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Overview
With a 7-Day Uganda primate tour, expect a lifetime experience as you soak yourself into the dense rainforest to see mountain gorillas and chimpanzees. This primate adventure package includes a visit to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) for an ultimate gorilla trekking experience and combines up close with chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, the primate capital of the world.
What's included
Private transportation
All Fees and Taxes
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Driver/Guide
Gorilla and Chimpanzee Permits
Tips
Telephone
Laundry
Travel Insurance
What to expect
Day 1: Arrival & pick up at airport
Entebbe
5h
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport (EBB) and you will meet with your driver for a warm welcome to Uganda –the Pearl of Africa. Leave Entebbe airport for Kampala to check in at a comfortable hotel, enjoy dinner and retire for a night.
Day 2: Kibale National Park
Kibale National Park
8h
Start your journey to Kibale National Park, 6 hours’ drive via Mityana-Mubende-Fort Portal city and your driver guide will be engaging you throughout your road trip. Get to Fort Portal city where you will make a stopover, enjoy a delicious lunch and you will eventually connect to the lodge in or around Kibale.
Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking & primate walk at Bigodi
Kibale National Park
8h
After breakfast, transfer to Kanyanchu Visitor Centre to be briefed on the guidelines to be followed on your trek to see chimpanzees. With company of an experienced park guide, set off for actual Kibale chimpanzee walk through the park, taking 2 to 4 hours.
Chimpanzee communities that you will be visiting today are already accustomed to human presence and you will have one hour to observe their daily behavior and taking photos. You will be accompanied back after the magical encounter, have lunch and next session will be primate/nature walk through Bigodi Wetland.
A guided nature walk through Bigodi allows you search for more primates and bird species. The common primates to expect to see here include red tailed monkeys, l’hoest monkeys, red colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, black & white colobus monkeys.
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi through Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park
7h
After a hefty breakfast, meet your driver and should be ready to hit the road to Bwindi National Park. Drive out of Kibale and as you head towards Queen Elizabeth NP you will be viewing the breathtakingly scenic Crater Lakes. Pass via Queen Elizabeth Park with higher chance to spot some mammals as they roam and at Ishasha sector in the south, a mini game drive will be had to allow you search for tree climbing lions. Settle for bush lunch meal and you will continue to Bwindi to check in at your lodge.
Day 5: Go gorilla trekking with park guide & Batwa experience
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
8h
A delicious cup of tea/coffee will be enjoyed early morning and after, meet the park officials at the park offices for briefing about gorilla trekking rules. You will be accompanied by an experienced park guide on a search for gorilla family starting at 8:00 am, and the adventure will run for 2-6 hours less or more depending on your speed and location of gorillas.
After maximizing the one hour taking pictures and observing how these apes behave, return to the lodge for relaxation. Later on, be accompanied to the Batwa community for a cultural walk, entertainment and learning how the Batwa lived peacefully with wildlife in the forest for years.
Day 6: Return to Kampala/Entebbe
Kampala
8h
Begin your journey back to Entebbe and this includes scenic view from the Kigezi region. Branch off to Igongo for lunch, and if time permits, have brief tour around Igongo exploring the unique traditions, cultures of Ankole and Bahima people, renowned long horned cattle keepers. Afterwards, continue to the equator crossing for photography and more leg stretching. Next, you will drive straight to Entebbe to check in at Hotel
Day 7: Departure from Entebbe airport
Entebbe
3h
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel in Entebbe city and dropped off at Entebbe International Airport –EBB for departure. Today brings to an end the 7 Days Uganda Tour.
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
PLOT 3 KIMATHI AVENUE
PAN AFRICA HOUSE 3RD FLOOR ROOM 320
P.O.BOX 28441 KAMPALA
End point
PLOT 3 KIMATHI AVENUE
PAN AFRICA HOUSE 3RD FLOOR ROOM 320
P.O.BOX 28441 KAMPALA
Additional information
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.<br>If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
