6-Day Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari Uganda

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrival and Pick up from Entebbe

On this Day you will be met and warmly welcomed by our full dressed Tour Company Driver Guide upon arrival at the Airport and transferred to your hotel for Dinner and relaxation as you Prepare for the Next day’s adventure. If you happen to arrive earlier in the morning hours, you have an option of doing a city tour or a Birding Trip to Mabamba swamp for the Shoe-bill.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

ViaVia Uganda Entebbe

• Budget guest house located in Entebbe (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

You will start journey to Kibale forest is found in western Uganda for the ultimate chimpanzee trekking experience. Kibale forest is known as the primate capital of the world because of its high concentration of primates. The journey will take you through the countryside with colorful roadside markets and plantations before arriving at your lodge near the forest.
Apart from your bathroom stopover and those for stretching, your main a stopover will be for lunch in Fort portal town – the tourism capital of Uganda because of its beautiful landscapes and attractions. After a Ugandan lunch, your driver guide will transfer you to your lodge for overnight either near the forest or in the crater lakes region.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit December to February and June to July

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Least rain)

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LeopardVery Rare

HippoRare

LionRare to None

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

Kibale Forest Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located inside Kibale NP (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale Forest National Park

After a well-rested night at your lodge and an early breakfast, the driver guide picks you for the Chimp Trekking experience. You will be briefed by a ranger guide on how you are expected to conduct yourself while in the forest when you locate the chimps. Often you will find the chimps either resting, feeding or grooming each other with the young ones. This activity allows you 1 hours with the chimps. Depending on the time you start and how soon you locate the chimpanzees, this can be a whole days activity or a half day activity. You will walk with the rangers following these chimps throughout your time in the forest. Right after this Primate Experience, set out for a walk in the impressive Bigodi local community farming experience. This is an organic experience that takes you to coffee Making, Local Banana Beer making as well as visiting a Local school in the Community.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Kibale Forest Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located inside Kibale NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Bwindi for Gorilla Trekking

Have Breakfast at the Lodge and later on head journey to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and along the way you will enjoy the beautiful scenic views of the Kigezi region and later check in the late evening at your safari Lodge as you prepare for the next day for your ultimate Gorilla Tracking Experience.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Rushaga Gorilla Haven's Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mountain Gorilla Trekking Excursion in Bwindi transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

Wake up early morning for Breakfast depending on the distance of your lodge to the starting point. Drive to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the Bwindi national Park rangers and allocated a gorilla family to track.
This will be a once in a lifetime experience as you watch the mountain gorillas live their daily life of feeding, playing around and Grooming themselves. The gorilla trekking activity takes 2 to 8 hours sparing one hour spent with the mountain gorillas. You will then drive to Lake Bunyonyi for Relaxation.

Main Destination:

Lake Bunyonyi

Accommodation:

Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort

• Mid-range resort located at Lake Bunyonyi

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer from Lake Bunyonyi Back to Entebbe

At sunrise, you will have breakfast and then go for an amazing trip on the numerous islands on this lake. Lake Bunyonyi has about 29 islands and each of these islands have got a unique story that your local canoe and site guide will help you out in interpreting. After the 1 hour trip, you will checkout of your lodge and then head back to Entebbe with a lunch at the Famous Equator restaurant.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.