From Entebbe – The Ultimate-Luxury Primate Habituation Experience Safari Plus Wildlife
Exclusive 4-Hours with Gorillas – All-Day with Chimpanzees – 4 hours with Golden Monkeys
Spend 4 hours with a Gorilla Family or Golden Monkeys and a half-day with the Chimpanzees of Kibale Forest on this Luxury Primate Habituation Experience Safari.
This is a Primate Lover’s Dream come true. Spend half a day with the Chimpanzees in Kibale Forest and visit Queen Elizabeth Park with its Tree-Climbing Lions and abundant wildlife. An exclusive Lion Tracking Research Experience is part of this luxury Primate Safari.
It includes a visit to the Rushaga area of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for the exclusive Gorilla Habituation Experience Safari. Lastly, we add a visit to Mgahinga Gorilla Park for a Golden Monkey Habituation Experience.
This is a private, luxury Safari (adjustable to your liking) – experienced Driver-Guide with permits, lodging, and food included in the Price of the Safari.
The Primate Habituation Experience Safari begins at Entebbe, Uganda, and ends in Kigali, Rwanda combining both countries into one Safari. This Safari can be reversed for your convenience and started in Kigali.
This Primate Habituation Safari is a one-of-a-kind Safari for those who cannot get enough Time with Gorillas, Chimpanzees, and Golden Monkeys.
Your 10-Day Exclusive Luxury Primate Habituation Experience Safari Highlights
- Fly into Entebbe – Uganda – Fly out of Kigali – Rwanda
- 4-Hours with a Gorilla Family on an All-Day Trek In Rushaga – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- All-Day with a Chimpanzee Group in Kibale Forest
- 4-Hours with the Golden Monkeys in Mgahinga Gorilla Park
- Visit a Jungle Swamp – Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary
- Participate in Lion Tracking Research – Queen Elizabeth Park
- Track the Tree-Climbing Lions in Ishasha – Queen Elizabeth Park
- Take a Wildlife Boat Safari on Kazinga Channel
- The Scenic & Wondrous Explosion Crater Drive in Queen Elizabeth Park
- Wildlife Game Drives
- See the Rainforest through the eyes of the first people – the Batwa Pygmies.
- Land-Cruiser with Pop-Up Roof
- This is a private, luxury Safari
Your 10-Day Exclusive Luxury Primate Habituation Experience Safari in Detail
Arrival – Entebbe International Airport:
Arrival Lodging and Airport Pickup along with hotel lodging are arranged for you. Lodging either on or near Lake Victoria For those that want the added experience of golfing we recommend the Lake Victoria Serena Resort Hotel.
Day 1 – Kibale Forest:
Breakfast and we depart for Kibale Forest at 6:30, where the jungles of West and Central Africa meet Uganda – about 4 1/2 hours’ drive time. Check into Crater Safari Lodge, where you will have lunch.
Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary – During the mid-afternoon, it is a visit to Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary. This is Jungle Swamp filled with natural wonders.
This guided nature walk uses boardwalks made of planks to stay above the water. You see various species of wildlife, primates, and birds.
If you are a Birding enthusiast, this is a must-see place for you to visit. One of the birds most see here is the large blue Turaco. During the afternoon walk, you can often see chimpanzees who come to forage here from Kibale Forest, but also other monkeys,
You can also see the rare semi-aquatic Sitatunga Antelope here, with webbed toes to help it get around swamp areas like Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary.
Your guide is from the local community of Bigodi. They are the swamp caretakers, including its protection and wildlife.
Meal Plan: Lunch – Dinner
Lodging: Crater Lake Safari Lodge
Day 2 –ThHalf-Day Chimpanzee Habituation Experience – Kibale Forest:
Early breakfast and your Chimpanzee Habituation Experience with researchers, trackers, and your guide is about to begin. This is being with the chimpanzees for the day and takes a bit of planning on your part.
You will need a daypack, a packed lunch from the Lodge, two liters of water, and some snacks such as dried fruit. Waterproof hiking boots, long trousers, a long-sleeved shirt, a light rain jacket, a hat. Such clothing is for protection and comfort from getting scratched on branches, protecting from insects, and staying comfortable in the Rainforest.
The Chimpanzee Habituation Experience lasts a half-day, from the crack of dawn until the late afternoon. However, there is much to see as you observe the Chimpanzees, other primates, birds, and mammals found in Kibale Forest.
