3 Days Kibale Chimpanzee Trekking Safari
This is a 3 Days Kibale Chimpanzee Trekking Safari. Kibale National Park is located in Kabarole district in western Uganda a land blessed with a strong cultural heritage. It is a tropical rainforest that harbors quite a number of wildlife species that have attracted many tourists to come to Uganda. Chimpanzees are primates that share about 90% of their DNA with human beings and have been habituated in Kibale forest national park. Uganda in total has about 4950 chimpanzees and Kibale National Park holds about 1500 chimpanzees. This Uganda tour starts and ends in Kampala.
Safari highlights.
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to kibale forest national park
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking in kibale forest national park
Day 3: Visit to Bigodi wetland sanctuary and departure to Kampala city
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: pick up and transfer to kibale forest national park
On the 1st day, a guide from achieve global safaris will pick you in the morning from your hotel in Kampala city and you embark on a 5 hour journey to kibale forest national park. You will have a stopover for lunch and then after continue with the journey to the park. When you reach kibale forest national park, you will check into a lodge for relaxation, dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation options;
Luxury: primate lodge
Mid-range: Isunga lodge
Budget: Tinka’s homestead
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale Forest national park
On the 2nd day, you will have breakfast at your lodge and head to the kibale forest national park where you will carry out the chimpanzee trekking. Kibale National Park is home to about 1,500 chimps, most of which have been habituated. Chimpanzee trekking activities in the park starts from Kanyanchu Visitor Center. The activity will take you about 3 hours inclusive of one hour that you will get to spend with the chimps once you have located them.
After spending an hour with the chimps, you will have lunch and embark on a community tour. The community tour gives you an opportunity to interact with the locals, visit arts and craft stores, and watch wonderful dance performances from the local entertainment groups.
Later retire back to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3: Visit to Bigodi wetland sanctuary and departure to Kampala city
On the 3rd day, you will have breakfast at your lodge and proceed to Bigodi wetland sanctuary. You will go for a swamp walk in Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary where you will be able to have a glance at a variety of amazing wildlife species which include bird species like yellow-ramped tinker bird, purple-breasted sunbird, yellow-spotted Nicator, little Greenbul, Abyssinian ground thrush, grey crowned crane, African pitta, crowned eagle, dusky crimson wing, blue-breasted kingfisher, brown-collared Greenbul, papyrus Gonolek, black and white shrike flycatcher, black bishop among others. Primates like the red colobus monkeys, black and white colobus, chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabey, blue monkeys, olive baboons and vervet monkeys.
Your tour guide will take you back to your lodge and you check out and later embark on your journey back to Kampala.
Trip inclusions
- Mineral water
- Chimpanzee tracking permit
- Cultural tour
- Park entrance fees
- Accommodation and meals
Tour Exclusions
- Alcoholic beverages
- Flight tickets
