The 6-day chimpanzee tracking and gorilla tour will take you to different tourist destinations in the western and southwestern parts of Uganda. We go to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking, Kibale Forest National Park for chimpanzee tracking, and Queen Elizabeth National Park for wildlife viewing. Expect an amazing experience interacting with our closest cousins in the wild.
Tour Features
Mid-Range Tour: | This tour includes mid-range camping and lodges. |
Can be Customized: | You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour. |
Private Tour: | This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others. |
Solo traveller: | Solo traveller can book this tour. |
Can start any day: | If availability permits, this tour can start on any day. |
Minimum age of 3 years: | The minimum age for this tour is 3 years. |
Day | Accommodation | Meals |
1 |
Turaco Treetops
Kibale National Park |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
2 |
The Bush Lodge (Banda)
Queen Elizabeth National Park |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
3 |
The Bush Lodge (Banda)
Queen Elizabeth National Park |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
4 |
Gorilla Valley Lodge
Bwindi Impenetrable NP |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
5 |
Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort
Bwindi Impenetrable NP |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
6 |
Entebbe |
Breakfast & Lunch Included |
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1Travel to Kibale Forest National Park
Depart Kampala after breakfast and head westward to Fort Portal town. This Uganda chimpanzee and gorilla-trekking safari drive will take about 4 to 5 hours with a stopover for lunch in Fort Portal town. You will continue to Kibale Forest National Park where you will check in at the booked lodge for a short rest. You will then set off for either a community walk in the Bigodi Wetland or a visit to the beautiful crater lakes region for a picturesque view of the breathtaking scenery. Dinner and overnight will be at your reserved lodge.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Turaco Treetops,
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
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2Chimpanzee trekking, nature walk and transfer to Queen Eliza
After breakfast, you will report to the Kanyanchu Tourist Centre (park headquarters) at 08:00 am for a briefing on the rules for tracking the chimpanzees. Kibale Forest National Park has the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates in East Africa. The trek takes 2 to 3 hours and it will provide you with the opportunity to also see a variety of other primates, animals as well as birds. You will return for lunch and a short rest after which you’ll be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You'll arrive late in the evening and check into your booked lodge.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: The Bush Lodge (Banda),
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
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3Game drive and boat cruise at the Kazinga Channel
After breakfast, you will have an early-morning safari game drive where you will see lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephant, defassa waterbuck, Uganda kob, topi, and bushbuck among others. You will return to your lodge for lunch, and in the afternoon go for a 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel. It is a 42km channel that joins Lake Edward and Lake George. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of hippos and offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific birdlife is colorful, with well over 550 resident species.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: The Bush Lodge (Banda),
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
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4Ishasha game drive and transfer to Bwindi Forest
After breakfast, you will move to the Ishasha sector of the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The park is famous for the tree-climbing lions lounging in the tree branches, keeping a close eye on the herds of Uganda kob, their favourite prey. It is also home to many buffalo and elephant, as well as the rare shoebill. You will have lunch at one of the best Ugandan wildlife safari lodges in this part of the park, and then drive south to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. En-route, you will see the great countryside and bamboo forest and have beautiful views of the scenic landscape characteristic of the Western Rift Valley. You will arrive in the late afternoon and retire to your booked lodge for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Gorilla Valley Lodge,
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
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5Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and transfer
You will have an early "Uganda chimpanzee and gorilla-trekking safari breakfast" and move to the park headquarters to join other trackers for a briefing about the gorilla trekking rules at 7:45 am. You will then start the trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the gorillas, which may take 1 to 8 hours. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails, allowing access to tourists. Once sighted, you will spend 1 hour with the gorillas, observing at close range as they feed, play, communicate and bond with their young.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort,
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
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6Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe
Set off for Kampala with a stopover at the equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time and take some photos. You will arrive in Kampala in the late afternoon and either be transferred to the airport for your departure, or to your booked hotel.
Main Destination: Entebbe
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Important to Know
- This tour is not available to solo travelers or groups larger than 14 people.
- Rates are per person and exclude the international flightfrom/to your home country.
- This tour accepts children who are 3 years and older.
Start Dates |
Solo 1 room |
2 people 1 room |
3 people 2 room |
4 people 2 room |
4+ people 3 room |
May 17 2023 to Dec 30 2024 | $3260 | $2300 | $2185 | $2050 | $1980 |
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
Yes, a transfer from and back to the airport is included
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Offices In :
Uganda -
Size :
15 -
Member Of :
UTB -
Tour Types :
Game drives, Gorilla trekking, Family tours, PWDs tours, Hot air Ballon Safaris, Eco tours, Food tours, Scenic tours -
Destinations :
Kenya Rwanda Tanzania Uganda - Verdoro Safaris is a tours and travel company based in Uganda within the East African region. We aim at preserving the wild life through working hand in hand with the wildlife authorities within the region and also observing the available control measures. In this we believe the tourism sector will be saved for the next generations and hence tremendously develop the region.
