gorilla population in the world. Enjoy your lunch enroute, and continue to Bwindi where you will check-in to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.


Meals included:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Accommodation included:
Rushaga Gorilla Haven Lodge (budget) Ichumbi Gorilla lodge / Gorilla Mist camp (mid range) Four gorillas lodge (luxury)

Gorilla Trekking and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi



Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Stop: 6 hours

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After an early morning breakfast, you will drive to the Park headquarters for registration and joining others for a gorilla trekking briefing about the dos and the don’ts during your Uganda Gorilla Trekking Tour. Once this is done, you will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you from half an hour to three quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. On your trek, you are likely to spot other primates, birds and rare tree species. After finding the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them before trekking back to the Park headquarter. This is indeed an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures. You will be awarded a certificate for participating in gorilla trekking and thus contributing to the conservation of mountain gorillas.


Mabamba Swamp Shoebill Watching Entebbe
Stop: 2 hours - Admission included
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Mabamba Swamp Shoebill Watching Entebbe
Later in the afternoon, you will transfer to lake Bunyonyi, uganda’s deepest and most beautiful lodge, dotted with several islands.

Meals included:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Accommodation included:
Crater bay cottages (budget) Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort (mid-range) Arcadia Lodge or Birdnest Lodge (luxury)

Canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi and Departure

Kampala
Stop: 8 hours

Kampala
Enjoy morning breakfast and then go for a canoeing activity on Lake Bunyonyi where you will take photos of this beautiful lake, and interact with the locals. Later you transfer back to Kampala, Lunch en-route. The guide will drop you off at your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe, or at the Airport.



Meals included:
Breakfast
Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.

Included/Excluded

  • Breakfast
  • Dinner
  • Lunch
  • Chimpanzee permits
  • Gorilla trekking permits
  • Accommodation
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Entry/Admission - Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary
  • Entry/Admission - Mabamba Swamp Shoebill Watching Entebbe
  • Visa
  • International flights

Tour's Location

Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda

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