4-Day Primate Safari in Uganda with Gorilla and Chimp Trekking

• Meet your tour guide in Entebbe/Kampala and begin 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 is predominantly covered by evergreen rainforest and is home to 70 mammal species, most famously 13 species of primates, including the chimpanzee. It also contains over 375 species of birds, including rare and endemic species.
• En route, you will have lunch, and upon arrival in the evening, you will go for a guided Bigodi wetland walk. This 2-3-hour walk takes you through grassland, small communities, and beautiful scenery, where locals often greet you with enthusiastic waves. It is common to spot three to four different primate species during this walk.

Dinner and overnight at Turaco Treetops.

• After an early morning breakfast, you will depart for Kanyanchu, the visitor's centre, and report to the ranger station at 07:45 am in Kibale National Park to track the habituated chimpanzees. Although chimpanzee sightings are not guaranteed, visitors stand a fairly good 50% chance of hearing and seeing our distant cousins, as they are habituated.
• The activity lasts between one and three hours, and 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.

• 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 and 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 begins. The guides will then take you through the bush, pushing through the undergrowth and parting thick creepers as you track the gorillas. The trek can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 7 hours, so a reasonable degree of fitness is required, along with a sturdy pair of walking shoes.
• After spending one hour with the gorillas, you will begin your descent back to the briefing point and later return to your lodge. The experience of being in this jungle and meeting these enormous creatures will stay with you for life, especially as you take in the beautiful scenery of the area.

Dinner & overnight at Haven Lodge.

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