On this 5 days chimpanzees habituation and birding tour in Uganda’s Kibale National Park, we offer the best chimpanzee safari encounter and experience to primate lovers. This chimpanzee habituation safari tour in Uganda comes with a complimentary airport transfer to your hotel in either Kampala or Entebbe. This is so ideal for guests arriving past the afternoon.
Get off the jet lag ready for next day transfer to Kibale Forest National Park for your chimpanzee habituation safari in Uganda. For birders, be ready for the most exciting bird watching day in Kibale forest, with countless beautiful bird species
Safari Itinerary:
Day 1 : Arrival Entebbe Airport
Upon arrival at the airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide who will then take you to Kampala Serena Hotel or Protea Hotel in Entebbe (high end facility), for an overnight stay and dinner. Meal plan: Dinner.
Day 2: Kampala – Kibale National Park:
You’ll leave Kampala after breakfast for a fascinating drive through papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile delta to Kibale National Park, just below the Rwenzori Mountains. Get on an afternoon guided walk in the crater lakes area for outstanding views.
Meals and overnight stay at Kyaninga Lodge (luxury facility), with a stunning location overlooking a dramatic crater lake and the fabled “Mountains of the Moon”. Meal Plan: L & D
Other Optional Activities:
- Tea Estate Walk
- Villa Farm Visit
- Canoe ride on Crater Lakes
- Cycling around the Craters
- Community and orphanage center visit
Day 3: Chimpanzees Habituation and Birding Tour – Kibale Forest
This day is dedicated for chimpanzee habituation experience. You will start the day with an early morning breakfast and a packed lunch and then set off to the forest before dawn breaks. You will meet your guide, for briefing, before setting off to where the chimpanzees built their nests the night before. Dawn is just breaking and the chimpanzee community you are going to be with the rest of the day is just rising from their sleep.
Chimpanzee habituation and birding safari tour involves a full day close up with the famous chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park, so, your camera might fill up with quality pictures of these chimpanzees. You will get to learn to identify them as individuals by their markings, sometimes scars and other unique features that make them stand out from rest. Besides everything described, there the most colorful butterflies, plants and trees, that will amaze you, because of the forest setting, that is simply awesome.
Meals and overnight stay at Kyaninga Lodge (luxury facility), with a stunning location overlooking a dramatic crater lake and picturesque background of the fabled “Mountains of the Moon”. Meal Plan: B, L & D.
Day 4: Birding Safari in Kibale Forest National Park
This day is dedicated for a birding walk, so you won’t miss such species as Western banded Snake Eagle, Striped Kingfisher, Great blue Turaco, Lizard Buzzard, Lesser Striped Swallow and Joyful Greenbul.
You’ll also see Chubb’s Cisticola, Masked Apalis, Cassin’s Grey Flycatcher, Whinchat, Stonechat, Green-headed Sunbird and Common Fiscal among others. All these in Bigodi Swamp and along and around the Kibale Forest National Park.
Meals and overnight stay at Kyaninga Lodge (luxury facility). Meal Plan: B, L & D
Day 5: Kibale National Park – Kampala
There’s a morning visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary from where you will take on a guided walk around the swamp. Don’t miss this walk because it will provide you with the opportunity to see a wide range of flora and fauna, and view a variety of butterflies, bird species and other insects. Thereafter, you will drive back to Kampala with lunch en route. Meal Plan: B & L
Chimpanzees Habituation & Birding Safari Inclusions and Exclusions:
Includes
- Airport transfers-Complimentary
- Pre safari night in Entebbe/Kampala Hotel
- Transportation by a 4wd safari Land Cruiser
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
- Park fees,
- Birding safari in Kibale National Park
- Kibale Chimpanzee Habitation Permit
- Bigodi guided Nature walk
- Services of English speaking Driver/guide.
- En route lunches
Excludes
- Expenses of personal nature like; visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, and tobacco.