Uganda is a popular destination for primates, with 13 different species living in specific protected regions. Our 7 Days Uganda Primate Tracking Safari Tour will take you to Bwindi, an impenetrable national park for mountain gorillas that protects the majority of the remaining animal population. The forest includes a bamboo forest zone, where gentle and gregarious species thrive. They are herbivores who consume vegetation, tree branches, dead tree trunks, and mushrooms. The Kibale Forest National Park, the largest forest in Kabarole District, is home to chimpanzees.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe
When you arrive, a representative from our firm will welcome you and transport you to your reserved lodging. He will also provide you an itinerary for the next seven days in Uganda, so you can relax and appreciate the pearl of Africa.
Accommodation: Lake Victoria Serena Hotel. Protea Hotel.
Meals: (Dinner).
Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park.
After breakfast, you’ll head to Kibale Forest National Park in western Uganda. This is one of East Africa’s few remaining tropical rain forests, home to 13 primate species as well as forest elephants and huge forest hogs. The journey takes around five hours, and we will arrive in time for lunch and a community visit in the afternoon. The women’s empowerment centre creates wonderful crafts and weaves baskets before returning for dinner and spending the night there.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge, Kyaninga Lodge, Crater Safari Lodge.
Meals: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale – Bigodi Swamp Walk
For a morning briefing, we will proceed to the Kanyanchu tourist centre after breakfast. To take in the area’s natural beauties, you will be led in groups through the forest. A briefing on the dos and don’ts regarding primates will take place at the park headquarters after breakfast in the morning. It will take two to three hours for the Uganda Wildlife Authority to escort you through the region in a group before you begin tracking the primates. You can hear the primates from a distance because they are so raucous. Look for additional species in the trees, including red-tailed monkeys, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, and red colobus monkeys.
After returning to meet your guide, you will learn a lot about the forest, including the tree species. You will also eat lunch at the resort and take a trip in the Bigodi swamp in the afternoon, where you will view a variety of species, including birds and butterflies.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge, Kyaninga Lodge, Crater Safari Lodge.
Meals: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
After breakfast, you will journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which is home to half of the world’s primate population and one of the few remaining areas to see mountain gorillas. We’ll also visit the southern area of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Ishasha to go tree climbing. On good days, lions can be easily spotted through the fig trees; on bad days, they require a keen eye. Lions visit the Lodge for supper and spend the night there.
Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge, Mahogany Springs, Trackers Safari Lodge.
Meals: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Day 5: Gorilla Trekking Experience – Batwa Community Visit.
After breakfast, you will be escorted to the park headquarters for a briefing before heading into the forest. A Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger will guide you through the tracking process, which takes place in groups of eight per gorilla family. The park’s terrain may appear difficult at first, but it will be really rewarding at the end of the day when you encounter the gentle species. The primates will be the primary focus, as they are headed by a male silverback and live in families of up to 20 individuals. Lunch at the lodge, then a journey through the Buninga jungle to the Batwa hamlet in the afternoon.
Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge, Mahogany Springs, Trackers Safari Lodge.
Meals: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Day 6: Community Visit – Afternoon Relaxation at the Lodge
After breakfast, you will visit the neighbourhood to learn how the people of Western Uganda live. You will go around their farms, interact with the locals, and learn a great deal about Uganda. You will return to the lodge for a relaxed afternoon, where you will receive a massage while breathing in the pure forest air. The lodge will also make a lovely dinner for you.
Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge, Mahogany Springs, Trackers Safari Lodge.
Meals: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Day 7: Return to Kampala – Departure
After breakfast, you will travel through the Kigezi highlands before heading downhill to your international flight home.
Meals: (Breakfast, Lunch).
End of the 7 Days Uganda Primate Tracking Safari Tour.
The 7 Days Uganda Primate Tracking Safari Tour includes;
- Park entrance fees
- Full board meals and drinks
- Bottled water in the car.
- English speaking guide
- Gorilla permits.
- Chimpanzee permits.
- All ground transportation.
- Government taxes.
However, the tour cost excludes; Visas and air tickets, tips to local guides, items of personal nature such as laundry services, souvenirs etc.