5 Days Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Uganda

Day 1: Arrival in Uganda

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport you will be met by our safari guide who will transfer you to Kampala to a hotel booked for you. In case you have had an early flight to Uganda, you will be taken on a brief tour of the city of Kampala.

Luxury Lodge: Serena Hotel/ Imperial Hotel
Moderate: Emin Pasha Hotel/ Speke Resort Hotel / Hotel Africa/ City by Blue
Budget facility: Acardia Cottages/ Namirembe Guest house/ Entebbe Guest house/ Adreita beach Hotel

After an early breakfast, set off a long Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Uganda Safari journey from Kampala and travel westwards to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for approximately 8 hours. A scenic Uganda safari drive that will leave your pictorial memory full of wonders. Have a brief stop at the Equator for an opportunity for you to stand in two hemispheres at the same time and take some photographs. Continue the journey through the beautiful verdant rolling hills characteristic of this part of the country. You will have a lunch break in Mbarara town and then continue to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park arriving late in the afternoon hours.

Budget: Buhoma community Rest camp / Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp / Gorilla Valley Lodge
Moderate: Gorilla Resort Bwindi /Gorilla Safari Lodge / Lake Mutanda Resort/ Gorilla Mist Camp.
Up market: Mahogang Lodge / Buhoma Lodge / Rushanga Gorilla Satari Lodge.
Meal plan: Full Board Basis

Gorilla trekking and cultural experience

After an early deliciously prepared Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Uganda Safari breakfast, our safari guide will drive you to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the guides on the dos and don’ts of Gorilla trekking before you begin the trek into the thick Bwindi forest for the Mountain Gorillas. Although it is unpredictable how long you will trek before finding them, the thrill of getting to them and spending time with these gentle giants is an emotional and humbling experience that leaves you with memories of a life time!

Return to your lodge for a rest and later go for a cultural walk among the Batwa people who used to live in the Bwindi forest before it was gazetted as a National Park. You will learn about their life and culture as a forest people and be amazed by the wealth of knowledge they have on native medicinal plants which they use to treat a wide array of human sicknesses. Alternatively you will watch a skillful black smith as he manufactures local iron tools for use in everyday life the way it used to be done in the ancient days or witness the making of local beer. Your Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Uganda Safari cultural tour will be crowned with a traditional dance performance whose antics are fabulously entertaining.

Budget: Buhoma community Rest camp / Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp / Gorilla Valley Lodge
Moderate: Gorilla Resort Bwindi /Gorilla Safari Lodge / Lake Mutanda Resort/ Gorilla Mist Camp.
Up market: Mahogang Lodge / Buhoma Lodge / Rushanga Gorilla Safari Lodge.
Meal plan: Full Board Basis

Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park and Bigodi swamp walk

You will, after breakfast, head to Kibale Forest National Park arriving in the early afternoon. On the Drive to Kibale Forest National Park you will be able to enjoy an impressive sight of the legendary “Mountains of the Moon” which you will clearly see on the road to Fort Portal. You will have lunch in Fort Portal after which you will hit the road for the Kibale Forest National Park. Visit the unique Bigodi swamp eco-tourism site where you will see uncommon plants and rare bird species such as the Great Blue Turacco, little Bulbul, Rwenzori Turaco and the Narina Trogon, among others.

Dinner and overnight will be at the Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Uganda Safari lodge of your booking.

Luxury: Ndali lodge/Primate lodge/Kyaninga lodge
Moderate: Mountains of the moon/Kibale forest camp/crater safari lodge/ Primate Lodge
Budget: Rwenzori travelers/Kibale forest camp/Chimpanzee forest guest house
Meal plan: Full Board Basis

Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest

You will, after breakfast, head to Kibale Forest to view the primates. This Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Uganda Safari activity begins at 8.00am with a briefing on the rules for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest. The exercise takes half a day and along the way you will see other primates such as Grey cheeked Mangabeys, Phoestes, Red-Colobus and the Blue tailed and the Red-tailed monkeys swinging in the tree branches of this thick forest.

Your guide will give you informative briefings on the lifestyles of the primates you will be coming across and on the plants as well as on the insects and butterflies in this forest to ensure that the trek is not only informative but enjoyable as well. You will return to the lodge for lunch after which you will set off for Kampala arriving late in the afternoon..
End of the Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Uganda Safari