Safari Overview: The Apes Circuit 6 days Chimpanzee Gorilla Safaris
Kibale National Park is a primatologist’s dream. It hosts a population of more than 1,000 chimpanzees, of which one 80-strong community has been habituated to tourist visits, as well as half-a-dozen readily observed monkey species, including the acrobatic red colobus and black-and-white colobus, and the handsome L’Hoest’s monkey. Chimpanzees are an endangered species because they are rare and declining rapidly across African forests. International laws protect chimpanzees because they are threatened by extinction. Their main cause of decline is due to the activities of people cultivating and farming their forest habitats. By doing our 6 Days Apes Circuits safari in Uganda will be contributing to their conservation. combining mountain Gorilla and Chimpanzee tracking safaris, and tours are interesting, these delightful apes, are more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees.
Safari Highlights : 6 Days Bwindi, Queen Elizabeth, and Kibale National parks summary
Day 1: Pick you from Kampala and drive Kibale and overnight at Primate lodge in Cottages.
Day 2: Morning Track chimpanzees in Kibale forest and Nature walk At Bigodi for primates and bird watching after proceeding to Queen and overnight at Simba Lodge.
Day 3: Morning track chimpanzees at Kyambura gorge in Queen Elizabeth. Afternoon do boat cruise on Kazinga channel and overnight at Simba Lodge
Day 4: Morning do game drive and continue to transfer Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth Park , carryout game drive looking for climbing lions and other wildlife, later proceed to Bwindi and Overnight Buhoma Community Rest Camp (self Contained rooms). .
Day5: Morning will track mountain Gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park the whole day. and overnight Buhoma Community Rest Camp (self Contained rooms).
Day6: Morning will be driven to Kampala or Entebbe. End of tour.
Day 1: Entebbe – Kampala – Kibale Forest National Park
Morning will be picked from your Hotel at Boma Guest House Entebbe Kampala at 7.00am and proceed to Fort Portal.. The drive follows the lush green countryside on Mityana-Mubende road to Fort Portal stopping at some coffee holdings tea plantations and open swamp valleys. Will stop for lunch in Fort Portal Town. After will be driven to Check in at Fort Motel at Fort Portal a well refurbished facility in this countryside Dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Kibale Forest – Chimp tracking- Queen Elizabeth Park
After lunch,With local guides track chimps in their natural Forest in the shadows of the Rwenzori Mountains (the famed mist shrouded “Mountains of the Moon”) Kibale Forest is rich in animal life, including an astonishing 12 species of primates including chimps in this park have been recorded, the much localized red colobus and L’Hoest’s monkeys. Tracking the chimpanzees our ‘cousins’ is a very interesting experience. The way they feed, climb trees, respond to humans, caring for their young ones leaves an imaginative dream to tell. Other primates like the colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys plus other primates that share this forest with chimpanzees. The park also hosts over 320 species of birds including the yellow spotted nectar, yellow rumped tinker birds etc. It also has colorful butterflies; over 250 species have been spotted. For nature lovers, the dense forest is still intact you can see trees of different species. Track chimps in their natural habitat. Kibale Forest National Park is believed to have most concentration of primates in the world. After will visit Bigodi swamp nature walk and Eco tourism site Bigodi swamp famous for primates –monkeys baboons and lots of birds.
After will be driven to Queen Elizabeth past Kasese town drive along the foot of Mountain Rwenzori and on clear days enjoys its nice ice peaks that remain wonder on equator line. Stop for communities along the road stop where you find local market to mix briefly with local people. Dinner and overnight at Simba Safari Lodge . FB
Day 3: Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast you will be driven Kyambura gorge to track chimpanzees . Then proceed into the Kyambura gorge, do a primate walk where your will see chimps and other primates e.g Columbus & velvet monkeys and baboons. Walk out of the gorge for lunch.
After lunch take boat cruise on Kazinga channel connecting lake George and Lake Edward viewing different game lion, elephant, buffalo and many more plus plenty of birdlife. Dinner and overnight at Simba Safari Lodge . FB
Day 4: Queen Elizabeth – Ishasha – Bwindi
Early Breakfast in the morning, carryout game drive to catch-up with the early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. You are likely to meet grazing hippos, elephants, lions, spotted hyenas and leopards, bushbuck, waterbuck and stripped jackal, and of-course the several warthogs.
After picnic lunch, drive towards the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth national park. – the Ishasha sector famous for climbing lions. Will carry out game drive in the late afternoon for climbing lions and other game. After will proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park the home of Mountain Gorillas. It is estimated half of the world’s surviving population of mountain gorillas –400 live within Bwindi boundaries. Highlands once known as Switzerland of Africa before the drop of the Western Rift Valley. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma Community – self contained rooms FB
Day 5: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Early morning breakfast and head for briefing before embarking on gorilla trekking with guides together with other tourists trackers on this day. The trek may be strenuous but enjoyable. This is the major tourist attraction in Bwindi. Carry packed lunch with you that will have at picnic site in the forest. The thrill of your encounter with these gentle giants will erase your difficulties of the potentially strenuous trek. Spend 1 hour time in awe watching gorillas go about their activities. Each encounter is different and has it’s own rewards. You are likely to enjoy a close view of adults feeding, grooming and resting as the youngsters frolic from vines in a delightfully playful display. Return from tracking gorillas, have dinner and overnight at Buhoma Community lodge. FB
Day 6: Bwindi to Kampala
After breakfast at will be driven to Kampala. . Enjoy this Switzerland of Africa scenery. After picnic lunch on the way will continue the drive to Kampala. May stop at the Equator crossing for lifetime pictures. Then you driver /guide will drop you at your Hotel In Kampala/Entebbe . END OF TOUR.
Pease note the safari cost include:
- meals and accommodation
- full time safari driver/guides,
- park entry fees, game drives, boat/ launch trips, forest guiding walks, all activities while on safari and the applicable Government Taxes.
- 4×4 wheel drive vehicle with gas
- 1 Gorilla permit per person (1day visit)-
- 2 chimp permits – Kibale/ Kyambura
Excluded are:
- Drinks, your bar bills, phone calls, personal insurance and any other services of a personal nature like souvenirs tips and laundry etc. Wishing you a Memorable & Happy Safari
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