5-Day Uganda Chimp and Gorilla Habituation Experience

5-Day Uganda Chimp and Gorilla Habituation Experience: a 5-day private safari with Afrisites, starting from Entebbe. The route is Entebbe / Kampala, Kibale National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Built around the four-hour gorilla habituation in Rushaga or Nkuringo and chimpanzee habituation in Kibale. Road days are the real west-Uganda or Rwanda distances, not padded shopping stops. Lodge class is mid-range unless you ask us to go simpler or higher. Gorilla and chimpanzee permits are collected in your name before you fly.

From US$3,800 per person sharing

5 days · Uganda · private safari

Indicative for two people sharing, mid-range lodges (or the luxury tier if this trip is sold as luxury), current gorilla and chimpanzee permit rates. Your invoice names the lodges, the permit numbers and the season. Permit tariffs are set by the parks and can change.

At a glance

Gorilla habituation permit (four hours) — Rushaga or Nkuringo, matched to the lodge
Kibale chimpanzee habituation walk with researchers
5 days private from Entebbe

Day by day

Day 1 — Entebbe / Kampala

Meet at Entebbe International Airport. Depending on your landing time we transfer to a lakeside lodge in Entebbe or continue toward the first park. Briefing on permits, packing and the next morning’s start. Overnight: Protea or Lake Victoria View in Entebbe.

Day 2 — Kibale National Park

Chimpanzee habituation walk — a longer, quieter morning with researchers rather than the standard one-hour track. Rest at the lodge through the heat of the day. Overnight: Primate Lodge Kibale.

Day 3 — Kibale National Park

Chimpanzee tracking in Uganda’s primate capital. Afternoon Bigodi wetland walk for colobus, turacos and village birding, or crater-lake views around Fort Portal. Overnight: Primate Lodge Kibale or a Fort Portal crater-lake lodge.

Day 4 — Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Gorilla habituation experience — four hours with a semi-habituated family in Rushaga or Nkuringo, not the standard one-hour trek. Harder walking, smaller groups, richer observation. Overnight: Rushaga or Nkuringo forest lodge, walking distance of the habituation trailhead where possible.

Day 5 — Return to Entebbe

Drive or fly back to Entebbe. Airport drop timed to your outgoing flight. If you fly after 8 p.m. we keep a day-room option so you are not sitting at the terminal all afternoon.

Included

Private 4×4 safari vehicle and English-speaking driver-guide (or light aircraft plus transfers on fly-in days)
Lodge or camp as named in the day-by-day, full board except on arrival/departure city nights (bed and breakfast)
Park fees for the reserves in this itinerary
Bottled water in the vehicle
Airport meet-and-greet
Gorilla permit (Uganda or Rwanda as this itinerary states) — collected before we hold the date
Gorilla habituation permit where the day-by-day says habituation, not a standard trek
Chimpanzee permit where tracking is listed

Not included

International flights
Uganda or Rwanda visa
Drinks, laundry and tips
Travel insurance (mandatory — you buy this yourself)
Optional activities not named in the day-by-day (second gorilla permit, golden monkeys, extra boat)

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