3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Safari in Kibale

Our 3 days Chimps tracking tour in Kibale Uganda Africa includes a Chimpanzee habituation tour. This Chimps trek Uganda safari features trekking 13 primates in Kibale Forest, and a birding tour based on luxury, standard & budget lodges.

Kibale National Park stands in the west of Uganda in the shadows of the Rwenzori Mountains dubbed the legendary mountains of the moon. It features a varied tract and lovely tropical forest that date back to the prehistoric era supporting a range of flora, fauna and birds that have made it an ideal destination for travellers on safaris in Uganda. The Uganda safari destination of Kibale National Park features 70 species of mammals, 13 primate species including the chimpanzees, and 375 bird species with one endemic species, the ground thrush. The forest also supports 351 tree species some of which are about 55m in height and about 200 years old.

The 3 Days Chimpanzee trekking safari in Kibale Uganda offers you a remarkable chimpanzee viewing experience in the Kibale forest as the primary activity but goes ahead to feature the heritage tour to the Amabere Ga`nyina Mwiru caves and the Nakayima tree, adventure tours to Fort Portal Crater Lake field and Eco tour encounter in Bigodi wetland sanctuary.

3 days chimpanzee trekking safari to Uganda Kibale Forest National Park featuring Chimpanzee tracking, primate walks with & Birding Safari Highlight.

Day 1: Transfer from Kampala to Kibale National Park. Visit the Amabere Caves, hike the Fort Portal Crater Lake field and transfer to Kibale National Park

After an early breakfast, we will take you on an incredibly scenic drive, passing through villages, lush green forests and hills, dotted with tea plantations.

Journey Time: 5 hours

Day 2: Undertake Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park and afternoon Bigodi wetland walk

Kibale Forest National Park boasts the highest number of primate species in the world, including our delightful cousins, the chimpanzees. Today, in Uganda, there are approximately 5,000 chimpanzees in the wild, which makes it a perfect place to spot them!

An experienced forest ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning or afternoon. En route, you might also see other monkey species that live in this forest. Once the chimps are located, you will spend a full hour with them. Since they are wild animals, we can never guarantee that you will see them. You might have to settle with hearing their hoots and hollers, but the experience is still worthwhile.

Later, the swamp walk (2-3 hours) will take you through grassland, small communities and some beautiful scenery, where the locals are likely to greet you with enthusiastic waves. It is usual to spot three to four different primate species during this walk,

Optional: Chimpanzee Habituation Tracking

You have the opportunity to do the chimpanzee habituation tracking, instead of the regular chimpanzee tracking.

This will take all day and you will be 100% sure to have a very close encounter with your closest relatives. Book this in time because only 6 persons per day are allowed to go. Your swamp walk can be postponed to the next morning.

Journey Time:1 hour each way​

Day 3: Transfer back to Kampala. Do an optional Mpanga tea estate cycling and transfer to Kampala. Visit the Nakayima tree en route

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