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5 Days Gorillas & Chimpanzee Habituation Uganda Tour

This 5 Days Gorillas & Chimpanzee Habituation Uganda Tour is good for those who want to spend more time with the world’s great primates in the names of mountain gorillas and chimpanzees.

This trip takes you to the southern part of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the Rushaga region for gorilla habituation experience and then to Kibale National Park for chimpanzee habituation experience.

Safari highlights,

Chimpanzee habituation
Gorilla habituation
Bigodi Swamp walk

Day 1: Transfer to Kibale national park and Bigodi swamp walk

The local tour guide shall arrange to meet with you at your place of stay on the previous night (or airport if you are arriving on this day). He will be briefing you about the tour, the chimpanzee and gorilla habituation experience preparations, and give more information about the entire journey before you set off driving for about 5 hours to Kibale National Park.

We plan to be at the lodge/ camp in time for lunch. After lunch and a bit of unwinding, we can proceed to visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, a locally conserved and managed swamp and forest awesomely rich with biodiversity. There is also a traditional cultural village experience along the walk where you engage with the local people in activities like traditional beer making, coffee roasting, traditional medicine processing, food preparation, music, and dance.

Accommodation at Turaco Treetops Lodge

Day 2: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience in Kibale National Park

Chimpanzee habituation in Kibale starts at 6:30 AM from the park headquarters. The tour guide shall ensure that you get all the assistance you need to be at the park offices in good time for the pre-habituation experience briefing and accreditation.

You will then be allocated a group of rangers and chimpanzee habituation staff to accompany you to a troupe of chimpanzees specifically set aside for tourists to experience chimpanzee habituation. The chimps you go to have been receiving visitors for some time and therefore might not be so afraid when you approach but also, they are still wild. The intent is for visitors to have a true experience of what scientists go through to make the chimpanzees safely available for standard tourism viewing.

After several hours of watching them, the chimpanzee habituation experience will end by the soft trek back to the park office. Here you will be awarded tracking certificates before your driver transfers you back to the lodge/ camp for overnight and dinner.

Accommodation at Turaco Treetops Lodge

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Our drive today is going to be about 6 hours from Kibale to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The best idea is to set off no later than 8 AM from the lodge. This drive is marked by stunning savannah grassland views, green-carpet terraced hills, the famous Virunga ranges, and crater lakes’ views. Numerous stops can be accommodated for you to enjoy the scenery and take photographs as well. We hope to be in Bwindi in the late afternoon.

Accommodation at Four Gorillas Lodge

Day 4: Gorilla Habituation

A maximum of only 4 tourists can do the gorilla habituation experience per day and they are allowed up to 4 hours in the presence of the mountain gorillas. As the rangers and researchers go about their usual observation’s routine, you too will have the opportunity to be involved in the gorilla habituation. You will be allowed to take all the notes and photographs, ask all the questions you have, and observe every act of the mountain gorillas’ daily life.

You will usually be trekking for between 1-3 hours before arriving the presence of the gorillas. Bwindi is an afro-montane forest with thick undergrowth. Trekking along its hills and slopes presents a moderate physical challenge to some but there are numerous stops planned for, so that all can reach the gorillas and back.

Accommodation at Four Gorillas Lodge

Day 5: Travel back to Kampala/ Entebbe

After your breakfast, you will start your journey back to Entebbe for your flight back home the following day. You will make another stopover at Uganda Equator point in Mpigi for some picture moments, and a chance to purchase some crafts at the craft shop.

Accommodation at Hotel No Five

End of 5 Days Gorilla Habituation & Chimpanzee Habituation Uganda Tour

The trip will cost,