Safari Highlights
Day 1: Kampala – Kibale Forest National Park
Day 2: Chimp Tracking
Day 3: Kibale Forest National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Day 4: Gorilla Tracking!
Day 5: Bwindi – Kampala
Day 1: Kampala – Kibale Forest National Park.
Early in the morning you will be picked from the hotel or guesthouse of your choice and leave for Kibale Forest. In the afternoon we will arrive at Kibale Forest Camp, sleeping with the noises of the tropical rainforest. Sometimes we stay at Rwenzori View Guesthouse, overlooking Mountain of the Moon.
Day 2: Chimp Tracking.
After morning breakfast, we will set off for the chimp walk during which you may also get to see 10 other primates! Kibale Park is also known for all the butterflies and birds. In the afternoon we will walk through Bigodi Swamp, home to a community based project. Dinner and overnight at Rwenzori View Guesthouse (FB).
Day 3 – Kibale Forest National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
After breakfast, we will pass via Queen Elizabeth towards the south, passing the southern sector of the National Park. This part is called Ishasha and is famous for the tree climbing lions. Along the way you will stop for some animals and also stop at Savannah Resort in Kihihi for Lunch and reach Bwindi later in the evening.
Check in at the accommodation, dinner and overnight at Lake Kitandara Camp (FB).
Day 4 – The day of gorilla tracking!
After your breakfast with packed lunch you will walk to the starting point of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park which is around 100metres adjacent to your accommodation. Once there you will first receive a briefing and you will start the tracking. Once you have found the gorillas, you will be able to spend up to one hour with them! Dinner and overnight at Lake Kitandara Camp (FB).
Day 5: To Kampala Early in the morning after breakfast, you will travel back to Kampala.
On the way back to the city you will have lunch in Mbarara town, and after Masaka there will be an opportunity to a stop at the Equator for photo shoots and buying souvenirs and have tea or coffee. End of tour.