Five Days Gorilla Trekking Chimpanzee Safari
Five Days Gorilla Trekking Chimpanzee Safari; This 5 Day Gorillas & Chimpanzee Trekking Safari will take you to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Kibale National Park. This is a terrific opportunity to combine Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (home to half of the world’s endangered mountain gorillas) with Chimpanzee trekking or Habituation adventure in Kibale National Park. Kibale National Park has been declared as one of the best places in the world to watch habituated wild Chimpanzees. This is an all-inclusive tour that will start and end in Kampala/Entebbe and includes return airport transfers. This 5 Day Gorillas & Chimpanzee Trekking Safari can as well be tailored to best match your interests and point of pick up as well as your budget.
Summary program for the tour days Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park after being picked up from Kampala or Entebbe
Day 2: Tracking gorillas in Bwindi
Day 3: Journey to the National Park of Kibale Forest
Day 4: Bigodi Wetland Walk and Chimpanzee Tracking
Day 5: Return by car to Entebbe or Kampala to conclude your safari.
Travel Days:
DAY 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park after being picked up in Kampala or Entebbe. Your driver-guide will pick you up from your Kampala/Entebbe hotel or from the Entebbe airport on this day to begin your 5-day gorilla and chimpanzee trekking safari. The drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is lengthy, but it’s well worth it because you’ll see beautiful scenery and interact with the local people. Depending on your preferences and the time of day, you will have lunch along way, a photo stop at the Equator, and more optional stops.
The travel time will be eight to nine hours.
Accommodation will be at Buhoma Community Rest Camp and Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge
Day 2: Tracking gorillas in Bwindi.
Following breakfast at the resort, you will make your way to the park headquarters where ranger guides from the Uganda Wildlife Authority will inform you and assign you to a family group of gorillas to hike with that day. The two ranger guides will accompany you into the dense, Impenetrable Forest to begin your search for the endangered, uncommon mountain gorilla species as soon as your group of eight individuals is confirmed. From the location where they were last observed the day before, the gorilla search always proceeds. You will only be able to spend an hour interacting with these renowned creatures once you get at their location, and you need always maintain complete silence. It is acceptable for you to snap pictures and so forth.
Gorilla tracking can sometimes be strenuous depending on the trek that day which is normally determined by weather and the movement of the gorillas in the forest but given the fact it is a very well-organized activity you have 99% chance of seeing the gorillas on your trek. Expert trackers lead the journey and keep an eye on the gorillas’ movements throughout the day. This allows them to determine where the gorillas nested for the final night, which is where you should begin your search for them. Along the way, the two ranger guides will lead you through trail clearing, trail construction, and information sharing about the mountain gorillas and Bwindi Forest. In order to claim your certificates as proof of successfully tracking mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, you must return to the starting point after the trek.
DAY 03: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Take a morning game drive with everything you own in the car and explore the Mweya Peninsula. If you choose not to go on a game drive, you can still visit the Katwe Salt Lakes after driving to Kibale National Park, where you’ll stop for lunch along the route. You will have an amazing opportunity to witness the local birds and monkeys during a nature walk in the Bigodi Swamp upon arrival. With over 335 bird species and 13 different species of primates, Kibale Forest National Park is a well-liked destination for birdwatchers and enthusiasts of primates. Four to five hours of driving Dinner and overnight stay at Turaco Treetops Lodge or the Chimpanzee Guest House.
DAY 4: Bigodi Wetland Walk and Chimpanzee Tracking
After an early breakfast, you will be taken to the Kanyanchu head office to receive a briefing regarding the track that you will be working on in a few hours. From that point on, you will begin tracking chimpanzees, but you will also see twelve other species of primates today, including vervet monkeys, gray-cheeked mangabeys, and baboons. Dinner and overnight stay at Turaco Treetops Lodge or the Chimpanzee Guest House
DAY 05: Departure back to Kampala/Entebbe to end the 5 Day Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari
In the early morning after breakfast, drive return to Kampala/Entebbe to complete the tour. End of the 5 Day Gorillas and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari