Kibale National Park Itinerary: An itinerary is a plan made on any travelling journey one wishes to visit including the routes and places that you will visit. And before one travels to Kibale national park needs to first check in with a traveling itinerary that will work out for you. Kibale National Park is one of the most attractive destination to visit on Uganda safari tours. A great location to primate’s lovers mostly the chimpanzees tracking which can be tracked in tropical rain forest of Kibale forest. The park covers 766 square kilometers containing of rainforest, swamps, rivers and few areas of grassland, they are permanent places for wildlife species and kibale is a home of more than 5,000 individuals of the total of 13 primate’s species. Chimpanzee tracking has a limited age of 16 years and above and children below 16 years can engage in other educative forest walk.
However, Kibale National Park Itinerary is a 3-Day Kibale chimpanzee trekking safari which brings you to quite impressive chimp trek inside Kibale rainforest. While trekking, you will be allowed to stay with the chimps for a maximum of one hour after being located.
Kibale national park safari highlights include; Chimpanzee trekking and Community walk in Bigodi Swamp
Day 1: Travelling to Kibale National Park
On the day 1 of the 3 Days Kibale Chimpanzee trekking safari ,starts from Kampala Uganda’s capital city .Your safari driver will pick you up from your hotel after breakfast and then transfer to western Uganda as the driver will be giving a short briefing about the safari itinerary as you pass through the countryside ,have great view of landscapes ,traditional homes and notable glimpse of the different striking bird species .You will have en route stopover for lunch in Fort portal town a beautiful town with a lot of attractions .After lunch ,proceed to drive to the park .You will arrive in the evening check in and do refreshment ,have dinner and overnight stay as you ready for the next activity.
Accommodation Options
Kyaninga Lodge
Ndali Lodge
Primate Safari Lodge.
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking
Day 2 of the Day 3 Kibale Chimpanzee trekking safari, you will wake up early, have your aroma tea breakfast. After your driver guide will pick you up and transfer you to the park headquarters. You will be allocated to chimpanzee community to trek lead by park ranger guide who knowns the tracking trails well in search of this rare species. It will be moments of excitements to watch chimpanzees in their natural habitat as they feed, hunt, swing on the tree branches, groom their younger, enjoy photo shooting.
After trekking chimpanzees return back to the lodge for lunch but depends time you have finished.
In the afternoon, go to explore the Bigodi swamp walk a good place to view abundant of beautiful butterflies, animals, plants and spotting of unique bird species like Great Blue Turaco among other. After swamp walk, you will take a village walk lead you to coffee experience, banana bear making among others. Sleep in the same lodge.
Day 3: Return back
On your last day of the 3 Days Kibale Chimpanzee trekking safari, you will wake up have breakfast with overlooking views. After checkout of the lodge and always make sure to pack everything you carried with on your safari. Drive back to Kampala as you go through Uganda’s rewardable countryside, rolling hills with a picnic lunch along way. Then after drive directly to Entebbe International Airport to catch up with your flight back home.
This marks the End of 3 Days Kibale Chimpanzee Trekking Safari – Kibale National Park Itinerary.
Kibale National Park Itinerary -Tour Includes;
Full board accommodation
4×4 wheel driver
Knowledgeable English speaking guide
Pick up and drops
Ground transportation
Chimps permits
Mineral water bottle
Tour excludes
Visa and tickets
Personnel expenses like laundry services, travel insurance, soft drinks
