6 Days Uganda Gorilla & Chimpanzee Habituation Tour

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6 Days Uganda Gorilla & Chimpanzee Habituation Tour

Uganda is well known as the primate capital of Africa and the world and mountain gorillas and chimpanzees are the highlights of every primate safari in Uganda and Africa, with habituation experience for both mountain gorillas and chimpanzees give you the opportunity to spend up to 4 hours compared to normal trekking which allows you only 1 hour with then.

That’s why some people prefer going for habituation which gives you more time with those greatly endangered primates, gorilla, and chimpanzee habituation experience? It is a process a gorilla or chimpanzee family has to undergo to get used to human presence before it can be open for tourism, during this habituation safari you will be guided by professional researchers and well-experienced ranger/guides. This safari can start in Uganda or in Kigali Rwanda depending on where you want to start from

Safari Highlights for Gorilla & Chimpanzee Habituation in Uganda

Scenic drive of the countryside
Stopover at the Equator
Chimpanzee Habituation in Kibale Forest National park
Gorilla Habituation in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Tour Summary of Gorilla & Chimpanzee Habituation in Uganda

Day 1: Arrival in Uganda or in Kigali Rwanda
Day 2: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 3: Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi forest
Day 4: Drive to Kibale Forest
Day 5: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience in Kibale Forest National Park
Day 6: Drive back to Entebbe Airport or Kigali Airport

Detailed Itinerary

Detailed Itinerary of 6 Days Gorilla & Chimpanzee Habituation in Uganda

Day 1: Arrival in Uganda / Kigali Rwanda

On your arrival at Entebbe Airport or Kigali Airport, you be welcomed by our guide/drive who will transfer you to Lodge for dinner and overnight and if you arrive early you can go for an optional Kigali city tour or Kampala city tour on your Uganda Gorilla & Chimpanzee Habituation Tour

Accommodation: Boma Hotel Entebbe
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch dinner
Drive time: 15 to 20 minutes

Day 2: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After breakfast starts the drive to Bwindi forest, this drive takes you through different town and villages where you will enjoy fruit and vegetable on roadside markets, on the have stopover at Uganda Equator monument for photography moments, next stop will be in Mbarara town for lunch and after this, you proceed with the driver to Bwindi forest.

Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch dinner
Drive time: 9 to 10 hours

Day 3: Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi forest

After breakfast early in the morning, your driver/guide will transfer you to Rushaga sector headquarters in Bwindi forest for briefing and guidance on what to expect during mountain gorilla habituation, during this activity you will be guided by professional researchers and well-experienced park rangers/guides.

This gorilla habituation experience gives you up to 4 hours with mountain gorillas, habituation experience also gives the opportunity to get a closer look in their life whereby get a lot of information from the rangers and researchers who have been following those gorilla family under the habituation process.

Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch dinner
Drive time: 5 minutes

Day 4: Drive from Bwindi forest to Kibale Forest

After breakfast start the drive from Bwindi forest to Kibale forest national park for chimpanzee habituation, The drive from Rushaga sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to Kibale forest takes you through the different villages, terraced hills, and also in Queen Elisabeth national park, have a stopover in Fort portal town for lunch and continue Kibale forest national park for dinner and overnight as you prepare for chimpanzee habituation experience next day.

Accommodation: Chimpanzee Guest House or Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch dinner
Drive time: 5 hours

Day 5: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience in Kibale Forest National Park

After an early breakfast, you will be transferred to the briefing center, and after you will enter the Kibale forest and start a chimpanzee habituation experience guided by professional researchers and well-experienced park ranger guides. once you have found a chimpanzee you will be able to spend up to 4 hours with chimps.

You will be required to take with packed lunch and also enough drinking water because this activity takes between 6 to 8 hours which is almost the whole day as you interact with 99 percent of human’s closest relatives the chimpanzees.

Accommodation: Chimpanzee Guest House or Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch dinner
Drive time: 5 minutes

Day 6: Drive back to Entebbe Airport or Kigali Airport

After breakfast, your driver-guide will transfer you back to Kigali airport or to Entebbe international airport marking the end of 6 days gorilla and Chimpanzee Habituation safari in Uganda.

End of the Gorilla & Chimpanzee Habituation in Uganda

Getting There

All our tours/safaris can start and end in Kigali Rwanda or Entebbe Uganda with no extra costs
Our tour consultant is at your disposal for any information you may need 24/7
We do all your airport transfers in Kigali or Entebbe
We arrange accommodation for you the day before the tour starts and on the day tour ends with no extra costs

Transportation & Guides

We use both standard 4×4 customized safari vans and 4×4 luxury customized safari Land cruisers as our road mode of transport for game viewing, taking photos wildlife filming, and photography, all our safari vehicles have a pop-up roof for proper game viewing and easy to take as many photos as you can, with also charging system for your cameras, phones and also every client is guaranteed of a window seat for easy view.

Our drive/guides are very professionally and well trained, we know every successful safari needs a great guide, majority of the comments from our clients regarding our services are centered on the professionalism of our guides, returning clients request the same guide on their second and third trip.

Inclusions

What is Included on 6 Days Gorilla and Chimpanzee Habituation Safari in Uganda

– Meet & greet services airport transfers to/from Entebbe airport or Kigali
– Accommodation and meals on safari as above
– All habituation permits
– Bottled water on a safari vehicle
– Services of driver/guide
– All park entry fees and set activities on the itinerary.

What are Excludes 6 Days Gorilla and Chimpanzee Habituation Safari in Uganda

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

Rates

COST PER PERSON SHARING TWIN/DOUBLE ROOMS.

Cost per person sharing Price(USD) contact us for the details

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Uganda Gorilla Habituation Safaris

Uganda Gorilla Habituation Safaris give you a better chance to experience being with the African wild mountain gorilla in its natural habitat. Gorilla habituation experience in Uganda is done in Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable forest and a habituation permit would cost you USD $1500 but you get to spend about 4 hours with the gentle giants, rather than spend just mere hours when you take on the other activity, gorilla trekking.

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