Have early morning breakfast and transfer to Kibale National park. Kibale National park is located in western Uganda and moist evergreen forest covering an area of 766 square kilometers and well known destination for chimpanzee trekking in Uganda and many bird and primate species.
Kibale National park can be accessed via Mubende Fort portal road for a distance of 300kms approximately 6-7 hours drive. Dinner and overnight at Chimpundu lodge (luxury) Kibale forest camp (midrange) chimpanzee forest guest house (budget).
Drive to the park headquarters in the morning for briefing and group allocation by the ranger guides about the dos and don’ts of chimpanzee tracking. With your packed lunch and enough drinking water set off to the forest in search for the great chimpanzees guided by the rangers, follow the trails in the forest for 30 minutes to 4 hours searching for the chimpanzees, along the way watch the birds in the forests, monkeys , baboons and other wild animals.
On encounter with the chimpanzees, you are allowed to 1 hour in the presence of the chimpanzees for observations, pictures, and videos for the chimpanzees and learn more about them as you head out of the forest back to your lodge.
In the evening after relaxations, go for a swamp walk in the bigodi swamp sanctuary in search for other primates like L’Hoest’s, velvet monkeys, red tailed monkeys, blue tailed, Olive baboon among others. Back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Enjoy your heavy breakfast and drive to the park headquarters for briefing by the ranger guides on the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking and group allocation, with your packed lunch and enough drinking water embark on a breathtaking and memorable experience of gorilla trekking, follow the trails to the forest in search of mountain gorillas in their natural habitats.
You are allowed to only 1 hour in the presence of mountain gorilla for viewing, observations, take pictures and videos and return back to the lodge. Later in the evening go for evening walk to the batwa community, enjoy the traditional dances, storytelling, handcrafts among others, back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Drive to Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale also referred to as the Switzerland of Africa and bird paradise. Relax at the lake showers as you enjoy the great scenic views and refresh from the previous fatigue after gorilla trekking. You can also go swimming as the lake is safe from bilharzia.
Meals and overnight at Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort, Bunyonyi safari Resort, Arcadia cottages.
