3 Days Uganda Chimpanzee Habituation
3 Days Uganda Chimpanzee Habituation
3 Days Uganda Chimpanzee Habituation Safari is a breathtaking adventure that will take you to Kibale National Park also known as the primate capital for chimpanzee habituation experience an exciting activity where you will be able to spend 4 hours with the chimpanzees in their natural habitat. Chimpanzee habituation is an activity where the wild chimpanzees are trained to get used to human presence for trekking and Kibale National Park is the best destination for chimpanzee habituation experience because it’s known for harboring about 1500 chimpanzees.
3 Days Uganda Chimpanzee Habituation Safari
Highlights
- Pick up and transfer to Kibale National Park
- Chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale national park
- Bigodi swamp walk and departure to Kampala
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Kibale National Park
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport on the first day of the 3 days Uganda chimpanzee habituation safari you will be welcomed by our driver guide who will brief you about the safari and then start the journey to Kibale National Park in western Uganda. The trip takes about 5 hours to drive and on the way you will have great scenic views of tea plantations and a stopover in Fort Portal town for lunch. After lunch, you will continue the journey to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Lodging: Chimpundu Lodge/Turaco Treetops/Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
Meal plan: Half board
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking experience in Kibale National Park
After an early breakfast, you will carry a packed lunch and meet up with your driver guide. Go for a briefing about the rules, regulations, and expectations of gorilla habituation. After the briefing, you will start trekking in the jungle with a team of researchers, scientists, chimpanzee doctors, park rangers, and guides. During trekking you will be able to spot other wildlife species such as forest elephants, buffaloes, and antelopes, view other primates like chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, different plants, and bird species among others.
Once you find the chimpanzees, you will spend 4 hours with them in their natural habitat which enables you to watch them feeding, resting, breastfeeding, fighting, and grooming each other, learn more about their behaviors, take some incredible photos, and record the moments with a flashless camera. The activity takes a full day or half, depending on where the chimpanzees are located because they are mobile and like to move from one place to another in search of food. After the interesting moment with the chimpanzees, you will trek back to the park headquarters, meet up with your driver guide, and transfer to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Lodging: Chimpundu Lodge/Turaco Treetops/Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
Day 3: Bigodi swamp walk and departure to Kampala
After breakfast on the last day of the 3 days Uganda chimpanzee habituation safari, you will check out of the lodge. Meet up with your driver guide for a swamp walk in the Bigodi wetland. The swamp walk takes about three hours and offers you great views of bird species. For example, the great blue turaco, papyrus gonolek, spotted barbet, blue-breasted kingfisher, black bee-eater, little greenbul, black bishop, western sector, primate species like red-tailed monkeys, l’hoest monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabey, black and white colobus monkeys, olive baboons, view different plant and tree species, colorful butterflies among others.
Departure to Kampala, After the Bigodi swamp walk you will meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kampala. You will have an en-route lunch at Igongo Cultural Centre. Then continue the journey to Kampala and upon arrival, you will be dropped off at the airport for your departure flight or dropped at the hotel.
Includes
- Chimpanzee habituation permit
- An English-speaking driver-guide
- Accommodation
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled water
Excludes
- Air flight tickets
- Visas
- Life insurance
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
- personal expenses include buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, porter hiring, and tips.Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a Local tour operator based in Uganda with its head offices in Entebbe. Moreover, Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a business for Ugandan natives. We specialize in life-changing experiences, sustainable tours, and holidays for all East African countries. Also, we are members of the Association of Uganda Tour Operators and with registration from the Uganda Tourism Board. We have a good and long working relationship with the Uganda Wildlife Authority. We are making booking your gorilla permits and gorilla trekking safari easy. Safari Vacations and Travel Services is also high in Trip Advisor reviews.
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