9 Days Gorillas And Chimpanzee trekking safari
From
$3719.00
Duration
9 days
Tour Plan
Arrive at Entebbe airport. Your guide will be there waiting for you, meet and greet, transfer to your overnight accommodation: City Royal Resort (BB)
8.30am after breakfast, depart for Kibale National Park arriving in time for lunch. Take a good rest then in the evening, you may take an optional visit to the Bigodi swamp for bird watching. Overnight at Primates Lodge (FB)
At 8:00 a.m., you set out on a hike through the Kibale Forest to look for chimpanzees and other primates like blue monkeys, black-faced red colobus, red-tailed monkeys, and olive baboons. 12 species of primates and a wide range of birds can be found in Kibale National Park. A big blue turaco may be seen here. Spend the rest of the day at leisure or learning about the many bird species found in the park's older trees after the forest stroll. Lunch, dinner, and breakfast are on the menu. Visit Primates Lodge (FB) for the night.
10.00am: Depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. In the evening you can enjoy a relaxed guided walk around the Lodge or an evening game drive in the Park. Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. Overnight at Bush Lodge (FB)
Breakfast is served at 6:30 am, after which you leave for chimpanzee tracking in the Kyambura Gorge on the Western Rift Valley's outskirts. These primates will play and eat while you observe them for a while. While exploring this jungle, you might come across different animals and primates including monkeys. Due to the limited number of persons allowed each tracking, some guests can track in the morning and others in the afternoon, depending on the number of visitors. Dinner, lunch, and breakfast are on the menu. At Bush Lodge (FB), spend the night.
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth's Ishasha area for a wildlife drive after breakfast. Look into the cassia branches if you want to observe some of the lions that are known for this area's propensity for climbing trees to rest. In this location, you might also encounter elephants, buffaloes, and baboons. Lunch will be served on route, and then you will continue to Bwindi National Park to spend the night at Silverback Safari Lodge (FB).
After eating breakfast at 7:30 am, drive in a private vehicle to the park headquarters where you will receive a briefing from park ranger guides before beginning your gorilla walk through a stunningly scenic area of thickly forested terrain via many animal pathways. The adventure's high point is the chance to see the friendly, endangered mountain gorillas, which is an exhilarating and unforgettable experience. A picnic lunch can be enjoyed en route. It can take 3 to 8 hours. Dinner and overnight accommodations at Silver Back Safari Lodge (FB)
After breakfast, spend the day touring the nearby Buhoma settlements, which includes a Batwa (Pygmy) experience where you can see how they used to live in the forest and observe their daily routines. You might choose to rest in the lodge after lunch or go to more communities. Silver Back Safari Lodge (FB) provides meals and accommodations.
For your return journey to Entebbe, you are taken to Kihihi Airstrip after breakfast. There are two options: 1 departs Kihihi at 10:55 and arrives at 11:55, and 14:05 arrives at 15:55. You'll connect with your departure flight when you get to Entebbe. LAST DAY OF OUR SERVICE.
Prices INCLUDE:
- All Meals as indicated in the itinerary
- Accommodation as indicated
- All airport transfers
- Services of a professional English speaking guide
- 4×4 Safari vans plus fuel
- Mentioned park/entrance fees
- Game drives in Queen and Ishasha
- 1 Gorilla trekking permit per person(Bwindi)
- 1 Chimp permit per person for Kibale and Kyambura
- Batwa Community experience in Bwindi
- One way flight ticket to Entebbe from Kihihi Bwindi
- Drinking water daily while on safari
- All government taxes and levies
Prices EXCLUDE: all items of personal expenditure such as entry visas, tips, telephone calls, laundry, gifts, airport taxes and all alcoholic beverages.
NB: Gorilla permits, Chimp permits and Accommodation are subject to availability at the time of booking and therefore require booking and payment in advance