Mid-Range Tour: | This tour includes mid-range camping and lodges. |
Can be Customized: | You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour. |
Private Tour: | This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others. |
Solo traveller: | Solo traveller can book this tour. |
Can start any day: | If availability permits, this tour can start on any day. |
Minimum age of 3 years: | The minimum age for this tour is 3 years. |
Day | Accommodation | Meals |
1 |
Turaco Treetops,
Kibale National Park |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
2 |
The Bush Lodge (Banda),
Queen Elizabeth National Park |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
3 |
The Bush Lodge (Banda),
Queen Elizabeth National Park |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
4 |
Gorilla Valley Lodge,
Bwindi Impenetrable NP |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
5 |
Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort,
Bwindi Impenetrable NP |
All Meals Included with Drinks |
6 |
,
Entebbe |
Breakfast & Lunch Included |
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1Travel to Kibale Forest National Park
Depart Kampala after breakfast and head westward to Fort Portal town. This Uganda chimpanzee and gorilla-trekking safari drive will take about 4 to 5 hours with a stopover for lunch in Fort Portal town. You will continue to Kibale Forest National Park where you will check in at the booked lodge for a short rest. You will then set off for either a community walk in the Bigodi Wetland or a visit to the beautiful crater lakes region for a picturesque view of the breathtaking scenery. Dinner and overnight will be at your reserved lodge.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Turaco Treetops, ,
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
-
2Chimpanzee trekking, nature walk and transfer to Queen Eliza
After breakfast, you will report to the Kanyanchu Tourist Centre (park headquarters) at 08:00 am for a briefing on the rules for tracking the chimpanzees. Kibale Forest National Park has the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates in East Africa. The trek takes 2 to 3 hours and it will provide you with the opportunity to also see a variety of other primates, animals as well as birds. You will return for lunch and a short rest after which you’ll be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You'll arrive late in the evening and check into your booked lodge.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: The Bush Lodge (Banda), ,
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
-
3Game drive and boat cruise at the Kazinga Channel
After breakfast, you will have an early-morning safari game drive where you will see lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephant, defassa waterbuck, Uganda kob, topi, and bushbuck among others. You will return to your lodge for lunch, and in the afternoon go for a 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel. It is a 42km channel that joins Lake Edward and Lake George. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of hippos and offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific birdlife is colorful, with well over 550 resident species.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: The Bush Lodge (Banda), ,
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
-
4Ishasha game drive and transfer to Bwindi Forest
After breakfast, you will move to the Ishasha sector of the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The park is famous for the tree-climbing lions lounging in the tree branches, keeping a close eye on the herds of Uganda kob, their favourite prey. It is also home to many buffalo and elephant, as well as the rare shoebill. You will have lunch at one of the best Ugandan wildlife safari lodges in this part of the park, and then drive south to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. En-route, you will see the great countryside and bamboo forest and have beautiful views of the scenic landscape characteristic of the Western Rift Valley. You will arrive in the late afternoon and retire to your booked lodge for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Gorilla Valley Lodge, ,
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
-
5Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and transfer
You will have an early "Uganda chimpanzee and gorilla-trekking safari breakfast" and move to the park headquarters to join other trackers for a briefing about the gorilla trekking rules at 7:45 am. You will then start the trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the gorillas, which may take 1 to 8 hours. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails, allowing access to tourists. Once sighted, you will spend 1 hour with the gorillas, observing at close range as they feed, play, communicate and bond with their young.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort, ,
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks
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6Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe
Set off for Kampala with a stopover at the equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time and take some photos. You will arrive in Kampala in the late afternoon and either be transferred to the airport for your departure, or to your booked hotel.
Main Destination: Entebbe
Includes & Excludes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of 56 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Start Dates |
Solo 1 room |
2 people 1 room |
3 people 2 room |
4 people 2 room |
4+ people 3 room |
May 17 2023 to Dec 30 2024 | $3260 | $2300 | $2185 | $2050 | $1980 |
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
Yes, a transfer from and back to the airport is included
VERDORO SAFARIS
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Offices In :
Uganda -
Size :
15 -
Member Of :
UTB -
Tour Types :
Game drives, Gorilla trekking, Family tours, PWDs tours, Hot air Ballon Safaris, Eco tours, Food tours, Scenic tours -
Destinations :
Kenya Rwanda Tanzania Uganda - Verdoro Safaris is a tours and travel company based in Uganda within the East African region. We aim at preserving the wild life through working hand in hand with the wildlife authorities within the region and also observing the available control measures. In this we believe the tourism sector will be saved for the next generations and hence tremendously develop the region.