Chimpanzee & Gorilla Trekking Safari in Uganda
Highlights
- Offers you a live experience of the world’s biggest primates
- Kibale national forest park, Bwindi Impenetrable national park
- Chance to see tree climbing lions
Overview
5 Days Chimpanzee & Gorilla Trekking Safari Bwindi, takes you to southwestern Uganda, and offers you a live experience of the world’s biggest primates, Chimpanzee in Kibale national forest park and the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable national park.
Kibale national Park is the best spot for chimpanzee tracking in the whole world with over 15000 Chimps, and two groups are open for habituation activities, and Kibale National Park has been declared the best place to view habituated chimpanzees with other primates, butterflies, monkeys, insects, birds and others.
We shall drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park on your transfers, at here you will get a chance to see tree climbing lions at the Ishasha sector, Elephants, birds, hippos, leopard, etc.
Bwindi Impenetrable national park is a thick dense forest with an altitude range between 1160m and 2607m above sea level, Bwindi impenetrable forest is a very true rain forest with steep slopes and valleys so trekking the gorillas can be hard because usually the visibility is very poor, for pictures one really needs very good camera. Bwindi forest has an average rainfall of 1500mm per year source of the major rivers that flows to lake Albert.
It is tailor-made and therefore subject to adjustment upon the client’s request to accommodate special interests.
5 Days Chimpanzee & Gorilla Trekking Safari Bwindi, takes you to southwestern Uganda, and offers you a live experience of the world’s biggest primates, Chimpanzee in Kibale national forest park and the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable national park.
Kibale national Park is the best spot for chimpanzee tracking in the whole world with over 15000 Chimps, and two groups are open for habituation activities, and Kibale National Park has been declared the best place to view habituated chimpanzees with other primates, butterflies, monkeys, insects, birds and others.
We shall drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park on your transfers, at here you will get a chance to see tree climbing lions at the Ishasha sector, Elephants, birds, hippos, leopard, etc.
- Day 1 - Transfer To Kibale Forest National Park for chimpanzee tracking
5 Days Chimpanzee & Gorilla Trekking Safari is one the main popular luxury trips organised by gorilla safaris Uganda. A tour guide from GS Uganda Travel will pick you up from the airport or form your hotel and leave for Kibale Forest national park for chimpanzee tracking.
In the afternoon we will arrive at Kibale Forest Camp, sleeping with the noises of the tropical Rain forest. You’ll stay at Chimpanzee Guesthouse, overlooking Nyabikere Crater Lake. The lake is famous for the frogs: at night they always give a beautiful concert.
Driving time: is 6,5 hoursAccommodation:
Kibale Forest Camp (self-contained tents) or Chimpanzee Guesthouse/Bandas (self-contained Banda’s) – Both outside the forest)
Luxury Tour: Ndali Lodge or Primate Lodge Kibale - Day 2 - Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest
At 8.00am we will start with 4 hours chimp tracking – during which you may also get to see 10 other primates. Kibale park is also known for all the butterflies and birds. In the afternoon we will walk through Bigodi Swamp (home to a community based project).
Accommodation:
Kibale Forest Camp (self-contained tents) or Chimpanzee Guesthouse/Bandas (self-contained Banda’s) – Both outside the forest)
Luxury Tour: Ndali Lodge or Primate Lodge Kibale - Day 3 - Transfer to Kisoro Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Early in the morning we will leave for Kisoro. We will cross Kazinga Channel, traveling through Queen Elizabeth Park, and reach Kabale in time for lunch. From Kabale we will continue through a beautiful landscape also defined as the “Switzerland of Africa”: mountains, lakes, hills with cultivated terraces, tropical rain forest and bamboo forest. On the last hill the landscape unfolds beneath us, taking in the vast planes between Uganda, Rwanda and Congo, with the Virunga volcanoes dominating the view. At the bottom of the valley is Kisoro, where we will stay at the famous Travelers Rest Hotel.
In the sixties the famous American ‘gorilla-woman’ Dian Fossey visited the Travellers Rest Hotel many, many times to do paperwork, relax or meet people. Fossey said about the hotel: “It was my second home”. Travellers Rest Hotel is just outside Kisoro and offers a cozy stay for the tourists coming to see the endangered mountain gorilla. The hotel, built in a somewhat colonial style, and entirely renovated in 1999, has a comfortable ambiance. Driving time: ± 8 hours
Accommodation:
Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro
Luxury Tour: Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro (Suite Room) - Day 4 - Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park
The day of gorilla trekking, you will travel by car from Travelers Rest Hotel in Kisoro to Nkuringo, in the southern part of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park (1hr). Once there you will first receive a briefing (7.45am) and at 8.30am you will start the tracking. Once you have found the gorillas, you will be able to spend up to one hour with them! You will be expected back to the starting point by 7.00pm at the latest. physically conditioned peoples are recommended.
Accommodation:
Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro
Luxury Tour: Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro (Suite Room) - Day 5 - Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe airport
Early in the morning after breakfast you will travel back to Kampala. On the way back to the city you will have lunch in Mbarara town, and after Masaka there will be an opportunity to a stop at the Equator for photo shoots and buying souvenirs and have tea or coffee.
We will then bring you back to Kampala or Entebbe for your flight back home and marks the end of the 5 days chimpanzee and gorilla trekking Safari Tour.
Driving time: ± 9 hours
- UWA Gorilla Trekking Permit – $700
- Chimpanzee Tracking Permit-$200
- Park Entrance Fees
- Meals as per Itinerary
- Meals as per Itinerary
- English Speaking Tour Guide/Driver
- Tourist Entry Visa
- International Flight Tickets
- Travel Insurance
- Items of Personal Nature
- Tips and Gratuities
Important Information
You require a gorilla permit to trek Uganda gorillas found in two National Parks of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park all found in south western Uganda. Gorilla permits can be obtained from Uganda Wildlife Authority Head Offices in Kampala just after Uganda Museum on Kiira Road. Every day, UWA sells gorilla permits for all gorilla families in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga.
Offices are always open from 9:00am to 5:00pm in the evening. Please contact us for your gorilla permit which we can pre-purchase for you at no extra cost once you book a gorilla and wildlife safari holiday with us. Please contact us and we will check availability of gorilla permits at UWA for you and go ahead to buy once you have transferred money on our account. You will need to send us your details in terms of names, passport number, and nationality as Uganda Wildlife Authority requires them in order to issue your gorilla permit.