4-Day Uganda Gorilla & Chimpanzee Trekking Tour: Bwindi & Kibale Forests
4 Day (3nights) Gorilla and Chimps Trekking Trip to Uganda, Bwindi and Kibale primates safari tour.
4-day gorilla safari and chimpanzee trekking safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Kibale Forest sounds like an incredible adventure, will starts off at Bwindi forest National Park. Where you’ll trek through the dense forest to encounter endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, along with other fascinating primates such as monkeys, forest elephants, and others with a possibility of seeing tree-climbing lions at the Ishasha sector in Queen Elizabeth National Park, chimpanzee tracking in Kibale national park with other 13 primate species that include red, black and white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, baboons and a large number of chimpanzees.
Tour Highlights
1: Pickup from Entebbe and transfer to Bwindi
2: Gorilla trekking and other primates
3: Travel via Ishasha sector/tree climbing lions.
4:Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive at Entebbe and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Arrive in Entebbe and embark on a scenic 9-hour drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for your mountain gorilla trekking adventure. This 4 day gorilla and chimps trekking trip begins off with a briefing from gorilla safaris Uganda tour guide/driver on the safari, then after transfer to Bwindi impenetrable Forest, southwestern Uganda on a 9 hour trip for your gorilla trekking, Enjoying the scenic drive through beautiful landscapes and local communities- with a stop over at the Equator line taken as one beautiful scenery in Africa the pathway of the sun and take photographs. lunch enroute in Mbarara town. Check into your accommodation near the park and relax for the evening.
Dinner and overnight:
Up-market option: Trekkers Lodge/ Mahogany Springs Lodge/Chamellions hill
Moderate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/Ruhija gorilla safari lodge
Low Budget option: Ruhondeza Lodge or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travelers hotel
Day 2: Gorilla trekking and primate tour in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Wake up early and have a hearty breakfast, we go to the park headquarters for a briefing on gorilla trekking rules and regulations Join a small group with an experienced guide and begin your gorilla trekking adventure, the trek can take anywhere from 2 to 8 hours, as you make your way through the lush rainforest and bamboo-covered slopes, in search of a mountain gorilla family.
The terrain can be steep and muddy, and the weather unpredictable, but the moment you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, all discomforts will fade away, you will be allowed to spend a magical hour observing and photographing them. After the trek you will be rewarded with trekking certificates before returning to your accommodation and rest or go cultural or community visit of Batwa the original forest dwellers.
Accommodation includes:
Up-market option: Trekkers Lodge/ Mahogany Springs Lodge/Chameleons hill
Moderate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/Ruhija gorilla safari lodge
Low Budget option: Ruhondeza Lodge or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travelers hotel
Day 3: Drive to Kibale National Park via Ishasha sector in Queen Elizabeth National Park and see the tree climbing lions on your way.
After taking early morning breakfast, drive further north through stunning savannah grasslands as we head to Kibale national park through the Ishasha sector which is, a remote and beautiful extension of Queen Elizabeth National Park that is host to a large variety and volume of wildlife, the journey that takes about 5-6 hours. We shall continue our journey to Kibale and the lush rolling hills of this region which provide good photo opportunities to Fort Portal a city at the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains where you will enter Uganda’s famous tea plantation region. A carpet of green spreads before you, as far as the eye can see, and seems an unusual contrast to the countryside through which you have just passed. You arrive at Fort Portal, then, continue toward Kibale Forest, one of the great African rain forest research reserves. Years of study by scientists (who have cut a grid through the forest) have habituated many of its chimpanzees to human observers. This forest is famed for the variety of primates found here and it is a terrific area for birds. This rural Ugandan town (Fort Portal) is locally famous for its weaving and basketry, and we can spend some time briefly to examine some of this local art. In the afternoon we visit a Bigodi forest swamp that is excellent for viewing primates and other forest animals. At the Eastern edge of Kibale forest is Bigodi Wetland sanctuary which is maintained by the local community. You will expect to see birds like the great Blue turaco, blue monkeys, baboons, otters, mongoose, bush bucks and bush pigs among others. Have lunch en route.
Accommodation includes;
Up-market option: Kyaninga Lodge or Ndali Lodge / primate lodge kibale / Kibale safari lodge
Moderate option: Kibale Forest Camp
Low Budget option: Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse;
Driving time to Bush Lodge (5 hrs on mainly surfaced and murram roads)
Meals Included today: Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.
Day 4: Go for Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park, and transfer to Kampala and Entebbe airport for your departure and end of trip.
After having breakfast early in the morning, assemble at Kanyankyu River camp (park head quarters) for briefing on chimpanzee trekking, at 0800 hours to go for the most popular activity in this park which is Chimpanzee tracking, Explore the forest, listening for the calls and sounds of chimpanzees, and other primates like Black and white Colobus monkeys, L’Hoest Monkeys, Grey cheeked Mangabey, Red tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos and many bird species like the yellow spotted nicator, rumped tinkerbird, Little greenbul, green breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee-eater and mammals like Elephants can be seen in this walk.
Typically, we locate the chimps by listening for their pant-hooting calls, then hustle to the area from which they are calling. We get to observe them as they feed in fruiting trees, lounge, and socialize with each other, or even, occasionally hunt.
After the trek, return to the park headquarters and bid farewell to the chimpanzees and drive back to Entebbe airport for your departure in the evening.
(Driving time 6 hrs on mainly surfaced roads)