About this experience
5 Days Chimpanzee & Gorilla Trekking Safari offers you a live experience of the world’s biggest primates, mountain gorillas and chimpanzees in the jungle.You’ll visit Uganda’s prime destinations – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for mountain gorilla tracking and Kibale National Park for Chimpanzee tracking and 11 other primates. You drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park on your transfers for the tree climbing lions
At a glance
- Duration: 120 hr
- Private experience
Plan your experience
Set aside 120 hr for the experience itself, with additional time to reach your meeting or pickup point.
Before you go
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
What is included
- Private tour
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- 3-course dinner
- 4 nights accommodation
- Round-trip private transfer
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- All activities
- Continental breakfast
Not included
- Excess luggage charges (where applicable)
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
- DVD (available to purchase)
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Itinerary and highlights
We drive off to western Uganda to Kibale Forest Camp, sleeping with the noises of the tropical Rain forest. You’ll stay at Chimpanzee Guesthouse, overlooking Nyabikere Crater Lake. The lake is famous for the frogs: at night they always give a beautiful concert.
Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest, At 8.00am we will start with 4 hours chimp tracking – 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).
We will cross Kazinga Channel, traveling through Queen Elizabeth Park, and reach Kabale in time for lunch. From Kabale we will continue through a beautiful landscape also defined as the “Switzerland of Africa”: mountains, lakes, hills with cultivated terraces, tropical rain forest and bamboo forest. On the last hill the landscape unfolds beneath us, taking in the vast planes between Uganda, Rwanda and Congo, with the Virunga volcanoes dominating the view. At the bottom of the valley is Kisoro, where we will stay at the famous Travelers Rest Hotel.
The day of gorilla tracking, you will travel by car from Travelers Rest Hotel in Kisoro to Nkuringo, in the southern part of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park (1hr). Once there you will first receive a briefing (7.45am) and at 8.30am you will start the tracking. Once you have found the gorillas, you will be able to spend up to one hour with them! You will be expected back to the starting point by 7.00pm at the latest. physically conditioned peoples are recommended.
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.
We will then bring you back to Kampala or Entebbe for your flight back home and marks the end of the Safari Tour.
Meeting and pickup information
- we shall locate their residents, and pick them up from there.
- we pick our clients from any hotel, apartment, residents and others.
Languages and tickets
- German — Guide
- English — Guide
- French — Guide
- Mobile Only
Tour operator
- Gorilla Safaris Uganda
Accessibility and practical details
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
- Dress code is formal
- A minimum of 8 people per booking is required
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- dressing code is casual
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Questions about this experience
How long is this experience?
What are the pickup arrangements?
Which guide languages are listed?
What ticket format is listed?
What ticket age bands are listed?
What is the cancellation policy?
Traveller reviews and photos
Traveller experiences load when you reach this section.