Our Recommendation presently: The Chimpanzee Habituation Experience is no longer the quality experience it once was. Sighting of the chimpanzee group being habituated has become unsure. Hopefully, this will soon change and become the experience that it once was. Instead, we recommend that you track the chimpanzees twice in one day instead. On the chimpanzee trek, you will definitely see the chimpanzees.
Evening Option: The Nocturnal Forest Walk
The Nocturnal Forest Walk is a 90-minute plus walk in the forest introducing you to the creatures of the night in Kibale Forest. Powerful flashlights are used to illuminate the forest and allow you to get a glimpse of the forest nightlife. Please let us know if you want to do this activity since dinner arrangements must be made for you.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Crater Lake Safari Lodge
Day – 3 – Queen Elizabeth Park – Mweya Area:
Breakfast and we take the 2-hour plus drive to Queen Elizabeth Park, where we take the scenic Explosion Crater Drive – with its craters and Lakes stunning views at the highest point in the park.
There 12-Explosion Craters. Some are lakes, others are covered by Savannah or Forests. They exploded about 3,000 years, shaping the area into what you see today.
You will also see wildlife such as Buffaloes, Antelopes, and Elephants along the drive.
We can add a visit to the Lake Katwe Saltworks, where salt has been produced for over 500 years under harsh conditions.
The Explosion Crater Drive has been featured in the National Geographic Magazine.
It is a Kasenyi Plains Game Drive in the late afternoon. Here you have some excellent opportunities to see Lions, Leopards, Elephant Herds, Buffaloes, Antelopes, and other wildlife.
While slowly moving down a game track with an Uganda Wildlife Authority Ranger on board along with your driver-guide.
Each game drive is about 2 1/2 hours to 3 hours in length, and you have a pop-up roof for the best wildlife viewing while on a game drive.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Day – 4 – Queen Elizabeth Park:
Breakfast and a morning game drive with its abundant wildlife along the way.
Early Morning Lion Tracking Research with the Uganda Carnivore Project, where you research collared Lions and other Carnivores in the park’s northern area. This activity is limited to the number of participants, and we book it for you well in Advance.
Lunch
The afternoon highlights any safari to Queen Elizabeth Park – the Kazinga Channel Boat Safari. This is a two-hour boat ride with wildlife, birds, reptiles along the way.
You can choose a smaller boat at a higher cost or use the larger Uganda Wildlife Authority boat. Both will give you great views of elephants, buffalo herds, antelopes, crocodiles, monitor lizards, hippos, and countless water birds, including large schools of pelicans.
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Day – 5 – Ishasha -Tree-Climbing Lions Queen Elizabeth Park:
Breakfast and depart for Ishasha, home to the best Tree-Climbing Lion location in East Africa. This is a 2-hour plus drive.
On arrival in Ishasha, we take a Game Drive searching for the Tree Climbing Lions/ They climb into the trees after the night’s hunt. This is the best spot in East Africa for Tree Climbing Lions, known for the most consistent success in serving them.
Afternoon game drives searching for the famed tree-climbing lions who sleep in the fig trees up to 15 hours a day. They have in recent times moved further into the park but seeing them is still one of the best probabilities in East Africa. There are about 50 of them here in various pride. You might also see some leopards many elephants, which have increased vastly in numbers. The elephants that you see here will be both Savannah and Forest Elephants. Most likely, you will not be able to tell the difference, but forest elephants are hairier, have straight,
The elephants that you see here will be both Savannah and Forest Elephants. Most likely, you will not be able to tell the difference. Still, forest elephants are hairier, have straight, shorter tusks, are slightly smaller, and have one less toe on each foot. You will also see large herds of buffaloes, Topi, and Uganda Kob antelopes.
Note – Special Extras: At Ishasha Wilderness Camp, a Sundowner can be arranged in the Bush for you, hosted by Camp Staff reminiscent of the days of old in the African Bush.
Meal Plan: Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner
Lodge: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Day – 6 – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – Rushaga Area:
Breakfast, and we depart for Rushaga, the only place for the Gorilla Habituation. This is a 5-hour drive, and we depart at 7 am to arrive in time for lunch in the Southern Area of Bwindi Forest.
