Day 1: Transfer from Kampala to Kibale Forest National Park

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport or after breakfast at your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe, you will meet your guide (our company representative), he will give you a short briefing about the safari and embark on a journey to Kibale Forest National Park – the primate capital of the world.

Along the way, you will have a stopover in Kayabwe at the Equator Crossing for pictures and a chance to stand in both Northern and Southern Hemisphere at the same time. Proceed to the park with lunch in Fort Porta, arrive in the park in late afternoon, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

• Chimpanzee Forest Guest House (budget)
• Kibale Forest Camp (mid-range)
• Primates Lodge (luxury)

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest

Have early breakfast and head to the park headquarters for briefing about chimpanzee trekking, you will join other visitors at the park headquarters for briefing about and regulations to follow while in the forest. In groups of 8 people you will head into the forest of Kibale in search for chimpanzees, the trek to find the chimpanzees is thrilling and it takes approximately 30 minutes to 6 hours depending on the movement of the chimpanzees and their feeding range.

You ranger guide will help you find the chimpanzees and along the trek, you will spot other forest creatures such as several bird species, tree species and primates such as olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys among others.

When you locate the chimpanzees, you will spend one hour in their presence watching them play on tree branches, picking fruits and grooming each. You are allowed to take pictures as long as your flashlight is off, trek back to the park headquarters. Meet your guide and return to the lodge for lunch.

In the afternoon, you will head to the Bigodi Community for an interaction with the locals and learn more about their culture and traditions. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Enjoy breakfast, checkout of your lodge and embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, enjoy lunch along the way and when you arrive in the park. You will check in at your lodge and spend the rest of the day at relaxing enjoy the nature around your lodge or take a forest walk.

Have dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

• Budget: Broadbill Camp, Trekkers Tavern Cottages, Rushaga Haven Lodge
• Mid-range: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge, Gorilla Mist Camp, Buhoma Haven Lodge
• Luxury: Chameleon Hill Lodge, Ruhija Gorilla Safari Lodge, Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge, Bwindi Lodge

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 4: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Forest

Have early breakfast, meet your guide and head to the park headquarters for briefing by 07:00 am, join other visitors for briefing about gorillas and gorilla trekking by a ranger guide. You will be grouped into 8 people and assigned a gorilla group to trek, head to the starting point and enter the misty forests of Bwindi in search for mountain gorillas under the guidance of armed ranger guides who are in touch with the trackers who live early.

The trek takes approximately 2 – 6 hours or more depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night, when you locate the gorillas. You will be allowed to spend one hour with the gorillas at a distance of 8 meters, you will watch the gorillas playing around with each other and the watchful eye of a dominant silverback. You can capture this amazing moment as long as your flashlight is off, when your one hour stay elapses. You will head back to the park headquarters to pick your gorilla trekking certificates, meet your guide and head back to your lodge and spend the rest of the day at rest.

Alternatively, you can head to the Batwa Village for a community visit and interaction with the local people. Have dinner and overnight stay.

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 5: Transfer to Kampala for drop-off

Enjoy a leisurely breakfast, check out of your lodge and embark on a journey back to Kampala, along the way you will have a stopover in Mbarara for lunch and continue to Kampala where you will be drop-off at your already booked hotel or at Entebbe International Airport to catch your onward flight.

Meal Plan: Half Board