Uganda Primates Experience Tour
Activities
Overnight in hotel / lodge / guest house
Meals: None
After breakfast, we will travel to Mabamba Swamp is one of the known natural habitats for the elusive Shoebill Storks in Africa. It is about 12km from Entebbe town when you drive west to only enjoy a canoe that opens to the lily pads and papyrus swamp. Mabamba Swamp is an extensive marsh stretching through a long narrow bay, fringed with papyrus towards the western main body of Lake Victoria. We then access the swamp in local fishing boat / Canoe with a local guide. Our site guide highly recommends the boat tour across Lake Victoria thus, reaching Mabamba by boat, rather than by car which grants an opportunity to encounter birdlife and the fishing community. The best time to visit is early morning hours and afternoon when the birds start to prey.
Nevertheless, other birdlife includes the Swamp flycatcher, African purple swamp hen, African water rail, Pallid Harrier, Papyrus Gonolek, White-winged Warbler and the Blue Swallow Common moorhen, lesser jacana, African jacana, African pygmy Goose, White-faced whistling duck, Squacco heron, Blue Breasted Bee-eater, winding cisticola, Goliath Heron and many others, thus if you are a keen birder then this is a place to be!
Transfer to Kibale National Park through verdant homesteads and tea estates.
Overnight in hotel / lodge / guest house. Meal Plan: Half Board
After breakfast at your lodge, transfer to the starting point of your Chimpanzee trekking experience in Kibale Forest National Park which is reputed to have the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates in East Africa. The most famous of its 13 species is the Chimpanzee, man’s closest relative. Kibale’s 1450 Chimpanzee represent Uganda’s largest population of this endangered primate. Kibale is also home to the rare I’Hoest’s monkey. Other primates include the black and white Colobus, Blue monkey, Grey cheeked mangabey, Red tailed monkey, Olive baboon to mention but a few. So, you will enjoy a guided nature walk in the tropical rainforest in search of wild chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys and many others.
Overnight in hotel / lodge / guest house. Meal Plan: Full Board
After Breakfast, travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park lies in southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley. Its mist-covered hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rain forests, which dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants. More famously, this “impenetrable forest” also protects an estimated 459 mountain gorillas – roughly half of the world’s population, including several habituated groups, which can be tracked. This biologically diverse region also provides shelter to a further 120 mammals, including several primate species such as baboons and chimpanzees, as well as elephants and antelopes. There are around 350 species of birds hosted in this forest, including 23 Albertine Rift endemics
Overnight in hotel / lodge / guest house. Meal Plan: Full Board
After an early breakfast depart to the starting point for a briefing about your gorilla trekking adventure after which you will be led by experienced gorilla trackers on the slopes of the volcanoes. You will start from the site where the gorillas were encountered the day before and from here the gorilla tracking begins. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is amazing, and the beauty of the gorilla forest and its inhabitants are fascinating. One of Africa’s major highlights is when you encounter these gentle apes. It is a humbling experience to stand just meters from man’s distant cousins as they eat rest, play and bond with their young ones. Follow the mountain gorillas as they range freely in the impenetrable forest and discover their gorgeous natural habitual and the many species they share it with. You are allowed an hour with the gorillas before finally sloping down back to your lodge. Don’t forget to carry your rain gear, packed lunch, plenty of water, gloves, hat, and waterproof bag for protection of your camera in case of rain.
Overnight in hotel / lodge / guest house. Meal Plan: Full Board
Breakfast, check out and later, leisurely transfer to Entebbe with a stopover at the Equator for water experience, here you will too have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time. Take some photos, then time allowing make another stop over at the Mpigi Royal Drum Makers where you will be able to watch the ceremonial drums being crafted using methods passed down through the generations arriving in the afternoon.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- Meals as per itinerary
- All ground transfer with a comfortable 4x4 safari popup vehicle with Fuel + AC
- Allowances of a Full-time English-speaking driver
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Gorilla Tracking Permit
- Shoebill Search on Cano
- Equator water experiment
- Bottled mineral water during safari
- Any other expenses which are not mentioned under what's included section.
Ethiopian Holidays representative upon arrival will meet and assist.
Email: ETHolidays@ethiopianairlines.com
Contact Number: + 251 115174204/4207/4205/4504
Date of cancellation Penalty
More than 30 days before arrival No fees
Between 29 and 21 days before the date of arrival 25% of the total value
Between 20 and 08 days before the date of arrival 50% of the total value
Less than 07 days before the date of arrival 100% of the total value
| Tour Name | Uganda Primates Experience Tour |
|---|---|
| Sales Validity Start | 15 May 2025 |
| Sales Validity End | 31 December 2025 |
| Duration | 6 day(s) |