10 Days Uganda Gorillas Chimp Trekking and Mt Rwenzori Hiking  

10 Days Uganda Gorillas Chimp Trekking and Mt Rwenzori Hiking

Safari Highlight of Uganda Gorillas Chimp Trekking and Mt Rwenzori Hiking

Mountain gorilla tracking in Bwindi forest

Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale forest

Hiking of Mount Rwenzori

Bigodi swamp walk in Kibale forest

Visit Amabere g’ Nnyinamwiru Caves in Fort Portal

A hike to the crater lakes area in Fort Portal

Summary of Uganda Gorillas Chimp Trekking and Mt Rwenzori Hiking

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Kibale Forest for Chimps Trek

Day 2: chimpanzee trekking tour to Uganda Kibale Forest National Park & afternoon Bigodi wetland walk. After transfer to Rwenzori

Day 3: Start the hike from Kayanjuki at 1,450 meters to Sine Hut at 2,596 meters

Day 4: Hike from Sine Camp to Mutinda Camp 

Day 5: Hike from Mutinda Camp to Kiharo Camp at 3,380 meters

Day 6: Hike from Kiharo camp to Samalira camp at 3174meters

Day 7: Climb down from Samalira Camp to Kilembe base camp in Kasese

Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Day 9:  Gorilla Trekking Day in Bwindi Forest

Day 10: Departure

Detailed Uganda Gorillas Chimp Trekking and Mt Rwenzori Hiking

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Kibale Forest for Chimps Trek

Take breakfast embarking on the drive in the company of your driver guide to Fort Portal. You drive along the impressive countryside landscapes along the way. The small towns en route including busenyi offer you sights of the rural towns of Uganda. You arrive in Fort Portal town for lunch after which you connect to the Fort Portal Crater Area for amazing scenic views. You tour the Amabere g’ Nnyinamwiru Caves which are ancient historical features that locals believe to be the breasts of Nnyinamwiru – the daughter of Bukuku a self-enthroned King of Bachwezi. Nyinamwiru had been denied a chance to breastfeed her son Ndahura as her father had been told that the offspring of Nyinamwiru will take over his throne. Though Bukuku worked tooth and nail to prevent the overthrow, it was destined to happen and Ndahura became a famous Muchwezi ruler who is credited with have expanded the Chwezi Empire to the areas in northern Tanzania, Rwanda, and east of DR Congo while using Uganda as the center. It is rewarding to listen to such stories being told by the locals themselves. You retreat from the caves and embark on the hike to the Fort Portal Crater Lake field where you summit the famous Kyeganywa hill to gain remarkable views of the craters including the empty hollows and those that have been filled with water to form lakes including Lake Saaka, Lake Kigere, and Lake Bikere. The summit of the hill offers scenic views of the area and distant views of the Rwenzori Mountains beyond. Retreat from the activity and connect to Fort Portal town from where you will drive 26km to Kibale National Park for relaxation.

Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (FB)

Accommodation option

Mid-range: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge or Kibale Forest Camp

Day 2: chimpanzee trekking tour to Uganda Kibale Forest National Park & afternoon Bigodi wetland walk. After transfer to Rwenzori

After breakfast, embark on the chimpanzee trekking encounter in Kibale National Park. in You gather at Kanyanchu tourism Center for a briefing at 8 am by the Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers after which you head to the prehistoric forest in search of your closest cousin. Kibale National Park offers great flora concentration with 351 Species of trees some of which are 200 years old and over 55m tall. The park also supports 70 species of mammals and 13 species of Primates among which include the common chimpanzee, Black and white colobus, and red-tailed monkey. The 375 Species of birds thieve in the park include the impressive western green tinker bird, two species of pittas (African and green-breasted), an olive long-tailed cuckoo, an African grey parrot, and the endemic ground thrush (Turdus kibalensis). This makes the search for the chimpanzees beyond the ordinary.

Upon encountering the chimps, you have an opportunity to see them munch fruit, hunt, patrol, copulate, young ones playing, and make pant-hooting calls among other interesting aspects for one full hour. The exciting moments with the chimps will leave you with no other option but to be active with your cameras to make a reserve of remarkable photos that will always take you back to the memories of this wonderful moment. Retreat from the activity and connect to the starting point where you connect with your company guide, settle for your packed lunch after which you connect to Bigodi wetland sanctuary for an afternoon walk. Bigodi wetland is an eco-tourism project developed and managed by the community sheltering a count of 138 bird species which include the Great Blue Turaco. The swamp also supports the swamp-dwelling sitatunga antelope but importantly features a heritage encounter with the local people and a craft center that enables you to explore the local way of life. After in the late afternoon we will transfer you to Rwenzori National Park, this drive take you through Fort Portal town on Kasese highway, get to Kasese town in the afternoon and go for shopping all thing that you need during your Rwenzori hike.

Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (FB)

Accommodation option

Mid-range: Rwenzori Gardens Lodge-Kasese or Sandton Hotel-Kasese

Day 3: Start the hike from Kayanjuki at 1,450 meters to Sine Hut at 2,596 meters

After breakfast, your guide/driver will take you to the park ranger post for briefing and then start by hiking up the valley floor through tall forest trees of the Afro Montane Forest Zone. This hike is interesting with multitudes of birds and a chance of seeing some primates scampering off through the forest if you are lucky you may get the opportunity to see a L’Hoest monkey.

On this hike expect to see different types of plant species from forest trees to bamboo thickets and many shrubs and flowers, you will also enjoy Enock’s Falls which is just 200 meters from Sine Hut. Dinner and overnight at Sine Camp

Day 4: Hike from Sine Camp toMutinda Camp 

After breakfast at around 7:30 am start the hike that takes you through the Bamboo-Mimulopsis area, when you reach the bamboo zone, it is steep hiking on high steps, and also in case it rains during the hike it can be slippery, and muddy which makes the hike slow but all in all, I must say that the atmosphere up there in the forest is really beautiful as you hike 551m altitude and a distance of 1.8km and hike up to Kalalama Camp at 3,147 meters, this area is in the Heather Rapanea Zone, have a stopover for tea or coffee, after a hike up to Mutinda Camp.

Mutinda Camp is near a small river that drops off a waterfall and offers the opportunity to refresh and relax, hike up to the top of the Mutinda Lookout, here you will have an amazing view across the Rwenzori Mountains, Kasese town, and Lake George, this viewing point stands at 3,925 meters. Dinner and overnight at Mutinda Camp.

Day 5: Hike from Mutinda Camp to Kiharo Camp at 3,380 meters

After morning breakfast continues with the hike starting from the summit of Mutinda peaks, hiking up past to Kiharo Camp at 3,380 meters. You can as well go for an optional spot of rock climbing after going for dinner and overnight at Kiharo Camp

Day 6: Hike from Kiharo camp to Samalira camp at 3174meters

Hike down to Samalira camp, today’s hike takes only about 3 to 4 hours of climbing down through the giant heather trees which make up most of the vegetation all way from Kiharo to Samalira, This trail is a flat and easy climbing down for about 2 hours with amazingly beautiful views of river Nyamwamba and after the climb up a ridge for 40 minutes before sloping down to Samalira camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Climb down from Samalira Camp to Kilembe base camp in Kasese

After breakfast today you will climb down from Samalira through the Bamboo-Mimulopsis Zone, Afro Montane Forest Zone, and to the Kilembe base camp in Kasese.

Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (FB)

Accommodation option

Mid-range: Rwenzori Gardens Lodge-Kasese or Sandton Hotel-Kasese

Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After a relaxed breakfast, you embark on your transfer back to Bwindi forest, the drive takes you to Queen Elisabeth National Park. After lunch go for the afternoon launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel. This is home to a variety of water birds and on a hot day, hippos, elephants, buffaloes, and waterbucks can be sighted as they bathe and drink water at the water’s edge. Crocodiles are occasionally sighted along the channel banks, explore the impressive undulating green tea estates where you can also engage in tea-plucking encounters with the estate staff after which you embark on the transfer to Bwindi. You will make a stop in Kihihi town for lunch, arriving in the afternoon.

Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (FB)

Accommodation option

Mid-range: Bakiga Lodge or Broadbill Forest Camp

Day 9:  Gorilla Trekking Day in Bwindi Forest

Early morning, breakfast with your packed lunch, you will report to the Park headquarters for registration and join other trackers in a briefing about the dos and don’ts during your Gorilla Tracking at 7:45 am. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you half an hour to three-quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures.

Meal plan – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (FB)

Accommodation option

Mid-range: Bakiga Lodge or Broadbill Forest Camp

Day 10: Departure

After morning breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala\ Entebbe International Airport for your flight out late in the evening.

COST PER PERSON SHARING TWIN/DOUBLE ROOMS

Includes one Gorilla permit per person in Uganda, one entry permit per person for Mt Rwenzori,  one chimpanzee tracking permit per person all park entry fees, porters, accommodation and meals on safari as above, bottled water on a safari vehicle, services of driver/guide, all park entry fees and set activities on the itinerary.

Excludes Visas, personal travel insurance, and items of a personal nature. Charter/Scheduled flights are also an optional extra.  Plus all expenses of personal nature like tips, drinks, etc.

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