5 Days Uganda Primates Safari
Want the best experience with the primates of Uganda? This 5 Days Uganda Primates Safari highlights a lifetime experience with the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest National Park. This Uganda safaris package can also be booked under our group tours and safaris in case you are travelling in a small or large group.
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Kibale Forest national Park
- Transfer to Kibale : On this first day of your 5 Days Uganda Primates Safari, you will be met by a company representative together with the driver / guide from our tours and travel company upon arrival at Entebbe airport, and transfer to Kibale forest heading west past Mityana town and have a stopover at Fort Portal town for lunch. Proceed to Kibale forest arriving in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Chimpanzee forest guest house.
Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking
- Chimpanzee trekking: After breakfast on this second day of your 5 Days Uganda Primates Safari, report to the park headquarters for briefing and proceed for chimpanzee tracking near Kanyanchu. This can take you half a day. There are primates in the area like the golden monkey, L’Hoest monkey, baboons, white and black colobus monkeys, grey checked mangabey, red colobus, blue monkeys and pottos. Other animals include forest elephants unique from the common type, giant forest hogs and a striking tree species.
Enjoy Lunch and later take a guided nature walk to Bigodi swamp sanctuary, a good site for birders. The Great Blue Turaco and Papyrus Gonolek can easily be marked among the other bird 137 species. There is also an array of butterfly species. Later return for dinner and overnight as above.
Day 3: Bwindi impenetrable national park
- Transfer to Bwindi: On this day of your 5 Days Uganda Primates Safari, you will enjoy breakfast and set off for Bwindi impenetrable forest – the home of gorillas driving through Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National park famous for tree climbing lions. Continue to Bwindi with lunch en-route arriving in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge.
Day 4: Mountain gorilla tracking
- Gorilla trekking: Have early morning breakfast on day four of your 5 Days Uganda Primates Safari, head to the park office headquarters with packed lunch for a vital briefing prior to your Uganda gorilla trekking adventure in the thick impenetrable forest. You get to spend an hour with the gorillas after having trekked for about 2-8 hours. If you still feel strong just head for a brief nature walk to the local Batwa community. Check out the curio shops, children’s school among others. If you are nature lover, you can try the other option being Munyanja river trail, where you can check out an array of bird life and butterflies. Return for dinner and overnight as above.
Day 5: Back to Kampala
On the last day of your 5 Days Uganda Primates Safari, you will enjoy breakfast and transfer back to Kampala with lunch en-route in Mbarara town and a stopover at the equator for photography if you please. Drop off at Entebbe airport for your flight back home with memories of this gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking trip.
End of 5 Days Uganda Primates Tour.
