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Chimpanzee and Gorillas (7days, 6 nights)Trip highlights: Bigodi wet land swamp walk, Chimpanzee trekking in Kaniyo pabidi and Kyambura Gorge, Uganda Gorilla tracking Bwindi & Buhoma village walk/ river trail Day 1 On your arrival at Entebbe, you will be met by a welcome team from Deal Worth and you will be transferred to Hotel Africana, Sheraton Hotel, Muyenga Guest house so that you can relax and rest and it here is where you will have your dinner and over night or the hotel of your choice and later be briefed by the General Manager in preparation for your trip. Meal plan H/B Day 2 Your Safari tour guide will collect you from your hotel and depart by road to Fort Portal. This scenic drive will take approximately 5 hours. You will stop in Fort Portal Town for lunch before driving to the lodge or camp. You may spend the rest of the afternoon either relaxing or taking a walk around the surrounding villages and towns or to the Bigodi wetland sanctuary. Day 3 At 8.00 am, you will report to the ranger station in Kibale National Park to track habituated chimpanzees – these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. The incredibly diverse forest is home to over 13 species of primates including the red colobus monkey, the rare L’Hoest, the blue monkey, the grey mangabey, pottos, black faced vervet monkeys, baboons and also bush babies. The shady forest trails provide ample sighting opportunities for botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrine’s ground thrush. The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier that its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species. After chimpanzee tracking, we will drive to Queen Elizabeth National park. Queen Elizabeth National Park’s diverse Eco-system of grass plains, tropical forest, rivers swamps, lakes and volcanic crater is home of an incredible abundance of wildlife. When you get to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Today you will sleep in Either Mweya safari lodge/ Jacana safari Lodge / Albertine rift camp. Meal plan F/B Day 4 An early morning walk in the spectacular Kyambura Gorge provides excellent opportunities to see chimpanzees, L’hoestes, red-colobus, black and white colossus and more. You will be driven to Bwindi Impenetrable forest where you will be Uganda Gorilla tracking the next day. Day 5 Up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for gorilla tracking. Before 8:00 am report to the ranger station in Mubare, Habinyanja, Rushegura or Nkuringo for registration depending on which group you will be tracking the gorillas with and talk to one of the rangers; the guides will then take you through the forest pushing your way through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track the gorillas. This trek can take from half an hour to 5 hours – a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes) Sit in the forest among the gorillas, listening to them grumble to each other, and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male; the silverback. It is an extraordinary feeling sitting in the dense rainforest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas. It’s amazing to think there are only about 650 of these beautiful creatures left! Day 6 After an early morning breakfast, we will have a leisurely drive back to Kampala, stopping in Mbarara for lunch and then your driver will transfer you to your hotel in Kampala or he will transfer you to the Airport for your next flight back home. InquireBook Safari Now!
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