6 Day Chimps in Kibale, Gorillas in Bwindi and Wildlife Game viewing

You will depart from Kampala after breakfast and head westwards to Fort Portal town. The drive will take about 4 -5 hours. You will have lunch in Fort Portal and continue to Kibale. In the afternoon we visit a nearby forest swamp that is excellent for viewing primates and other forest animals. At the Eastern edge of the Kibale forest is the Bigodi Wetland sanctuary which is maintained by the local community. You will expect birds like the great Blue turaco, blue monkeys, baboons, otters, mongoose, bushbucks, bush pigs, and among others. Dinner and overnight will be at your reserved lodge.
Budget: Kibale Forest Camp/Chimpanzee Guesthouse.
Midrange: Primate Lodge/Crater Safari Lodge/Kibale Forest Camp in Self-contained safari tents
Luxury: Papaya Lake lodge/Kyaninga Lodge.

After breakfast, you will report to the Kanyanchu Tourist Centre at 08.00 am for a briefing before tracking the chimpanzees. The forest is only accessible on foot and the walk will provide you with the opportunity to see a variety of other primates and animals as well as birds, and a variety of butterflies and other insects. You will return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Budget: Bush Lodge in Tents/Mweya Hostel/Kazinga Channel View Lodge
Midrange: Bush Lodge in Banda’s/cottages/Park view lodge/Ihamba Lodge/Twin lakes
Luxury: Mweya safari lodge/Katara Lodge/Kyambura game lodge

After your morning breakfast, you will have an early morning Wildlife Safari Game drive where you will see the lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephant, defassa waterbuck, Uganda Kob, topi, and bushbuck among others. You will return to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon go for a 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel. It is a 42km channel that joins Lake Edward and Lake George. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of hippos and offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching, and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful, with well over 550 resident species.
Dinner and overnight will be spent at your reserved lodge.
Same Lodge.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Bwindi via the Ishasha sector with a 2-3 hour game drive in the Ishasha sector in search of the tree-climbing lions. Expect to see other animal species such as the warthogs, leopards, spotted hyenas,s and birds. After, then you will transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest. Dinner and overnight will be at your lodge of booking.
Budget: Travelers Kisoro/Broadbill/gorilla friends/Buhoma community camp
Midrange: Lake Mutanda Resort/Gorilla mist/Gorilla valley/Engaji lodge.
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge/Mahogany Lodge/Gorilla safari lodge/Gahinga gorilla lodge/Nkuringo gorilla lodge

Today enjoy surely. After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip- Gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek through the rainforest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 meters from the gorillas, sit around them for a whole hour while gazing into their big round eyes. Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It’s difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 6 hours. Expect to walk a long distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, the time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas. Time allowing you will go for a guided community walk to experience the livelihoods of the local communities. As planned, you take on the gorilla trekking Bwindi route to visit a traditional herbalist to see how he prepares native medicine to treat a wide array of human ailments, see a blacksmith manufacturing local tools used in everyday life and see how local beer is brewed using local methods. You will also be entertained by the traditional dances offered by the community. Dinner and overnight will be at your lodge of booking.
Same Lodge

You will after breakfast go for another game drive before setting off your last chimps in Kibale safari last hours on your return journey to Kampala. You will have a stopover at the Equator where you will have the remarkable opportunity of standing in two hemispheres at the same time and take some photos. You will also make another stopover at the Mpigi Royal Drum Makers center where you will be able to watch the ceremonial drums being crafted using traditional methods passed down through the generations.
You will arrive in Kampala in the late afternoon and either be transferred to the airport for your departure flight or to the hotel of your booking for dinner and overnight.