5 Day Uganda Primates Safari : This 5 Days tour package starts with a visit to Kibale Forest National park, and Bwindi Impenetrable national park which are Uganda’s primate’s destination. Chimpanzee trekking, one of the most popular wildlife activities in Uganda, allows you to step into the world of chimpanzees in the wild. Uganda Wildlife Authority Interpretive Rangers lead a small group (maximum of 8) into the realm of the chimps. The treks last about three hours and include a maximum of one hour with the chimps, during which you can expect to see them from a safe but intimate distance of 8-10 metres. Get up close and personal with the chimpanzees and discover their beauty, intelligence, and social structures. Uganda Gorilla trekking is one of the most thrilling wildlife activities on the face of the earth. Gorilla trekking is way different from the experience of game drives in the Serengeti national park in Tanzania, Masai Mara national reserve in Kenya or Kruger National Park in South Africa. Gorilla trekking is special because the mountain gorillas have 98% DNA with human beings with similar looks and behave. They also live in families where the dominant silverback gorilla is the head of the family and directs everything that is done by the group.
Safari highlights
Day 1: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park – Bigodi nature walk
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking activity – transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking
Day 5: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe
Detailed safari
Day 1: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park – Bigodi nature walk
Depending on your location in Kampala, you will be met by our company representative/driver guide and start your 6 hours’ drive to Kibale forest national park in the western part of Uganda with stopovers to stretch and lunch depending on your location and time. Connect to your lodge with en-route visit of the crater lakes near the park. Explore the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. The reserve is abundant with butterflies, plants, animals and, in particular, birds. Spectacular birds like Great Blue Turaco and rare Papyrus Gonolek will be of great interest to birders. The swamp is also home to more elusive animals such as Red Colobus monkeys and Sitatunga antelope. There is also the opportunity to visit local community projects that have been financed by tourism. Dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse/Isunga lodge for budget/Kyaninga lodge for luxury
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking activity – transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
After breakfast, drive to Kibale park head offices for briefing about the chimpanzees. Enter the forest and start trek the chimpanzees in their natural habitat, its take 2-5 hours to find them and on finding them, you are allowed 1 hour to be in their process as they swing from the branches in the canopy high above the forest floor.
After lunch, transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park to reduce your distance for the next day transfer. It’s a 3 hours’ drive from Kibale national park to Queen Elizabeth national park. Dinner and overnight at Parkview Safari lodge for mid-range
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Depart the Lodge very early and start your journey to Bwindi forest. Its 7-8 hours. Since you are not interested in wildlife, drive past Queen Elizabeth national park with en-route lunch. Your accommodation will depend on which sector you will trek at. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Haven lodge/Buhoma Lodge for luxury
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking
On the 4th day of your 5 Day Uganda Primates Safari, After enjoying an early breakfast and transfer to park headquarters for the briefing before you set off gorilla trekking. Trekking through the steep, densely forested hills and then finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation is an inspiring and privileged moment. Tracking in the Bwindi forest requires stamina and can often take most of the day and spend an hour in the presence of the gorillas before you return at your meeting point with the driver-guide to return to the lodge. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above
Day 5: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe
After breakfast, start your journey back to Kampala/Entebbe with en-route stop at the Equator and lunch. It’s an 8-9 hours’ drive to Kampala/Entebbe. Upon arrival and depending on your drop off advice, you will either be dropped at a location you advise the driver or at the airport for your departure flight back home. End of your 5 days Primates safari tour.
