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5 Days Uganda primates trekking safari

Trip Duration

Days

Trip Price

Starting from $

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Trip Highlights

Explore the impenetrable and get a chance to get close with our closely related cousins.  This tour takes you to two national parks namely Kibale and Bwindi Impenetrable national parks. Bwindi Impenetrable national park has 4 sectors namely; Rushaga, Nkuringo, Buhoma, and Ruhija sector.

Kibale national park is found in the southwestern part of Uganda and it is a haven to numerous number of chimpanzees. There are over 1500 chimps staying in their natural habitat in this park. A maximum of 6 people are allowed to visit particular chimp members for one hour.

Overview

  • Day 1: Kibale forest national park
  • Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking
  • Day 3: Bwindi impenetrable national park
  • Day4 Gorilla trekking
  • Day 5: Back to Entebbe
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Per person per tour
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“If there were one more thing I could do, it would be to go on safari once again.”
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“One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.”

What is Included

  • All mentioned activities.
  • Accommodation on full board
  • English speaking driver guide.

What is Excluded

  • Tips to porters
  • Optional activities
  • Laundry

Video Inspiration

Enjoy this taste of Uganda. While this video doesn’t literally represent this safari, it absolutely captures the spirit.

Pick up from the airport by our experienced guide who will transfer you to the hotel to first relax and have your morning breakfast. From there you will embark on your journey of 6 hours to kibale national park. Have a stopover at the equator where you will have some fun and take photos, proceed to kibale with an en route lunch, arrive and check in at the lodge for overnight.

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation: kaninga lodge, primate lodges, chimpudu.

After taking your morning breakfast, you will be picked by our guide who will take you to kanyanchu the park headquarters of kibale national park to first have a brief briefing about how to trek the chimpanzees in the jungle. From there, you will be divided into groups of 8 who will be allocated to a chimpanzee family for trekking. You will then start the trekking after getting the chimpanzees, you will be given ample time to stay with them as you are having fun and taking photos.

From there, you will get back to the lodge have lunch and then prepare for an evening bigodi nature walk in the park where you get to interact with the local people there and get to know what they do to earn a leaving. You will then get back to the lodge, refresh have your dinner and then rest.

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and supper.

On this third day, you will wake up grab yourself a cup of coffee and then you will be picked up by your guide who will transfer you to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park the widely known park with many mountain gorillas. On your way, you will get to see the beautiful land scapes, the vegetation, and the rolling hills of kigezi. You will have a stopover on your way where you will have your enroute lunch. From there you will continue with your journey where you will arrive and be welcomed at the park entrance and you will be directed to the lodge where you will spend your overnight. You will refresh up, have your dinner and then relax.

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

 Accommodation: rushaga gorilla camp, nkuringo Bwindi gorilla lodge or agandi eco lodge.

Wake up with a warm breakfast, transfer to park headquarters for a briefing and after you will be divided into groups of 8 members who will then be allowed to enter into the jungle and start the trekking. Once you get the gorilla family, you will be given ample time to stay with them as you are having fun and taking photos. From there you will get back to the lodge, have lunch and then relax as you prepare for an evening batwa community walk. Here you will get to talk to the local people you will find in this community, know there ways of leaving and know what they do to earn a leaving.

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.                

Have breakfast, transfer to Kampala/Entebbe and this day marks the end of our gorilla and chimp safari.