5 DAYS UGANDA GORILLAS & PRIMATES CLASSIC SAFARI

Gorillas, Primates and Culture Experience

Detailed Itinerary

Day 0: Arrive at Entebbe International Airport

Upon arrival at Entebbe international Airport, our professional driver guide will receive you and take you to your hotel. Your guide will also brief you about the COVID19 protocols and precautions to take. You will use the rest of time of the day to relax and prepare for your safari. Accommodation: The Boma Hotel – Entebbe

Day 1: Transfer to Kibale National Park; Nature/Community experience

After an early breakfast, you will be picked from the hotel to start your journey to the primate capital of the world; Kibale Forest National Park. Your journey will take you via Fortportal City where you will have Lunch and later on embark for the Bigodi Sanctuary eco-community walk through the wetland. The walk offers you possible views of counts of birds including the great Blue Turaco and Hornbills. The views of the swamp dwelling animals like Sitatunga may also be sighted. Then proceed to the local communities and get to experience their way of life such as feeding, interaction and socioeconomic activities. You may visit different families doing different activities such as Banana Juice making, Banana beer brewing, coffee processing, herbal medicine, basket weaving etc. Later on, move to your lodge, still in time to spot the beautiful hot orange sunset. Accommodation: Chose from Midrange 1: Kibale Forest Camp 2: Chimpanzee Guest House

Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking

After an early breakfast, you will transfer to Kanyanchu Visitor Information Centre at 8am for briefing by the park rangers and then set off for the chimpanzee trekking experience. Kibale Forest boasts of high counts of habituated chimpanzees with over 95% chances of encountering them. The chimpanzee trekking exposes you to impressive forested landscapes with undulating terrain that presents a rewarding hike. The hour of direct encounter with chimpanzees, seeing them as they patrol, munch leaves or fruits, socialize, young ones playing and make pant hooting calls creates remarkable memories. During the trekking, you may spot primates like black and white colobus monkeys. Return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation in preparation for next day. Accommodation: Chose from Midrange 1: Kibale Forest Camp 2: Chimpanzee Guest House

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After an early breakfast, you will embark on your transfer to the South Western part of Uganda to the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Your journey goes through Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of Uganda’s Premier destinations. The journey will be complimented by fascinating view of the landscapes of the fabled ‘Mountains of the Moon’, the Rwenzori Mountains. Accommodation: Chose from Midrange 1: Rushaga Gorilla Camp 2: Gorilla Valley Lodge

Day 4: Gorilla trekking

Wake up very early to prepare for the supposed most significant highlight of your safari, the remarkable meet with the Gentle Giants! After breakfast, we take drive to the park offices where you will be briefed about the dos and don’ts of the jungle and then you will be off for a forever-memorable adventure of your life. Trekking through the steep, densely forested hills of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and then finally coming across the gorillas cloaked in the foliage is an amazing experience, and indescribable because of the difficulty to paint a verbal picture of the vegetation, terrain, smells, colors and the animated entertainment from the gorillas and other residents of the jungle. After tracking and lunch, we shall drive to back to your lodge. Do not leave these items behind; sunscreen, insect repellent, your passport, camera, hiking boots, long safari pants and long sleeved shirts or T-shirt plus a light rain jacket. Please avoid very bright and hot coloured clothes- These not only attract insects to you but also can be offensive to the residents of the jungle. These items will come in handy as you go through the thick forest and encounter the unpredictable weather of Bwindi: Expect rain or sunshine anytime. Accommodation: Chose from Midrange 1: Rushaga Gorilla Camp 2: Gorilla Valley Lodge

Day 5: Transfer to Entebbe International Airport via the Equator

After a lazy breakfast, we shall set off for Entebbe making a stopover at the Equator point in Kayabwe for the Coriolis water effect showing the magnetic forces on the center of the earth’s surface and also have. We shall then proceed with our journey to the Airport for the flight.

Tour Highlights
  • Gorilla Tracking
  • Chimpanzee Tracking
  • Community/Cultural Experience
  • Swamp/Nature walk
  • Equator Experience
Pricing
Group Size Price
1 People $3,800 per Person
2 People $2,900 per Person
3 People $2,600 per Person
4 People $2,300 per Person
5 People $2,100 per Person
6 People $1,900 per Person
Included
  • 4WD Safari vehicle and all transportation on ground
  • Expert English speaking Driver guide
  • 1 Gorilla tracking permit each
  • 1 Chimpanzee tracking permit each
  • Accommodation as mentioned
  • Meals as mentioned (Full Board)
  • Bottled drinking mineral water
  • All entry fees into the National Park
Excluded
  • Flights (both inbound/outbound)
  • Entry/Tourist Visa for Uganda
  • Meals and drinks not mentioned
  • Optional activities not mentioned
  • Items of personal nature
  • Tips for the Guides.