6 Days The Primate Trials

6 Days | The Primate Trails

” The Ultimate Gorilla Experience “

ITINERARY OVERVIEW - 6 Days | 5 Nights

Day 1 – Arrive at Entebbe international Airport
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport where you will be transferred by your Platinum Safaris driver guide to your hotel.
Overnight at Fairway Hotel Kampala

Day 2 – Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Early morning depart for a half day drive west via Mubende to Fort Portal, passing though the scenic countryside of Rwenzori Mountains. Known as the “Mountains of the Moon”, the Rwenzori mountain range in Central Africa is the source of the Nile River. We relax in the afternoon.
Overnight at Crater safari lodge (FB)

Day 3 – Chimpanzee Tracking and Nature Walk
We enter Kibale Forest National Park Forest for primate viewing in the morning. We search for chimpanzees and other primates including phoestes, Red-Colobus, Blues, Red-tailed and grey cheeked Mangabey. After lunch, we visit to Bigodi swamp eco-tourism site and explore the areas rare and beautiful flora and fauna. A variety of bird species flourish among these trees.
Overnight at Crater safari Lodge (FB)

Day 4 – Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
This morning, we will leave for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home to the few remaining mountain gorillas. Bird life and primate life in Bwindi is quite superb, and there is an incredible variety of flora. Once continuous with the forests of the Virunga Volcanoes (Dian Fossey’s stomping ground), Bwindi is now an ecological island, surrounded by cultivation on the rich volcanic soils.
Overnight at Bwindi lodge (FB)

Day 5 – Gorilla Trekking
We head to the park headquarters for a briefing from the Uganda Wildlife Authority before setting off to the forest see the gorillas. The ranger guides will take you through the forest to track gorillas, which can take from half an hour to five hours. A reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes. If you have the afternoon free, you will take a guided village walk to see how the Ugandans live.
Overnight at Bwindi lodge (FB)

Day 6 – Drive from Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park back To Entebbe
Early in the morning have breakfast at leisure and enjoy your by road back to Kampala while enjoying the magnificent views of the hills. (-/+08 hours) you will have a stop for lunch at a selected restaurant and later proceed to Entebbe for your Outbound flight.