Safari Itinerary
5 Day Itinerary · Uganda
Your journey
Day 1
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
On this day, you will have a beautiful morning city Tour in Kigali and later transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park which is home to the mountain gorillas.
Day 2
Bwindi impenetrable National Park
You will be up early on the morning of your Gorilla Tracking for a good breakfast in preparation for the day’s physical activity. You will report for registration at the Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger station by 8 AM. After a briefing by the rangers, your gorilla trek will start. The trek usually takes between three and six hours so a reasonable degree of fitness is required, as well as a strong pair of walking boots or shoes.
The rangers will guide you through the village gardens and into the jungle-like forest. They will escort you through the sometimes thick bush, occasionally hacking the dense undergrowth with a machete as you search to locate the gorillas. The mountain gorillas are under 24-hour monitoring for their safety. You are almost guaranteed to see them. The rangers monitor each gorilla family by keeping in close radio contact.
You will later head back to the lodge for lunch and later in the afternoon, have a wonderful community experience in the park
Day 3
Kibale Forest National Park
After your early morning breakfast at the lodge, you will transfer to Kibale National Park through Queen Elizabeth National Park lunch en route. You will have a boat safari in the afternoon at Kazinga channel which takes about 2 hours on the channel and later proceed to Kibale National Park and check in at the lodge for dinner, relaxation, and overnight.
Day 4
Kibale Forest National Park
Chimpanzee day. After breakfast head to Kibale Forest. The activity begins at 8.00 am with a briefing of the rules for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest.
Kibale Forest National Park, it boasts the highest number of primate species in the world, including the chimpanzees. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees live in the wild in Uganda, which makes it a perfect place to spot them! An experienced ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning.
Once you locate the chimpanzees you will spend time with them and later head back to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will transfer to Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary for the Swamp walk and return to the lodge for dinner, relaxation, and overnight.
Day 5
After your morning breakfast, you will have an option of either exiting via Kigali or Entebbe.
Practicalities
