6days Gorilla and chimpanzee tracking (Kibale&Bwindi)

Day 1

Arrival at Entebbe airport or Kampala, transfer to Hotel

Upon your arrival at Entebbe airport, or optionally in Kampala, meet your driver and guide who will brief you about the trip. Depending on your arrival time, we suggest some optional activities around Entebbe according to your preferences. This may include a visit to UWEC (Uganda Wildlife Education Center) or the Botanical Garden in town, enjoying Aero Beach to admire huge historic aircraft at the shore of Lake Victoria, spending half a day tracking Shoebill birds from a motorized canoe at Mabamba Swamp, and other options. We will be glad to advise on schedules and extra cost. You can also decide, as an inclusive offer, to go for a late afternoon walk with your guide and be dropped for some shopping at Victoria Mall in Entebbe. You will have dinner and overnight at your Entebbe hotel.

Day 2

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast you will be picked by your driver and guide to start your Gorilla and Chimp Tracking experience, today going towards Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in your comfortable 4wd car. Our tour starts early, with stops at the Equator crossing for photography, and a lunch break en-route. You will arrive in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight.

Day 3

Gorilla Tracking Experience

You will wake up and, after an early breakfast, head to the National Park's reception center to join other tourists for a briefing about the tracking experience, including Does and Don’ts while with mountain gorillas. Thereafter you will start your tracking into the forest with National Park guides. During your trek, you may encounter several birds, other animals and primates in the forest, and once you reach the gorillas, you will spend one hour with them. There will be time set aside to enjoy your packed lunch. Finally return back to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 4

Transfer via Queen Elizabeth National Park to Kibale National Park area

Today you will, after an early breakfast, leave your lodge and set off towards your next destination, Kibale National Park. The scenic drive will take you through Queen Elizabeth National Park, so you will have a good chance to see many wild animals along the way. It's like a transfer safari, taking in one of the best game viewing parks of Uganda. Time permitting we might have a chance to take an optional boat cruise at Kazinga Channel, or you may choose to make more stops for the plentiful wildlife along the way. Lunch will be served en route. You will arrive in the evening for dinner, then rest at your lodge, and overnight.

Day 5

Chimpanzee Tracking Experience at Kibale National Park

After breakfast you will be taken to the National Park Visitor Centre for a briefing about Chimpanzee and their habitat, and the Does and Don’ts while being close to them. Then you'll join a small group of other tourists and start the tracking in the forest, guided by Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers. You will usually spend a couple of hours with the chimps, an amazing close-up experience, and sometimes you'll follow them as they move through the forest. Thereafter you will take your lunch and visit Bigodi Swamp, made accessible by means of a boardwalk, with a good chance to spot monkeys and many bird species. The guided walk also takes you through grassland, with small communities where locals are very enthusiastic to shake hands with visitors strolling through coffee plantations and people’s gardens to see how they do daily work. Later, in the early evening, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day6

Depart Kibale National Park via Mubende to Kampala/Entebbe

After breakfast you'll set off from Kibale to Mubende and the small village of Kiganda for lunch at Hotel Bafana International. Thereafter you'll have a chance to visit local people and see how they live, how they grow their crops and coffee, and you will be invited for tea at a modest home where you can interact with the family. In the late afternoon you'll move on to Kampala or Entebbe where you will be dropped. This will conclude your amazing 6 day Gorilla and Chimp Tracking Tour, which - as you will have confirmed by now - includes the signature primate encouters and so much more.