6-Day Primate Safari

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrival in Entebbe

This is the first day of your safari. You are picked up from the airport by our driver guide and transferred to your hotel.

On arrival to your hotel, you are ushered in to you room, freshen up and the prepare for your dinner at the K Rooftop with the lake facing view.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

K Hotels

• Mid-range hotel located in Entebbe (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Drive to Kibale National Park

Your driver will pick you up after your breakfast and proceed to Kibale Forest National park and your accommodation. Drive time is approximately 6 hours.

Afternoon at leisure. Optional activities available like crater walk visit, swamp walk among others.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner at your accommodation.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit December to February and June to July

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Least rain)

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LeopardVery Rare

HippoRare

LionRare to None

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

Turaco Treetops Lodge

• Mid-range lodge bordering Kibale NP (Chimps) without fences

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Chimpanzee Trekking

After your breakfast, drive to the National Park Headquarters to meet your ranger guides for the day and begin you chimpanzee experience. Follow your ranger guides together with other trackers on an early morning trek into the forest to view wild chimpanzees as well as several other species of primates in their natural niche.

After an hour with the chimpanzees, return to the lodge for a refreshment, your guide will pick you up to head to Tinka’s homestead for the traditional meal. Tinka is a community leader in Bigodi distract and he welcomes you into his home to enjoy a traditional Ugandan meal.
After the delicious meal, your driver will drop you off at the starting point of the Bigodi swamp walk. Bigodi Swamp walk. The swamps are a haven for a huge number of bird and butterfly species and visitors can also expect to see at least 2 or 3 primate species

Dinner and overnight at your accommodation.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Turaco Treetops Lodge

• Mid-range lodge bordering Kibale NP (Chimps) without fences

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After our morning breakfast, your drive to Ishasha Sector have a sight of the tree climbing lions and then continue on your journey to Bwindi National park with an estimated drive time of 5 to 6 hours.

Bwindi National park is situated at the border of the Great Rift Valley, in the south-western part of Uganda. In the early 90s, Bwindi Forest was just a reserve but it was later changed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in 1992 and awarded the world Heritage site status in 1994 due to its rich eco system.

Bwindi impenetrable forest is one of the few large expanses of forests in East Africa on 327 square km2 covered in dense vegetation of shrubs, trees, vines, all these draped over the steep, haughty ridges and slippery valleys of Bwindi Forest terrain.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Mahogany Springs Lodge

• Luxury lodge bordering Bwindi NP (Gorillas) without fences

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Gorilla Trekking

After your breakfast, your guide will transfer you to Uganda wildlife Authority (UWA) Park headquarters. While at UWA park headquarters, you will be requested to register in the UWA book before proceeding for a briefing by the ranger guide about the dos and don’ts during your trekking like no flash lights when photographing gorillas and after you will be allocated a gorilla family to trek and you will match out with your ranger on your day’s excursion.
Although the gorillas are always on the move, the chance of seeing the gorillas is at 95%.

After you have located a family, you are allowed to spend an hour with them, take photos of them, and observe them go on with their daily activities, a very life changing moment and feeling that many have expressed as exhilarating, enthralling and indeed humbling.

After the time with the gorillas, your guide will return you to the lodge. You will as well go on a community Batwa afternoon session.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Mahogany Springs Lodge

• Luxury lodge bordering Bwindi NP (Gorillas) without fences

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Drive back to Entebbbe

Wake for your breakfast then start your journey back to Kampala\ Entebbe International Airport in the evening. We recommend an evening flight through Entebbe International Airport or a post-night to be organized in Kampala/Entebbe at your request.

Welcome back.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.