5 Days Primates Tour Experience, Chimpanzee Tracking & Gorilla Tours in Uganda

The 5 Days Primates Tour Experience takes your Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest National Park and Gorilla Trekking in the prominent Bwindi Forest National Park.

Trip Overview

The 5 Days Primates Tour Experience starts from Kampala to Kibale Forest National Park to track the Chimpanzees of Uganda then to Bwindi Forest National Park to trek the Mountain Gorillas in the natural vegetation habitat.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival-Pick Up

Upon your arrival, you will be picked by our company driver and transfer you to your hotel in Kampala for Dinner and an Overnight stay at Sheraton Hotel, Serena Hotel Kampala, Cassia Lodge Buziga.

Day 2: Transfer-Kibale Forest National Park

After your breakfast, drive to Kibale Forest National Park the most accessible rain forest with numerous communities of the rare species of Chimpanzees and various monkeys in Uganda. The journey will take you through the stunning scenery of Fortportal.

Enjoy the wonderful background view of the Rwenzori Mountains of the moon. Have your dinner and overnight at Primates Lodge Kibale, Chimpanzee Guest house, Ndai Lodge.

Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking-Kibale Forest National Park

Today after your breakfast, report to the park headquarters for a briefing about the chimp tracking code of conduct and catch up with the adventurous experience of chimpanzee tracking in to the misty Kibale forest.

This trek is superb for birders with rewards of a wide variety of birdlife. Other habitant primates may also be seen which may include the L’Hoest’s’ monkeys, red colobus monkey, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkey, red-tailed monkeys and the grey-cheeked mangabeys among others. In the evening leave Kibale Forest National Park  for the Bwindi Forest National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla resort, Engagi lodge, Buhoma Lodge.

Day 4: Gorilla Trekking-Bwindi Forest National Park             

You will be briefed about the gorilla trackers code of conduct at the park headquarters after your break fast by a UWA official thereafter a guide will lead you in to the impenetrable Bwindi Forest in groups of 8 to trek the rare species of Mountain Gorillas in their natural vegetation habitat. The trekking depends on where the gorillas are and how easy they are to be found. Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla resort, Engagi lodge, Buhoma Lodge.

Day 5: Departure-Kampala

Leave the park after your breakfast for a drive back to Kampala. Enjoy en-route stopovers in Kayabwe for souvenir shopping with an en-route lunch. You will reach and relax in your lodge/ hotel or transfer to the Entebbe International Airport to board your flight back home.

THIS SAFARI INCLUDES:

• Ground transportation
• Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
• Lunch
• Chimpanzee Tracking permit
• Gorilla permits to be booked in advance
• Allowance of a knowledgeable English speaking guide

EXCLUDES:

• Airfare to Uganda
• Visas
• Accommodation
• Cigarettes and personal expenses not listed in the program