4 hours with chimpanzees in Kibale · 4 hours with gorillas in Rushaga · Ends in Kigali
The best 4 Days Chimpanzee and Gorilla Habituation safari is an interesting tour that features Kibale National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This safari is good for those who want to spend more time with the chimpanzees and the endangered mountain gorilla — you will spend 4 hours with the gorillas as well as the chimpanzees. Both chimpanzee and gorilla habituation are done in Uganda, and this trip starts in Kampala or Entebbe and ends in Kigali, Rwanda. Gorilla habituation is offered at Rushaga in the southern sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. While normal or regular gorilla trekking allows you to trek fully habituated gorilla families, the habituation safari involves a longer trek and stay to observe the gorillas much more closely.
In the morning, you will be picked up by the safari driver guide from Whitan Safaris to transfer to Kibale National Park. You will drive out of Kampala to Kibale, enjoying the typical African village setup and tea plantations along the driveways. On arrival, you will visit some of the crater lakes before transferring to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
The driver guide will pick you up from the lodge in the early morning to head for the chimpanzee habituation trekking in Kibale Forest. During your habituation activity, you will watch the chimpanzees going about their daily routine of feeding, grooming young ones and playing, and you will have the opportunity to capture it. After your chimpanzee habituation activity, you will walk back to meet your driver guide for a transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Dinner and overnight.
In the morning, you will be picked up from your lodge to go for your gorilla habituation activity. Together with the trackers, researchers and the rangers, you will head into the jungle to meet the gorilla family that you will watch for four hours. After the 4 hours of habituation experience, you trek back to the starting point where you meet the driver guide for your next activity. After having lunch, you will go for a community cultural tour which includes dance performances, and if you wish, you can actively take part in the performance. You will drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Have breakfast in the morning, then transfer to Kigali, where you will have a sightseeing tour in Kigali, which marks the end of your safari.
