9 Days Chimpanzee Habituation And Gorilla Trekking

Upon arrival, you will be met by a Luxury Africa Tours representative at Entebbe airport. Who will then assist you with check in for your onward flight to Kasese Airstrip. Your private driver guide will pick you up from the airstrip and drive through the beautiful landscape of western Uganda.  About a 1 hour 45 mins drive, you will reach Kibale National park. Check in at Kyaninga Lodge for leisurely evening. leisure

This is the process of making wild primates get used to having human beings around and preparing them to be tracked later on. It can be done for both Chimps and Gorillas and it takes close to 3 years to be completed . You will start off with an early morning breakfast, get your lunch packed and head out to meet your guide that will lead you into the forest. Only a maximum of 4 people per group inclusive of the researchers and guides are permitted to go see these Chimps. You are then taken to see the place where the primates built their nests the previous night. If you are lucky and awoke early, you are sure to find them just getting up. Thus a typical Chimpanzee habituation begins in the hours at dawn between 6-6:30 am.Other activities you will see them taking part in are copulating, breastfeeding for the little ones, feeding, patrolling, hunting, resting and later on at around 7 pm, building new nests where they are to stay during the night. After such a thrilling experience ,you’ll return to the lodge for relaxation .

After breakfast, head out to for a nature walk in Bigodi Wetland sanctuary were you will view more primates like the blue monkeys, baboons, otters, Bush bucks, mongoose, bush pigs and many more. Later, you’ll be driven to Bwindi National Park and proceed to your permanent tented campsite in the heart of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

Today, trek through the park’s dense vegetation; Vehicles have never penetrated this forest, and the going can be challenging with steep ascents and tangled trails. Trekking through dense forest with steep slopes means that participants do need to be physically fit however gorilla trekking groups are assigned on fitness levels, so you can request a shorter or longer hike dependent on your preferences. In a group of 8, you will set off in the jungle and your guides use their experience, knowledge of the gorillas’ habits and information from the previous day to locate them. Once you have found the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend an hour with them. Keep your camera in silence and observe a 10 meters’ distance from the gorillas and keep your mask on at all times. It worth the slight physical discomforts, though, for the reward of a face-to-face encounter with one of the most endangered animals on the planet. Observe their subtle social interactions and remarkable behaviors closely resembling our own. From here, drive back to the Lodge.

Psychologists say that experiencing an activity more than once is more memorable than a single event. With backed lunch, set off from the same trailhead this morning, but walk towards a different habituated gorilla troop. Remember each gorilla group has different behaviors so expect something unique from this group, from the number and makeup of individuals to their behavior and social structure. You can swap out the second Gorilla Trekking experience with Batwa Cultural experience; Known as the “Keepers of the Forest” the enchanting Batwa pygmies of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are a hunter-gatherer tribe that has lived side-by-side with the wildlife of this ancient park for thousands of years.

The endangered golden monkey is endemic to the Albertine Rift, and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park offers a rare chance to track these striking creatures, high in the dense bamboo forests on the Gahinga trail. After an Early, breakfast, your driver-guide will pick you up and drive the park headquarters. After a safety briefing, you’ll be driven to the start of the trail you’ll take to reach the golden monkeys. Your guide will lead you along generally clear paths to the edge of the forest, at which time you’ll then be moving through denser vegetation. Each day tracking golden monkeys is different; the weather and monkey troop movements decide how the day will go. so it can sometimes take a while for the trackers to locate them.Once you’re with the golden monkeys, you’re allowed an hour, maximum, with them. Afterwards, you will then fly to Entebbe. Meals and accommodation at Lake Victoria Serena golf resort & spa

Lake Victoria is the second largest lake in the world and the largest in Africa. It is home to over several Islands that offer beautiful, exclusive, and exotic vacations together with a romantic ambiance and numerous fun facilities.There are some exciting activities such as boating and fishing. You can go boating, either paddling yourself on the lake, or with a guide, you could also take a motor boat ride out on the lake, or if you like fishing, you could go fishing and try your hand at catching the huge Nile perch fish or the tilapia. . Meals and accommodation at Lake Victoria Serena golf resort & spa

Set out from the boat landing for a romantic sunset picnic cruise on Lake Victoria or pamper yourself with an Andean hot stone therapy or deep tissue back massage at the Maisha Mind Body & Spirit Spa.

After breakfast, relax at the lodge. Later, you will be transferred to the airport for your departing flight.