Our 3 days budget chimpanzee habituation safari tour to Kibale Forest National Park offers the best Chimpanzee safari encounter and experience to primate lovers. This chimpanzee habituation in Uganda safari tour can be taken up by visitors with less time in Uganda and they wish not to miss out doing the chimpanzee safari in Kibale Forest.
Chimpanzee habituation tour involves a full day escapade with a close up with the famous chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park. Your camera will fill up with quality pictures of the chimpanzee trekking experience and you will get to learn to identify them as individuals by their markings. Sometimes chimpanzees can be marked by their scars and other unique features that make them stand out from rest.
Besides everything described there, chimpanzee habituation safari tour in Kibale Forest remains one of Uganda’s unique safari experience.
Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Kampala – Kibale National Park:
Leave Kampala after breakfast for a fascinating drive through the papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile Delta to Kibale National Park, just below the Rwenzori Mountains. Then continue on an afternoon guided walk in the crater lakes area for outstanding views.
Meals and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Guest House (budget facility). Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
Other Optional Activities:
- Tea Estate Walk
- Villa Farm Visit
- Canoe ride on Crater Lakes
- Cycling around the Craters
- Community and orphanage centre visit
Day 2: Kibale Chimpanzee Habituation Experience
Today is dedicated for chimpanzee habituation experience. Start the day with a morning early breakfast and packed lunch, and you are off into the forest, before dawn breaks. You’ll meet your guide for a briefing and then continue to where the chimpanzees built nests the night before.
Dawn is just breaking and the chimpanzee community you are going to be with the rest of the day is rising from their sleep in the nests.
Your day will be full, so your camera will fill up with quality pictures of the chimpanzees. You will also get to learn to identify the chimpanzees as individuals by their markings, sometimes scars and other unique features that make them stand apart from rest.
Besides everything described, don’t miss the colorful butterflies, plants and trees that will amaze you because of the setting is simply awesome.
Meals and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Guest House. Meal plan: (B, L, D)
Day 3: Kibale National Park – Kampala
Morning visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary from where you will take on a guided walk around the swamp. This walk will provide you with the opportunity to see a wide range of flora and fauna, and view a variety of butterflies, birds and other insects. Thereafter drive back to Kampala with lunch en route. Meal plan: B & L
Chimpanzee Habituation Safari Inclusions and Exclusions:
Includes
- Transportation by a 4wd safari minivan
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
- Park fees,
- Kibale Chimpanzee Habitation Permit
- Bigodi guided Nature walk
- Services of English speaking Driver/guide.
- En route lunches
Excludes
- Expenses of personal nature like; Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, and tobacco.