5 days -
Uganda chimpanzee trekking safari
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price from
$1,400
per adult
min person:
1
days: 5
Includes
- Gorilla trekking ($600)
- Chimpanzee tracking permits ($150)
- Batwa encounter
- Accommodation and meals
- Fulltime English speaking driver guide
- Relevant government taxes
Excludes
- Relevant government taxes
- Insurance
- International flights
- Alcoholic drinks
- Laundry services
- Additional activities and accommodation outside your travel plan
Itinerary
Day: 1
Travel from kampala to kibale national park
Have breakfast early in the morning at your hotel in kampala and after, get a warm welcome from our driver guide who will brief you on what your 5 days chimpanzee trekking safari kibale and bwindi gorilla trekking is all about. Later, drive westwards to kibale national park a home to 13 primate species through mubende-fort portal route which is 4-5 hours. Arrive at kibale national park early enough to check in at a lodge of your choice.
Day: 2
chimpanzee tracking and nature walk
Wake up early in the morning to enjoy your cup of tea or coffee and after, you will gather at kanyanchu visitor center for briefing on the set guidelines of chimpanzee tracking. Briefing at kibale national park starts at 7:00am and you are expected to be at the visitor center early enough. You will be put in a group of 6 visitors and assigned a park ranger guide who will take you through your primate adventure. At 8:00am, you will set off to the jungles to look for these amazing creatures and this may last you about 2-4 hours. A maximum of one hour is given to you to have magical encounter with chimpanzees, take their photos and explore their behaviors. After, you will get back or be picked up from where you started your trek back to the lodge to have lunch. In the afternoon, you will take part in nature walk in bigodi wetland which comes with amazing sight at varied primate species including l""hoest monkeys, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys as well as birds.
Day: 3
transfer to bwindi impenetrable national park
Today, you will be served with a tasty cup of tea or coffee and after, you will check out from your respective lodge ready to embark on road trip to bwindi impenetrable national park. Arrive early enough at bwindi national park to check in at your lodge.
Day: 4
gorilla trekking and batwa experience
Get up early in the morning to prepare and have breakfast. At 7:00am, you are expected to be at your respective trailhead for briefing on the set guidelines for gorilla trekking. Gorilla treks in bwindi national park begin from anyone of the four regions-ruhija, nkuringo, rushaga and buhoma. Each of them has gorilla families for trekking but only one will be allocated to you to trek in a group of 8 visitors. At 8:00am, you will hit the jungles to search for these massive creatures together with an experienced and armed park ranger guide. The trek to see gorillas may take you about 2-6 hours and this also covers one hour of magical encounter. Later, you will return to the lodge to have rest and in the afternoon/evening, you will pay a visit to batwa pygmies to learn in depth about their behaviors, traditions and also enjoy the cultural and music performances.
Day: 5
return to kampala
Following breakfast early in the morning, check out from your lodge ready to make a return journey to kampala or entebbe.
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