Itinerary

1. Day 1: Kampala - Kibale National Park

   • Get pick you up by your guide from your hotel in Entebbe/airport and then transfer to Kibale. The journey is about 7 hours, with a stopover in Mubende for lunch.

2. Days 2: Chimp tracking - Nyakalengija

   • Go to Kibale headquarters, where you will present your permits and be shortly briefed about the activity and then set out into the forest. The activity will take you about 4 hours or even more, depending on the location of the chimps.
   • Spot some other primates that live in the park-like baboons, monkeys, various indigenous tree species, and birds. You will then return to the lodge, refresh and have lunch. 
   • Check out of the lodge and then transfer to Kasese – Nyakalengija. Check in at equator snow lodge, where you will have dinner and spend the night

3. Day 3: Nyakalengija – Nyabitaba

   • Walk to the hike's starting point, where you will find your guide and porters. 
   • Start your hike from Nyakalengija through the bamboo, high elephant grass, dense bushes, climbing rocks and crossing river Mahoma. 
   • Along this route, spot white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, three-horned chameleons and various bird species like the Rwenzori Turaco. The journey will take you about 4-5 hours and finally reach Nyabitaba hut, where you will have your dinner and spend the night.

4. Day 4: Nyabitaba – John matte

   • Proceed with the hike through the forest to the Kurt Shafer Bridge and the Bujuku and Mubuku rivers conference.
   • Proceed through the bamboo forest and slippery moss-covered rocks for a couple of hours. The top of Nyamulegeya rock will give you a view of Mount Stanley and Mount Speke.
   • Then reach john matte hut. At this hut, you will have a clear view of Mt. Stanley and the Margherita glacier if the weather is clear. You will have dinner and spend the night at this hut.

5. Day 5: John matte – Nyakalengija

   • After your breakfast, you will hike a little more to see the giant lobelias before descending back to Nyakalengija. 
   • Return to the equator snow lodge, where you will have dinner and spend the night.

6. Day 6: Drive to Kampala

   • You will have breakfast at the lodge and then check out. Your driver will then drive you back to Kampala.
   • Make a stopover in Mubende for lunch and then proceed.
   • The driver will drop you at your hotel in Kampala/Entebbe or the airport for your flight back home.