Itinerary

1. Day 1: Depart Entebbe/Kampala for Kibale National Park

   • Meet your tour guide in Entebbe/Kampala and start your journey to Kibale Forest in Fort Portal. 
   • Kibale National Park is located in west-central Uganda, just east of the Rwenzori Mountains, near Fort Portal. The long drive is incredibly scenic, passing through tea plantations and the lush green countryside that characterises Uganda. The park predominantly covers evergreen rainforest and is home to 70 mammal species, most famously 13 species of primate, including the chimpanzee. It also contains over 375 species of birds, including rare and endemic species. 
   • En route, you will have lunch, and on your arrival in the evening, you will go for a guided Bigodi wetland walk. The 2-3-hour walk will take you through grassland, small communities and some beautiful scenery, where the locals will greet you with enthusiastic waves. It is usual to spot three to four different primate species during this walk. 

   Dinner and overnight at Turaco Treetops.

2. Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

   • After early morning breakfast, you will depart to Kanyancu, the visitor’s centre, and report to the ranger station at 07:45 am in Kibale National Park to track the habituated Chimpanzees. Although chimp sightings are not guaranteed, visitors stand a pretty good 50% chance of hearing and seeing our distant cousins as they are habituated. 
   • The tour lasts between one to three hours, and the tracking starts at 08:00 am daily. You are only allowed to spend a maximum of one hour around the chimpanzees.
   • After lunch, your driver/guide will transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
   • Check-in at your lodge and spend the evening at leisure. 

   Dinner & overnight at Haven Lodge.

3. Day 3: Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

   • Today, you will wake up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for your day’s gorilla trekking activity. 
   • With your packed lunch & plenty of clean drinking water from the lodge, report to the ranger station at 7:45 am for registration and a briefing by one of the rangers. 
   • At 8:00 am, gorilla trekking commences. The guides will then take you through the bush, pushing your way through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track the gorillas. The trek can take from 30 minutes to 7 hours. So, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes.
   • After spending one hour with the gorillas, you will start your descent back to the briefing point and later your lodge. The experience in this jungle and meeting these enormous creatures will stay with you for life even as you take in the beautiful scenery in this area. 

   Dinner & overnight at Haven Lodge.

4. Day 4: Depart Bwindi for Entebbe

   • After breakfast, you will drive back to Entebbe with an en-route lunch in Mbarara and then a brief stopover at the Uganda Equator crossing sign in Kayabwe for a popular photo moment. 
   • Later, you will be dropped off at Entebbe International Airport to connect with your outbound international flight.