5 Day Luxury Gorilla Habituation and Chimp trekking Safari

• You’ll be picked up from the airport (or hotel)
• Accommodation before the tour departs can be arranged for extra cost

• Morning/Travel: At 7am, your driver guide will pick from your Hotel in Entebbe/Kampala you will drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Your guide will make stopovers at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe for photography, a brief talk and some experiments
• Afternoon/Lunch: You will proceed to Mbarara town for lunch en-route at a local restaurant You will then drive past beautiful banana plantations, farms and the amazing Hills of Kigezi.
• Evening: You will arrive in the evening and check-in at the lodge for relaxation and overnight

Drive time: 8-9 hours

Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner

Overnight Lodge: Nkuringo Gorilla Camp or Gorilla Safari Lodge

• Morning/Briefing: You will wake up early in the morning and head to the park headquarters to join other clients for briefing about dos and don’ts while with mountain gorillas on your habituation experience. After briefing, you will start your trek into the forest guided by researchers and guides.
• Trek and Observation: During your trek, you may encounter several birds, other animals and primates in the forest and once you have found the gorillas you will spend four hours with them and return back to the Lodge for overnight. You will have an opportunity to listen and observer researchers doing their work of habituating gorillas and if possible you will be called upon to participate by collecting samples, naming of group members, making calls and so much more.
• Afternoon: You will later have your packed Lunch before returning back to the Pak Headquarters
• Evening: You will spend the evening relaxing at the Hotel, Later have dinner and overnight

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner

Overnight Lodge: Nkuringo Gorilla Camp or Gorilla Safari Lodge

• Morning/Transfer: After breakfast we will drive to Kibale National Park for overnight at Chimpanzee Forest Guest House. This journey will take you through Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will have chances of spotting some wild game as we drive through this Savannah dominated national park.
• Afternoon/Lunch: You will also have another chance to cross the Equator at Kikolongo. You will also cross several Rivers that originate from Mountain Rwenzori as you go through Kasese district to Fort Portal. You will have a stop in Fort Portal town for lunch before proceeding.
• Evening: Arrive at the Hotel in Kibale and check-in at your hotel, you will relax and Later have dinner and overnight.

Drivetime: Approximately 6-7 hours

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Overnight: Papaya Lodge or Kyaninga Lodge

• Morning/Briefing: After breakfast, you will drive to Kibale National Park Headquarters for briefing on the Dos and Don’ts of Chimpanzee trekking. You will be divided into small groups of six people headed by one guide who will then move with you into the forest to find one of the Chimpanzee families. Chimpanzees live in communities of between 50-250 individuals but usually breakup into small parties during the day to reduce competition on food. They will then recollect in the evening to build their nests.
• Trekking and Observation: Once you find the Chimps, you will be allowed to spend one hour with the Chimps before returning to the lodge for lunch.
• Afternoon: After lunch, you head out for wetland walk in the nearby Bigodi Village. Kibale National Park is popular for 13 recorded primates species and several bird species.
• Evening: You will then return to the Hotel, relax, have dinner and overnight to end your day.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner

Overnight Lodge: Papaya Lodge or Kyaninga Lodge

• Morning/Drive back: After breakfast, you will drive to Kampala/Entebbe. The drive is very scenic as you will be using a different route from the one that took you to Bwindi
• Afternoon/Lunch En-route: You will proceed and have a lunch stopover in Mubende at a Local Restaurant.
• Evening: You will arrive in Entebbe/Kampala in the evening and proceed to your post- tour accommodation (not included) or to Entebbe International Airport for your international departure flight to end the trip