7 Day Uganda Double Chimpanzee and Gorilla Trekking Adventure
per person
This 7-day Uganda Chimpanzee and gorilla trekking Adventure takes you to Uganda’s top primate destinations that offer unique primate experiences. We present to you this chimpanzee and gorilla trekking safari in Uganda, offering the best opportunity to experience both chimpanzee trekking and gorilla trekking twice in one trip. Visitors will have 2 days of chimpanzee trekking, with each day offering a unique safari experience, and then continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to the mountain gorillas, for a double gorilla trekking safari experience. We will secure two (2) gorilla trekking permits for your Uganda gorilla trekking safari and ensure that two (2) gorilla families are reserved for you. Therefore, do not miss out on this exciting double-double chimpanzee and gorilla trekking safari.
Safari Highlights
- Day 1: Kampala – Transfer to Kibale National Park
- Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking Experience in Kibale Forest National Park
- Day 3: Second Chimpanzee Trekking – Kibale Forest
- Day 4: Kibale Forest –Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Day 5: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park- Gorilla Trekking Experience
- Day 6: Second Gorilla Trekking Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Day 7: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe
Day 1: Kampala – Transfer to Kibale National Park
After your breakfast, you will take a captivating drive through the country side’s breathtaking landscapes to Kibale National Park, in the shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains. Get in at your booked lodge, have lunch, and relax. Then get on an afternoon guided walk through the crater lakes area for breathtaking views, including Lake Nyinabulitwa, Lake Nyabikere, and others. Visitors will enjoy the stunning views of the dramatic crater lakes and the fabled “Mountains of the Moon” in the background. Retire and return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge (Luxury), Kibale Forest Lodge (mid-range), Kibale Forest Camp (Budget)
Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking Experience in Kibale Forest National Park
After an early breakfast, report at Kanyanchu Tourist Centre offices for a briefing where chimpanzee activities such as briefing and group allocation begin and set out to track chimpanzees in the lush jungle of Kibale Forest. Chances of viewing the chimps are over 90%, but not a guarantee. The forest walk will be guided to provide information not only on chimpanzees and primates but also on other forest species, making it interesting and adventurous. In addition, this trek will reward you with other primates like Black and white colobus monkeys, Olive baboons, bush babies, grey-cheeked Mangabeys, Red colobus monkeys, Red-tailed monkeys, and L’Hoest’s Monkeys, among others.
After lunch, visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, from where you will take on a guided nature walk around the swamp. This walk provides an opportunity to see a wide range of flora and fauna, a variety of bird species, butterflies, and other insects. You will also have a tour of the crater lakes around Ndali lodge. You may also stop over at any tea plantation along the road if you wish.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge (Luxury), Kibale Forest Lodge (mid-range), Kibale Forest Camp (Budget)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Note: Visitors who wish to do Chimpanzee habituation, you will need to add US$ 300 to non foreign residents, $250 for foreign residents and UGX 250000 per person. Chimpanzee habituation is more rewarding since it gives you an opportunity to spend the whole day with these intelligent Chimpanzees
Day 3: Second Chimpanzee Trekking – Kibale Forest
Wake up early, have breakfast, and after you will be transferred to Kibale headquarters offices for a briefing before setting off for another forest walk in search of chimpanzees. The guided forest walk provides information not only on chimpanzees and primates but also on other forest species, thus making it a unique, rewarding experience. The trek will reward you with several primate species such as L’Hoest Monkey, Red Colobus Monkey, Red-tailed Monkey, Grey-cheeked mangabeys, Colobus monkeys, Bush Babies, Red-tailed monkeys, and others.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge (Luxury), Kibale Forest Lodge (mid-range), Kibale Forest Camp (Budget)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 4: Kibale Forest –Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Have your breakfast and after begin your morning with a visit to the historical Nyakasura Falls (Amabeere ga Nyinamwiru) in Fort Portal, and thereafter drive southwards into Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This is the lushest montane rain forest on earth, filled with unique primates and exotic birds, rolling valleys, hilltops, marshes, and papyrus swamps.
Accommodation: Bwindi Lodge (luxury), Buhoma Community (Mid-range), Ride 4 A Woman (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Dinner and overnight stay at either Buhoma Lodge/Mahogany Springs/Gorilla Safari Lodge (high-end lodge), or Sliverback Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge (mid-range), or Buhoma community Bandas/Wagtail Eco Camp (Budget facility).
Day 5: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park- Gorilla Trekking Experience
Begin the day with breakfast, ready for gorilla trekking, which begins at 8:00am after a briefing from the park information offices of the Uganda Wildlife Authority staff. Ensure that you are well prepared with the essentials such as hiking shoes, a long-sleeved shirt and a pair of pants, a rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, a camera, water waterproof backpack pack and jungle boots, among other gears, because of the forest experience ahead. The armed ranger guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy primates in a group you have been assigned. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare mountain gorillas, one of the most exciting wildlife experiences. This tracking experience may take between 2 to 6 hours, but it’s well worth the effort.
Accommodation: Bwindi Lodge (luxury), Buhoma Community (Mid-range), Ride 4 A Woman (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 6: Second Gorilla Trekking Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, you will go for the second gorilla tracking following the same procedures at the park information centre, but in another group or family, returning in the afternoon for relaxation and sightseeing around the lodge. Dinner and overnight stay at either:
Accommodation: Mahogany Springs (Luxury), Bakiga Lodge (mid-range), Ride 4 A Woman (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Day 7: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe
After your morning breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala using the Mbarara – Masaka highway. Make a first stop over at Igongo Cultural Center, or Ishanyi Food Centre, for a lunch break and then proceed to the Equator crossing at Kayabwe for the water experience where the earth divides its self into two hemispheres, before driving to Kampala. After you will proceed to Entebbe to meet your outbound flight or to your hotel in Entebbe. Here, you will be dropped off at a place, hotel of your choice, or Entebbe International Airport, for your outbound flight back home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
7 Day Uganda Double Chimpanzee and Gorilla Trekking Includes and Excludes
Inclusions
- Airport transfers (pick up and drop off)
- Services of a professional English-speaking guide/driver
- 2 Gorilla trekking permits per person in Kibale
- 2 Chimpanzee trekking permit person in Bwindi
- All ground transportation in a well-modified 4×4 safari vehicle
- Full board Accommodation throughout the safari
- Bigodi guided nature walk
- Drinking water for the entire safari
- All en route meals
Exclusions:
- Visa ticket
- Personal Travel Insurance
- International flights
- Extra meals and activities
- Alcoholic and soft drinks such as sodas, juice, wine among others.