4 Days Chimpanzee Tracking tour in Kibale National Park

Day 1- Airport pick up

You arrive at Entebbe International Airport and a representative from Milele Safaris Uganda will meet you and drive you to your lodge. He will brief you about the tour and feel free to ask questions about Uganda along the way.

Meal Plan (D, B)

Dinner and overnight at  Luxury- Primate Lodge (Luxury cottages)

                                            Mid-range- Kibale Forest Camp

                                            Budget- Rwenzori View Guest house

Day 2- Transfer to Kibale National park and equator experience

Wake up early, have breakfast. At 7.00am we start off the journey to “the primate capital of the world”. Using the Kampala- Masaka high way and have a stopover at the equator. Here you will a photo moment and also get to encounter the experiments which prove that you are at the centre of the world. There after drive through the Ankole-Masaka dry corridor to Mbarara where we shall have lunch. Via Mbarara, Ibanda and Kamwenge we get to Fort portal. Check in at your lodge and have a relaxed evening to photograph the beautiful landscape and craters that pock the area.

Meal Plan (B, L, D)

Dinner and overnight at  Luxury- Primate Lodge (Luxury cottages)

                                            Mid-range- Kibale Forest Camp

                                            Budget- Rwenzori View Guest house

Day 3- Chimpanzee tracking and  Bigodi wetland walk

Wake up early, have breakfast and drive to Kibale Forest National Park visitors’ center at Kanyanchu for a pre- chimpanzee tracking briefing.

At 8.00 am, enter the forest to track the chimpanzees and other primates. You will have a picnic lunch in the forest. The Park is famous for Chimpanzee tracking. With 13 primate species, Kibale National Park is known is the Primates Capital of the world.   The park hosts about 1500 chimpanzees out of the 5000 recorded in the country and has 375 and 250 bird and butterfly species respectively in addition to 70 mammal species.

After tracking, you drive to the nearby Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary for a nature walk and community visit. There is a craft center manned by the local women group.

After the community tour, you return to Kyaninga or to Primates Lodge.

Meal Plan (B, L, D)

Dinner and overnight at  Luxury- Primate Lodge (Luxury cottages)

                                            Mid-range- Kibale Forest Camp

                                            Budget- Rwenzori View Guest house   

Day 4- Return to Kampala

After an early breakfast, have a half day cultural tour to visit the Tooro Kingdom palace, Karambi Royal tombs and “amabeere ganyina mwiru”. From there have lunch and return to Kampala for your departure preparations.

This will mark the end of the Four day tour

Meal Plan (B, L)

Inclusions

• Ground transport per private 4WD safari vehicle
• English speaking driver/guide
• Airport transfer
• Chimpanzee tracking permit
• Accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary
• Meals as described in the itinerary
• Bottled mineral water in the safari vehicle
• Entrance fees and ranger fees for national parks
• Activities and excursions mentioned in the program
• VAT for hotels and lodges outside Kampala

Exclusions

• Expenses of personal nature such as drinks, tips, telephone calls, laundry etc
• Personal insurance
• Souvenirs
• Tip/gratitude
• Visas and international air tickets
• Any other items which are not included in the itinerary