Day 1
Arrival | Transfer to Kibale National Park
At touch down at Entebbe International Airport, you will be greeted with a warm smile from one of our staff. He/she will help you with your luggage and escort you to our tour van. Once comfortably seated, you will head a 5-6 hour drive to Kibale National Park, Uganda. Along the way, you will enjoy the sights of rural life and post-card perfect landscapes.
You will overnight either at Isunga Lodge, Turaco TreeTops, Crater Safari Lodge, or their equivalents.
Day 2
Chimpanzee Tracking and Swamp Walk
After breakfast, you will head to the gate and start your tracking in Kibale Forest. This 766 sqkms park is home to 13 recorded primate species including over 1000+ Chimpanzees, Red-tailed Monkeys, Black And White Colobus Monkeys, L’Hoest Monkeys, Vervet Monkeys, Olive Baboons, Blue Monkeys, Grey Cheeked Mangabeys, Uganda Red Colobus, The Potto, Patas monkey, Uganda Mangabey and Africa's smallest primates the Demidoff Galago.
On the swamp walk, you will be in a birder’s treasure load with over 375 species of birds including Blue-breasted Kingfisher, African Grey Parrot, Scaly-breasted Illadopsis ,Brown Illadopsis, Black-Capped Apalis among others. You will see colorful variety of 250 species of butterflies. And when lucky catch a glimpse of 70 mammal species including Elephants,Buffalos, Leopards, Warthogs, Bush Pigs, Golden Cats and Duikers.
Day 3
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will have breakfast as early as 6:00am then head out on a 9 hour drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will have a hot lunch or packed meal around Kihihi and then proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and check-in at your lodge.
You will overnight either at Buhoma Community Rest Camp, Buhoma Community Haven Lodge, Silverback Lodge, Clounds Mountain Gorilla Lodge or their equivalents.
Day 4
Gorilla Tracking
Early in the morning, you will have breakfast. Thereafter, go to the main gate to start your trail. Having been assigned a guide, you will head out into the forest searching for the famed and endangered Mounted Gorilla. This trek last about 3 – 5 hours.
Having spent quality time with these gentle creatures of the forest, you will retreat at your lodge. Have Lunch and rest your legs. Should you desire, you can have an evening walk through the neighboring communities.
Day 5
Batwa Experience | Nature Walk
You will wake up to a heart warning and delicious breakfast at around 7:00am, then head out to meet a people Known as the “Keepers of the Forest” the enchanting Batwa pygmies, a hunter-gatherer tribe that has lived side-by-side with the wildlife of this ancient park for thousands of years. Observe how the women prepare, cook and serve a meal. Engage with medicine men and learn about the medicinal properties of the lush forest flora. Hear ancient legends and traditional songs. Enjoy a lively music performance, learn about the Batwa’s fascinating way of life; from religion to their food gathering and hunting techniques, and interact with the tribesmen. This is usually a full day’s experience.
Later in the afternoon, you can choose to take a walk to the most natural and wildly uninterrupted and most pure waterfall deep in the middle of this natural forest.
Day 6
Transfer to Entebbe & Departure
After a hearty breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and head for Entebbe. Depending on the time of your departure, either you will be dropped at the airport in time to catch your flight Or we will help you find a suitable hotel to rest while you wait for your departure time.
Available accommodations include Sunset hotel, The Boma Entebbe, Gately Inn Entebbe.