Arrival
You’ll be picked up from the airport (or hotel)
Accommodation before the tour departs can be arranged for extra cost
Day 1: Transfer to Fort Portal – Kibale Forest
Depart Entebbe\Kampala for a 5-hour picturesque drive through western Uganda to Fort Portal Town. A beautiful drive with scenic views of tea plantations, green mountain backdrops, and the people and their cultures along the road.
Once in Fort Portal, you can decide with your private Chimp Habituation driver/guide to visit the amazing caves that are surrounded by the creator lakes. Inside these beautiful caves are historical myths about the Bachwezi people with associated geographical features such as the breast-like pointed pillars, stalactites, and the stalagmites locally called the “Amabeere ga Nyinamwiru”? This mythical story about the Bachwezi people and their culture will blow your mind. You’ll retire to your booked lodge and prepare for the following day, which will equally be exciting as you spend time with the Chimps.
Main Destination: Kibale Forest National Forest
Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest Guest House – Budget lodge located just outside Kibale.
Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast Not Included)
Drinks: Drinking Water
Day 2: Chimp Habituation Experience or Chimpanzee Tracking
After breakfast, head to Kibale Forest National Park headquarters for a briefing, and you’ll be assigned a chimp group that you’ll either be tracking or going for a habituation experience. For Chimpanzee habituation, you’ll have to wake up very early to be able to meet the Chimps before they wake up from their nests to embark on a breakfast foraging. You will then follow these animals throughout the day.
This 3-Day Chimp Habituation or Trekking tour will expose you to Chimpanzees, the black and white colobus monkeys, the bush baby, grey-checked mangabey, red tailed monkeys, as well as the different bird species that you encounter along your trekking journey. There are about 138 species of birds, including the black bee-eater and the crowned eagle, that have been recorded in Kibale National Park.
You will have a late lunch at your lodge (particularly for those who will have opted for Chimp tracking). After lunch, you will visit the Bigodi swamp, which is privately owned by the local community. This swamp is home to more than 10 primate species and is also an excellent place for bird watchers. Some animals like the Warthogs can also be seen in this swamp. Since this walk in the Bigodi wetland is designed and managed by the local community surrounding the park, all the fees you pay for the walk directly go to benefit the local community living around Kibale National Park. As Namib Safaris, we encourage our clients to take part in this walk as the money raised from it helps the communities to sustainably manage and utilize this wetland
Main Destination: Kibale forest National Forest
Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest Guest House
Meals: All Meals Included
Drinks: Drinking Water
Day 3: Drive to Entebbe/Kampala or Entebbe Airport
After your breakfast, you will be driven to Kampala or Entebbe for your post tour accommodation or you may choose to fly out of Uganda today. You will use the same route enabling you to have a second stop over at the Equator.
Main Destination:Entebbe
Accommodation: End of Tour, No accommodation
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Drinks: Mineral Water
End of 3 Day Chimp Habituation
Additional accommodation can be arranged for extra cost
You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel)
