5 Days Uganda Chimpanzee and Gorilla Trekking Safari.
The 5 days chimpanzee and gorilla trekking tour is an interesting primate safari that will take you to Kibale Forest National Park, also known as the primate capital, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which is known for harbouring the highest number of mountain gorillas, which are found in four sectors, namely, the Rushaga sector in the south, the Ruhija sector in the east, the Nkuringo sector in the south and the Buhoma sector in the north. During this Uganda safari, you will be able to spend time with the endangered mountain gorillas and chimpanzees during the gorilla and chimpanzee trekking experience.
Highlights of the 5 days chimpanzee and gorilla trekking tour
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi swamp walk
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 4: Gorilla trekking experience
Day 5: Departure to Kampala/Entebbe
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
You will be welcomed by our driver guide from your hotel in Entebbe or Entebbe International Airport to start this safari to Kibale Forest National Park. On the way, you will enjoy beautiful scenery with a stopover for an en-route lunch, whereafter you will proceed to Kibale Forest National Park. Upon arrival, you will connect to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi swamp walk
After breakfast, you will meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kanyachu Park headquarters for a chimpanzee trekking briefing. After the briefing, you will start trekking in the forest with an experienced park guide. Trekking of chimpanzees takes about 30 minutes to 5 hours, depending on where the chimpanzees are located. During trekking, you will be able to spot other primate species and birds, among others, and once they are located, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their habitat. After Uganda chimpanzee trekking, you will return to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you will go for the nature walk in Bigodi Swamp, where you will be able to view different primates, bird species, and plant and tree species and visit the local communities, among others. After the Bigodi swamp walk, you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will have breakfast, check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. On the way, you will have a stopover for an en-route lunch and then proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and upon arrival, you will connect to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Gorilla trekking experience
After an early breakfast, you will carry your lunch box and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the park headquarters for a gorilla trekking briefing. After the briefing, you will be divided into groups of 8 people, where each group will be allocated a habituated gorilla family to trek. Gorilla trekking takes about 30 minutes to 7 hours, depending on where the Ugandan mountain gorillas are located, and during trekking, you will be able to view other wildlife species. Once the Uganda gorillas are located, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their habitat, which gives you a chance to watch them feeding, breastfeeding, playing, resting, grooming young ones, and learning more about their behaviours and characters, and to take photos and record videos.
After an encounter with the mountain gorillas, you will trek back to the starting point, where you will be given a certificate for participating in the Uganda gorilla trekking experience, and later meet up with your driver guide to return to the lodge for an evening of relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Departure to Kampala/Entebbe
On the final day, you will have a relaxed breakfast, check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to start the journey back to Kampala. You will have a stopover in Mbarara for an en-route lunch and then continue to Kampala, arriving early evening, and upon arrival, your driver guide will drop you off at Entebbe International Airport for your departure flight or drop you off at any place of advice depending on your schedule, which brings you to the end of the 5 days chimpanzee and gorilla trekking tour.
The tour includes
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Bigodi swamp walk
- Full board accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- Meals at the lodge and en route (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Full-time English-speaking driver guide
- Pick up and drop off in Kampala/Entebbe
- 4WD safari Van and fuel
- Bottled drinking water during the safari
The tour excludes
- Air flight tickets and visas
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses like buying soft and alcoholic drinks, souvenirs, crafts, telephone calls, laundry services, hiring a porter, among others.
- Tipping and gratuities
