4 Days Uganda gorilla and chimpanzee through Kigali

4 Days Uganda gorilla and chimpanzee through Kigali

4 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Tracking Safari Starting from Kigali Rwanda

Day 1: Uganda gorilla and chimpanzee through Kigali-Transfer to Kibale National Park 

Early pickup from the hotel or airport by the safari driver guide and departure for your amazing journey to Kibale forest national Park, you will have a lunch stopover at fort portal town and later transferred to Kibale Forest. This evening go for the Bigodi swamp primate walk or Bigodi community walk.

The Bigodi community walk leads you to the homes of the local communities who stay near the park. While on this village walk, you will be escorted by a local resident with enough information about the culture and norms of different people and their tribes. It will be a door to door village tour where you will visit schools and churches. This walk will expose you to the village life especially in the remote areas. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals included – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation options

Budget: Rwenzori View Guest Houes

Mid-range: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge or Kibale Forest Camp

Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking Day 

After an early cup of coffee and with your packed breakfast and lunch boxes, you will be driven to the starting point/park offices where you may be joined by other clients for a briefing on the days’ adventure and assigned a local ranger guide for your days’ activity. Habituation is usually up to 6 people in a group per ranger guide. There are approximately 4,950 Chimps left in the wild, out of which Kibale forest habitats over 1470 chimpanzees which makes it a perfect place to spot them! This activity is a whole day experience which takes you through the day to day life style of a chimpanzee. You are expected to de-nest and nest the chimps and walk them through their days’ activities. The other primates that you may see include among others are Red-tailed Monkey, Red Colobus, Grey Cheeked Mangabeys, Olive Baboon, Black and White Colobus etc. You may also encounter other forest mammals like the duikers, forest Elephants and various bird species during the walk. You then return to your accommodation for early dinner and overnight

Meals included – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation options

Budget: Rwenzori View Guest House

Mid-range: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge or Kibale Forest Camp

 Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Forest and Batwa (Pygmy)community visit

After an early breakfast, drive out southwards via the Ishasha sector in such for the tree climbing lions. This sector is famous for the tree climbing lions. After a short game drive around we will continue to Bwindi. In the afternoon go for another adventure visit to the indigenous natives the Batwa.

The Batwa are Uganda’s marginalized people and are view with derision by most of the Ugandan Nationals. The Batwa have lived their lives to current generations by hunting and gathering in the forest. The visit to the Batwa invariably involves songs and a dance demonstration, and once the music begins you can’t help but notice that they project a genuine pride in themselves. Dinner and overnight

Meals included – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation options

Budget: Broadbill Forest Camp

Mid-range: Bakiga Lodge

Day 4: The Gorilla Trek and end of 4 days Uganda gorilla and chimpanzee through Kigali.

The highlight of your safari; a meeting with the gentle giants of Bwindi! Expect to walk in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. But it will definitely be worthwhile as you observe them closely while they eat, play and rest. A unique and unforgettable experience! Upon return to the lodge for refreshment and after we will transfer you back to Kigali for your late evening flight or relaxation in Kigali as you prepare yourselves for the next day’s flight back home.

COST PER PERSON SHARING TWIN/DOUBLE ROOMS

Includes: Meet & greet services, airport transfers to/from Kigali or Entebbe airport, one Gorilla permit per person, one chimpanzee permit per person, Batwa experience, accommodation and meals on safari as above, bottled water on 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 also optional extra. Plus all expenses of personal nature like tips, drinks etc.

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