You will be picked up around 7:00 am from Kampala (or Entebbe) by our
Guide who will brief you about your tour and then depart for Kibale
Forest National Park which will take around five and a half hours of
drive.
Post Lunch you will be taken for Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walk. This is
a guided swamp walk that takes you closer seeing primates mostly
monkeys, birds and butterflies. The wetland is a bird paradise with
about 138 species and is best known for being home to the Great Blue
Turaco.
This is a 2.5 – 3 hour walk and is a must for bird lovers. You will need
good walking shoes since part of the walk is sometimes muddy. Hopefully,
you will spot the elusive Sitatunga antelope and the Shoebill Stork. You
will meet some of the primates here, even a chimpanzee at times. Other
primate species include the black-and-white colobus, grey-cheeked
mangabey, red-tailed, l’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, and olive baboons.
Also, Bushbucks and mongooses and many more can be found here. There is
also an abundance of butterflies. Bigodi Sanctuary is located outside
the park in Magombe Swamp.
Kibale Forest National Park boasts the highest number of primate species
in the world, including the chimpanzees. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees
live in the wild in Uganda, which makes it a perfect place to spot them!
The park is popular for its primate’s population like the chimpanzees,
colobus monkeys, red-cheeked monkeys and red-tailed monkeys. On your
chimpanzee trails, these are regularly seen swinging in the forest trees
and others feeding on the wild fruits.
An experienced ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning around
6:30 am. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will have a full hour with
them. You will return to the lodge for lunch after which you will be
transferred back to Kampala (or Entebbe).
