5-Day Trekking Goriilas and Chimpanzees in Uganda

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

Transfer from Kampala/ Entebbe to Bwindi forest

Your safari starts early morning your guide will pick you up in Entebbe or Kampala and transfer to Bwindi, your base for gorilla tracking. During the 8-10 hours journey, you will make stopover at equator monument, and at Igongo cultural center where you will have lunch. Afterwards you continue via kigezi beautiful scenery of rolling hills and arrive at your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

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

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Four Gorillas Lodge

• Luxury lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Gorilla trekking and afternoon village walk

After breakfast, you will head to the visitor center. Your guides will brief you on gorilla rules and tell you what to expect in the forest. You will head into the jungle on a guided trek and spend 1 hour with gorillas when they are located. Return back to the lodge for lunch. Later in the evening, you may visit the villages to learn about the traditional ways of living such as agriculture, craft making of the BaTwa and Bakiga. After the tour you return for dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Four Gorillas Lodge

• Luxury lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Tranfer to Kibale forest national park

After breakfast, you begin the journey from Bwindi to Kibale forest home to chimpanzees and other 12 species of primates. The drive time is 6-7 hours but takes you through plains of Queen Elizabeth national park via Fort portal to Kibale forest national park. Dinner and overnight at your chosen accommodation.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Chimp trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

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

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LionVery Rare

LeopardVery Rare

HippoRare

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

Papaya Lake Lodge

• Luxury lodge located less than 1hr drive from Kibale NP (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Chimpazee trekking

After breakfast, head to visitor center kanyanchu. Your guides will brief you and take you on a guided trek to see chimpanzee. Tracking lasts for 1 hour while chimpanzee habituation takes full day.
In the evening, you may take a drive to the crater lakes; there are about 52 lakes in the region creating beautiful scenery.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Papaya Lake Lodge

• Luxury lodge located less than 1hr drive from Kibale NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer back to Kampala or Entebbe

After breakfast, you will transfer back to Kampala as you reflect on the wildlife experiences you have had during this trip. En route via Mubende town, you will visit the Nakayima tree, believed to be 500 years old and it was used as a shrine for the last king of Bachwezi Empire.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

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.