Check into either the exclusive Clouds Mountain Lodge or the Upmarket Gorilla Safari Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge or Gorilla Safari Lodge
Day – 7 – Gorilla Habituation Experience – Rushaga – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest:
Breakfast and the big day of spending four hours with the Gorillas have come. You will need a daypack, packed lunch, a light rain jacket, a walking stick can be obtained. It is advised that you do so waterproof hiking boots, good socks, a long-sleeved shirt and long trousers, gardening gloves to pull yourself up on branches, a hat, and two liters of water.
After a brief meeting with the Gorilla Habituation Researchers, you are off for your 4-hour session with the Gentle Giants of the Forest. The permit is 1,500 USD – for four hours with the gorillas. That is an absolute bargain compared to 2,400 used in Uganda on four treks or Rwanda at 3000 USD for four gorilla treks plus extra lodging.
This will undoubtedly be a most critical time for you on this one of the days of your life – being four hours with the Mountain Gorillas in Rushaga.
After your Gorilla habituation Experience, we take the short drive to Lake Mutanda, where you can check into the upmarket Chameleon Hill Lodge.
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge or Gorilla Safari Lodge
Day – 8 – Mgahinga Gorilla Park:
A late breakfast and a scenic 1 1/2 drive to Mount Gahinga Lodge at the edge of Mgahinga Gorilla Pare, where you check in for the next two nights.
Choice of Afternoon Activities at the Lodge: Mount Gahinga Lodge offers several activities to its guests. The Volcanic Caldera Walk is one of them. The various Batwa Cultural Encounters are popular activities. The Batwa Heritage Trail, where the first people of the forest demonstrate how they lived in harmony with nature. It is including with the Mountain Gorillas, a village visit to the Gahinga Village built by the Lodge, the Vocational School are also famous.
Others relax at the Lodge, choosing one of our Gorilla Read Books.d You can enjoy an Uganda Waragi with a Krest Bitter Lemon and have a relaxing afternoon in the shadow of the Brooding Volcanoes.
There is always the Complimentary Massage that you can enjoy during your stay at the Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Mount Gahinga Lodge
Day – 9 – Golden Monkey Habituation Experience – Mgahinga Gorilla Park:
Breakfast and off to nearby Mgahinga Gorilla Park. It is your last Primate Habituation Experience with the endangered Golden Monkeys of the Virunga Volcanoes.
What you wear should be similar to Gorilla Habituation Experience, including packed lunch and two liters of water. You will go with researchers on an upward climb toward the Bamboo Forests, where the Golden Monkeys have their habitat.
Out of all the groups of primates, the golden monkeys are the liveliest of them. You will find them jumping over, making noise all around you. Wherever you turn, there they are.
It takes about two years to habituate any primate group, including the Golden Monkeys of Mgahinga Gorilla Park. The Golden Monkey habituation experience will take most of the day. Still, it will be an enjoyable day for you, surrounded by the golden monkeys and the stunning scenery found at Mgahinga Gorilla Park and the Virunga Volcanoes.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Mount Gahinga Lodge
Day – 10 – Kigali – Departure for home:
The Luxury Primate Habituation Experience Safari comes to an end. Breakfast, and we leave for Kigali, where you visit the Genocide Museum. Have lunch at Hotel des Mille Collines – Hotel Rwanda – Lunch is not included in the price of the Safari.
Note: You can fly back to Entebbe International Airport
Meal Plan: Breakfast
Add a Day – Relax and Chill Out-Unwind on one of Africa’s most scenic and Photographed Lake:
In 2019 the scenery of Mgahinga Gorilla Park’s Volcanoes, as seen from Lake Mutanda, became the “Third in the World Must Photograph Locations.” Many of our Clients spend a day or two at the Chameleon Hill Lodge, and this is Africa’s funkiest Lodge with bright colors and Fairy Tale Castle Theme.
Chameleon Hill Lodge is an upmarket Lodge with one of the best views anywhere. It is the perfect way to end your Gorilla Trekking Safari in Uganda. The Lodge is close to the border and just 2 1/2 hours from Kigali, Rwanda.
Lake Mutanda is a pristine Lake with emerald Isles framed by brooding Volcanoes. One of our clients exclaimed that it was the most beautiful Lake he had ever seen.
You can enjoy a Sundowner Boat ride with Uganda’s drink of Choice, Uganda Waragi with a Krest Bitter Lemon Soda. You can try your hand paddling a dugout canoe. Birding Walk and island discovery boat rides can be done here, like village walks and nature trails along Lake Mutanda.
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