5 Days Kibale and Bwindi Gorilla Tracking Offers

5 Days Kibale and Bwindi Gorilla Tracking Offers

This tour offers you to track the mountain gorillas in Bwindi and also track the chimpanzees in Kibale National Park.

Kibale has at least 12 other primates species and Bwindi has another 11 primates species. While most of today's forests are no more than 12,000 years old, Bwindi's vegetation has been weaving itself into tangles over at least 25,000 years, in the process accumulating a lengthy species list. This includes 310 species of butterfly, 51 reptiles, 200 trees, 88 moths and an exceptional 120 types of mammal including 10 primates.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival Entebbe Airport - Kampala

Pass By: Entebbe International Airport, 14 Kitaasa Rd, Entebbe, Uganda
Upon arrival at the airport, you will be recieved by our guide who will then take you to Serena Kampala Hotel / Cassia Lodge / Forest Cottages Kampala for an overnight and dinner. Meal plan Dinner.

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Serena Kampala Hotel

Cassia Lodge

Forest Cottages Kampala

Day 2: Kampala - Lake Mburo National Park

Stop At: Lake Mburo National Park, Mbarara Uganda
Morning drive to Lake Mburo National park with a stopover at the Equator crossing line in Masaka, arriving in the afternoon ready for your lunch at the Lodge, a peaceful and exclusive retreat in Lake Mburo National Park. Afternoon boat cruise amidst the Hippos is amazing with a sun down game drive.

Overnight at Mihingo Safari Lodge / Lake Mburo Safari Lodge or Eagles Nest Lake Mburo. Meal plan - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Mihingo Safari Lodge / Lake Mburo Safari Lodge or Eagles Nest Lake Mburo. Meal plan

Day 3: Lake Mburo – Bwindi

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Buhoma Kanungu and Kisoro, Kabale Uganda
After your breakfast, you will proceed on for an early morning Bush walk for 2 hours to see the wildlife at a close quarter including the Zebras, impala, eland, buffalo, oribi, Defassa waterbuck thereafter drive heading to Mbarara with a visit to Igongo Cultural village as well as a visit the Ankole museum. Lunch break is made at Agip Motel Mbarara.

After lunch, drive to Bwindi. This lush rain forest is filled with primates and exotic birds, valleys, hilltops and papyrus swamps. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Lodge /Gorilla Safari Lodge or Engagi Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge or Buhoma community Bandas/Wagtail Eco Camp (Budget facility) Meal plan - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Buhoma Lodge /Gorilla Safari Lodge or Engagi Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge or Buhoma community Bandas/Wagtail Eco Camp

Day 4: Bwindi Gorilla Trekking

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Buhoma Kanungu and Kisoro, Kabale Uganda
Begin the day with breakfast ready for trekking, which begins at 8:00 am with a briefing from the our guide. Ensure to carry along with you a rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, jungle boots etc The guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy Primates for a group you have been booked for. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth.

The tracking may take between 2 and 6 hours but it’s well worth the effort. The afternoon is spent on a village walk. The Buhoma Village Walk gives you a great opportunity to see how the people surrounding Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. It also is a great way to support the local community in a direct way. The Walk begins with your guide at Buhoma Community Rest Camp and is most informative, rewarding to the average visitor.

It will amaze you how resourceful the local people are as you see and learn their ways. Dinner and overnight stay at Buhoma Lodge /Gorilla Safari Lodge or Engagi Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge or Buhoma community Bandas/Wagtail Eco Camp. Meal plan - breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Buhoma Lodge /Gorilla Safari Lodge or Engagi Lodge/Chameleon Hill Lodge or Buhoma community Bandas/Wagtail Eco Camp

Day 5: Departure

Pass By: Entebbe International Airport, 14 Kitaasa Rd, Entebbe, Uganda
After your morning breakfast, drive back to Kampala using Kasese - Fort Portal road via Queen Elizabeth National Park for enroute game viewing if you lucky you may spot the Elephants, Antelopes and the Warthogs. A stop over at the Equator line in Kasese. Enjoy the winding scenery of the foot hills of Mt. Rwenzori arriving in Fort Portal for lunch thereafter continue to Kampala/Entebbe to catch up your evening flight back home.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.