8 Days Gorilla And Chimpanzee Trekking In Uganda

What you'll experience

Highlights

8 days

Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1 — Arrival at Entebbe

   Arrive at Entebbe Airport and you will be met by a Kent Safari tour guide and transferred to your hotel for a trip briefing and if time privileges take a boat trip to Ngamba Island. Chimpanzee Sanctuary, home to over 40 orphaned Chimpanzee. This worthy cause also bolsters the endangered wild chimpanzees throughout Uganda. You can also visit the wildlife education center in Entebbe and Entebbe Botanical gardens.

   

   Entebbe Botanical Garden

   

   Ngamba Chimpanzee sanctuary on lake victoria

   

   Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Serena Kigo or Standard
2. 2

   Day 2 — From Kampala-Kibale National Park

   After sunrise we drive from Kampala to Kibale National near the Rwenzori Block Mountains. On arrival, our guests delight the afternoon guided walk to view the crater lakes and educative cultural visits.

   

   Kibale National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Kyaninga Lodge or Standard
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   Day 3 — Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park

   After sunrise, there will be briefing at Kibale headquarters before setting off for the forest walk in dredge of chimpanzees. This forest walk will be guided by experienced guides to provide more Information on chimpanzees and primates, the walk will be advantageous with other primates like the Columbus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, and grey cheeked mangabeys. After the sunrise tracking of chimpanzees, in the evenfall you will walk to the Bigodi swamp to see flora and fauna.

   

   Kibale National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Kyaninga Lodge or Standard
4. 4

   Day 4 — Kibale and Queen Elizabeth National Park

   After sunrise breakfast, the guides will drive to Nyakasula falls in Fort Portal to have an impressive view of the blooming waterfalls and then drive to the south into Queen Elizabeth National Park where you get arbitrary of glimpse animals such as buffalos, antelopes, elephants along the way. Ihamba lakeside Lodge is right on the edge of a vast escapement overlooking the Great Lakes and Maramagambo forest.

   

   Queen Elizabeth National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Ihamba lakeside lodge or Standard
5. 5

   Day 5 — Queen Elizabeth National Park

   After sunrise, an early morning game drive through Queen Elizabeth National park, fastidious being the best time to see lions (The King of the Jungle) which is a very elegant experience. After lunch, there is a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel which connects to Lake Edward and Lake George viewing a large number of Hippos, Buffalo, plus 632 recorded bird species.

   

   Queen Elizabeth National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Mweya Safari Lodge or Standard
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   Day 6 — Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable

   After breakfast, we drive through what is presumably Uganda’s spectacular sceneries to Bwindi Impenetrable forest. The rain forests and highlands which enriches the volcanoes in which the Bat Cave near the vast Maramagambo Forest and Kyambura Gorge is a must to be seen from the game drive at Ishasha on your way to Bwindi forest in search of climbing lions. Later we drive to Bwindi via the beautiful tea plantations.

   

   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Accommodation: Buhoma lodgeMeal Plan: Full BoardBuhoma lodge. It is situated within the Bwindi National Park, less than five minutes-walk from the gorilla trekking start point. An elevated lounge area, complete with bar and dining facilities, offers a
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   Day 7 — Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

   After an early morning breakfast, get ready for Bwindi Gorilla trekking at 7:30 am with a briefing from the guides and an official from Uganda Wildlife Authority. Make sure you carry a Raincoat/jacket, a snack, jungle boots and water. Special guides will lead you inside the jungle to see a group of gorillas. Carry your lunch boxes and gears to track the mountain gorillas. It is the most intriguing wildlife in the jungle and tracking gorillas may take from 3-6 hours or more.

   

   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Buhoma Lodge or Standard
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   Day 8 — Bwindi Impenetrable Forest-Kampala

   After sunrise, drive back to Kampala then Entebbe with a lunch en-route. We make a few stops at Igongo Cultural Center which gives you anomalous favorable circumstances to explore the Ankole Culture and after we proceed to the Equator before your evening departure at Entebbe International Airport.

   

   Entebbe aircargo transporter

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: Included

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