3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour to Kibale Forest National Park Uganda Day Trip

Face-to-face with these captivating and wonderful great primates on the 3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour to Kibale Forest National Park Uganda Day Trip is so rewarding. Book well in advance with Deks Uganda Safaris and track the chimps with experts, but also be ready to see many other mammals and birds on the trek with no extra pay!

Kibale Forest National Park is famous for Primates. The park has 13 species of primates, notably the chimpanzees, man’s closest animal in the whole of Africa. Kibale Forest harbors the highest population of chimpanzees in Africa (over 1450). Among other primates in Kibale Forest national park, you will see olive baboons, the uncommon I’Hoest’s monkeys and the endangered red colobus monkeys, bush baby and potto, black and white colobus, red-tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys. This park has over 325 bird species including six Albertine rift endemics i.e., the purple-breasted sunbird, dusky crimsoning, red-faced woodland warbler, blue-headed sunbird, black-capped Apalis, and collared Apalis.

There are other Kibale species such as the African pitta, black bee-eater, green breasted pitta, Abyssinian ground thrush, black-eared ground thrush, yellow spotted nicator, blue-breasted kingfisher, little green bull, brown-chested athlete, the crowned eagle and yellow-rumpled tinker bird, and many others. Other mammals include buffalos, elephants, leopards, duikers, bush pigs as well as a variety of colorful butterflies, amphibians, and reptiles.

Highlights of 3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour to Kibale Forest National Park Uganda Day Trip

• Day 1 – Kampala – Fort Portal
• Day 2 – Chimp Tracking in Kibale Forest
• Day 3 – Transfer back to Kampala

Detailed 3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour to Kibale Forest National Park Uganda Day Trip

Day 1 – Kampala – Fort Portal

The 3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour journey starts on the road going to Fort Portal via Mityana, after an early breakfast at your Kampala hotel. The 4 to 5 hours’ drive through lush plantations breaks in Fort Portal for your lunch at Mountains of the Moon Hotel or any other hotel of your choice.

• Dinner and night will be spent at Mountains of The Moon Hotel / Chimp Nest Lodge.

Day 2 – Chimp Tracking in Kibale Forest

After morning breakfast, you will start your journey to Kanyanchu. You will be briefed at 08.00am before tracking the chimpanzees. There is a 95% chance you will encounter habituated chimps – man’s closest living animals. There are no motor tracks open to tourists at the park so they are only accessible by foot. In the afternoon hours you will enjoy a nature walk in the Bigodi Wetland where you will explore a variety of birds and monkey species.

• Dinner and overnight stay will be spent at Mountains of the Moon Hotel or Chimp Nest Lodge.

Day 3 – Transfer back to Kampala

End of 3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour

3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour Inclusions and Exclusions

Price includes:

• All accommodation and meals as indicated in the itinerary on FB & BB basis
• Chimpanzee permit fees/permit purchased NET from UWA each $200.00 per person per visit
• Full-time exclusive use of a 4 x 4 Safari Jeep/Toyota Land cruiser
• Full-time services of experienced English-speaking drive/guide
• All services in national parks i.e., park entrance fees, guided nature walks, hikes & game drives
• Boat trips in Kibale Forest National Park
• Bottled drinking mineral water, coffees, teas, or soft drinks while on Uganda safaris, game drives, walks, hikes, or transfers
• All Nature/Safari & Community walks as indicated in the itinerary-safari program
• All airport pickups and drop off from Entebbe & back to Entebbe airport
• All activities indicated & mentioned in the itinerary
• A $5.0 per pax off as a donation to orphanage homes whose parents’ death are/were as a result of animal conflicts within conservation areas
• All government related taxes

Price Excludes:

• Laundry service in different hotels we stay
• Bar bills, phone calls
• Personal insurance and medical bills
• Airfares
• All other services of a personal nature
• All services marked as Optional in the 3 Days Chimpanzee Tracking Tour
• Driver/guides/hotel staff or any other person’s gratuity