Overview of the 5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park
Your 5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park is a 2-safari park tour that offers an opportunity to trek mountain gorillas and meet our closest relatives, the chimpanzees. The safari features a Uganda gorilla trekking safari to Bwindi impenetrable national park and a wildlife safari in Uganda’s Kibale forest national park. During your 5 days Uganda safari, you will do gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, bird watching, have a Batwa cultural experience and an equator experience.
The only safari park in the world where you will find over half of the worlds mountain gorillas is Bwindi impenetrable national park situated in western Uganda. The park hosts 16 different gorilla families but you will trek only a single gorilla family during your trek. Gorilla trekking is strenuous though the park ranger will try to make every trekker comfortable as the group moves at the pace of the slowest trekker. Only 1 hour can be spent in the sight of the gorillas as you gaze at their wonderful character.
Kibale forest national park is popularly known as the primate capital because of the greatest variety and concentration of primates not found anywhere in Africa. The park is home to 13 primate species the most dominant one being the Chimpanzee- our closest relative numbering up to about 1,450. The park also hosts 70 mammal species and about 372 bird species 6 native to the Albertine rift. This park is so rewarding for tourists on birding safaris in Uganda.
5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park safari highlights
Day 1: Your driver guide will pick you up from Entebbe international airport and drive to kibale forest national park.
Day 2: You will do chimpanzee tracking in kibale forest national park and tour bigodi wetland for a great nature walk and birding.
Day 3: Your driver guide will drive you using your 4×4 safari vehicle for hire to Bwindi impenetrable national park and have the Batwa cultural experience.
Day 4: You will get into the jungle for your gorilla trekking safari in Uganda experience.
Day 5: You will be driven back to Entebbe international airport for departure.
5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park detailed itinerary
Day 1 of your 5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park
Your professional English-speaking driver guide will gladly welcome you to Uganda upon arrival at Entebbe international airport. You will embark on the road trip to Kibale forest national park stopping at the equator line for photography. This 5h 35min drive without stop overs ends when you check into your prior booked hotel or lodge in Kibale.
Day 2 of your 5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park
Your driver guide will drive you from your hotel to the park headquarters for chimpanzee trekking. This is the best opportunity to meet a wild animal that shares about 98% of their DNA with humans and wonder at how skillful they can be. In the evening a nature walk through Bigodi wetland offers the best chance for a nature walk through the papyrus filled wetland with several bird sightings.
Day 3 of your 5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park
After your wildlife safari in Uganda’s Kibale forest national park, you will be driven to Bwindi impenetrable national park after an early morning breakfast. The drive features several scenic viewings. When you arrive, you will check into your booked accommodation in Bwindi impenetrable national park and have a Batwa cultural evening. The Batwa will demonstrate to you their former survival skills that helped them when they still lived in harmony with the mountain gorillas in the forest.
Day 4 of your 5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park
This is the best day for your Uganda gorilla trekking tour as your driver guide will pick you up as early as 7:00am to head to the park headquarters for gorilla trekking. After briefing, you will get into the jungle with the park ranger for about 5 hours. Your driver guide will later drive you back to your hotel or lodge for an overnight stay.
Day 5 of your 5 Days Uganda gorilla safari in Bwindi and wildlife safari in Kibale forest national park
Every amazing experience can’t last forever, on this last day of your safari your driver guide will drive you back to Entebbe international airport for your departure flight.
Spending 5 days in the wild is an amazing experience and you can spend the same number of days on a Rwanda gorilla trekking safari or gorilla trekking safaris in Congo where you can trek both the mountain and lowland gorillas.
This is one of the best wildlife safari packages in Uganda with several specie sightings and you have to plan your safari and tell the experience yourself.
