8 days Primate tracking safari Uganda offers an intimate 8 days Chimpanzee and Gorilla tracking experience. This itinerary covers Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale forest national park, Wildlife and boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth national park and Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park.
Kibale is home to Uganda’s highest chimpanzee population including the habituated and the non habituated groups . Besides an escorted walk, visitors can also observe these chimpanzees via the Chimpanzee Habituation Experience which is always a 4 hour activity. In contrast to chimpanzee tracking in Kibale, Bwindi Impenetrable forest national Park main attraction is Gorilla trekking. Finding these gorillas can be an arduous task sometimes. However, the ranger tracking team leave early to locate the gorillas and after they have found them, they communicate to the ranger guides for the exact location of the gorilla family. Currently there are twelve family groups that may be visited by a maximum of eight tourists per day.
Day 01: Arrival at Entebbe and transfer to booked accommodation
On arrival in Entebbe you will be met by your safari guide and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy the evening at leisure.
Day 02: Transfer entebbe to Kibale National Park
Early morning after breakfast, your driver guide will pick you and start a drive to the west of the country towards Fort Portal. The drive will take you through many built up areas and towns. Enjoy a brief stop at one of the markets and you get an opportunity to interact with the local community and possibly purchase a fruit. As you approach the lodge there are vast fields of tea plantations. Here you will have an opportunity to take pictures of the tea pickers. Lunch is en-route. Arrive later in the afternoon at the lodge.
Overnight: Primate Lodge
Day 03: Full day Chimpanzee tracking experience
On this morning you will meet your guide who will take you to the briefing/starting point. You will then be led by a ranger guide into the forest in search of chimpanzees and other primate species including red colobus monkey, blue or Shykes monkeys, red tailed monkeys and grey-cheeked mangabey. Olive baboons will be on the road waiting to welcome you into their territory.
B/L/D: Primate Lodge
Day 04: Transfer from Kibale to Queen Elizabeth National Park
On this day drive to Mweya Peninsula for an afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga channel.
Dinner and over night: Mweya Safari Lodge
Day 05: Transfer from queen Elizabeth to Bwindi impenetrable National Park
After breakfast you will head south through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth national park in search of the tree climbing lions. Packed lunch en-route. Arrive later in the afternoon at your lodge.
Dinner & Over night: Mahogany Springs
Day 06: Gorilla tracking in Bwindi impenetrable National Park
On this morning you will depart on your first gorilla trek taking a picnic lunch with you. The hike usually begins at 8:00am where you depart with other trekkers making a total of eight plus your ranger guides, armed rangers and any porters that you hire to carry your backpacks. Optional activity later in the day include: birding in the forest and a water fall hike.
Dinner & Over night: Mahogany Springs
Day 07: Second gorilla tracking Bwindi
Second of gorilla trekking . If the Experience is finished early enough you could go for community visit.
Dinner & Over night: Mahogany Springs
Day 08: Transfer to kihihi airstrip – fly to entebbe
This morning you will have breakfast in camp/lodge. Transfer to the airstrip for your scheduled flight to Entebbe. Transfer to your hotel where a dayroom has been reserved for you. Enjoy lunch at the hotel and freshen up before transferring to the airport for your onward travel (to be determined). Dayroom at the Boma.