Overview

 Explore the impenetrable and get a chance to get close with our closely related cousins.  This tour takes you to two national parks namely Kibale and Bwindi Impenetrable national parks. Bwindi Impenetrable national park was opened to tourists in 1993 with the Mubare gorilla family as the only habituated family in the park. Currently, there are 13 habituated gorilla families in the park and there found in 4 sectors namely; Rushaga, Nkuringo, Buhoma, and Ruhija sector.

Kibale national park is found in the southwestern part of Uganda and it is a haven to numerous number of chimpanzees. There are over 1500 chimps staying in their natural habitat in this park. A maximum of 6 people are allowed to visit particular chimp members for one hour.

Tour Highlights

• Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Kibale forest national park
• Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking
• Day 3: Bwindi impenetrable national park
• Day 4: Gorilla trekking
• Day 5: Back to Entebbe

Detailed Itinerary

 Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Kibale national park.

Pick up from the airport by our experienced guide who will transfer you to the hotel to first relax and have your morning breakfast. From there you will embark on your journey of 6 hours to kibale national park. Have a stopover at the equator where you will have some fun and take photos, proceed to kibale with an en route lunch, arrive and check in at the lodge for overnight.

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation:

• chimpanzee forest guest house
• mountains of the moon hotel.

Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale national park.

After taking your morning breakfast, you will be picked by our guide who will take you to kanyanchu the park headquarters of kibale national park to first have a brief briefing about how to trek the chimpanzees in the jungle. From there, you will be divided into groups of 8 who will be allocated to a chimpanzee family for trekking. You will then start the trekking after getting the chimpanzees, you will be given ample time to stay with them as you are having fun and taking photos.

From there, you will get back to the lodge have lunch and then prepare for an evening bigodi nature walk in the park where you get to interact with the local people there and get to know what they do to earn a leaving. You will then get back to the lodge, refresh have your dinner and then rest.

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and supper.

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park.

On this third day, you will wake up grab yourself a cup of coffee and then you will be picked up by your guide who will transfer you to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park the widely known park with many mountain gorillas. On your way, you will get to see the beautiful land scapes, the vegetation, and the rolling hills of kigezi. You will have a stopover on your way where you will have your enroute lunch. From there you will continue with your journey where you will arrive and be welcomed at the park entrance and you will be directed to the lodge where you will spend your overnight. You will refresh up, have your dinner and then relax.

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

 Accommodation:

• Trekkers tavern cottages
• Rushaga gorilla have lodge.

Day 4: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable national park.

Wake up with a warm breakfast, transfer to park headquarters for a briefing and after you will be divided into groups of 8 members who will then be allowed to enter into the jungle and start the trekking. Once you get the gorilla family, you will be given ample time to stay with them as you are having fun and taking photos. From there you will get back to the lodge, have lunch and then relax as you prepare for an evening batwa community walk. Here you will get to talk to the local people you will find in this community, know there ways of leaving and know what they do to earn a leaving.

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 5: Transfer back to Kampala / Entebbe.

Have breakfast, transfer to Kampala/Entebbe and this day marks the end of our gorilla and chimp safari.

Tour includes

• All mentioned activities.
• Accommodation on full board
• English speaking driver guide.

Tour excludes.

• Tips to porters
• Optional activities
• Laundry

Do and don’ts of chimpanzee and gorilla tracking.

• Trekking is done at high altitude.
• Drinking and smoking near gorilla is forbidden.
• Photography is allowed.
• Don’t use flash