Book our 6 Days Sempaya Hotsprings & Primate Tracking Safari and visit Sempaya Hotsprings. Also take part in tracking mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Contact us to start planning this tour.
Day 1: Kampala – Kibale National Park (6 hours drive)
You will be picked from your place of stay in Kampala or Entebbe and your drive guide will lead you to Kibale Forest National Park. It is known to sustain 70 species of mammals of which 13 are primate species with over 5000 chimpanzee individuals. Drive through past the local homesteads, coffee farmlands and banana plantations along Kampala, Mityana and Fort portal road to Kibale National Park. The park also hosts 375 species of birds. Have lunch in Fort portal tourism city and the evening will be spent on the crater walk in one of the communities surrounding the park. Overnight at Kyaninga Lodge/ Chimpundu Lodge (Luxury) or Turaco treetops (High end) Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner. Click Here To Enquire
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After your early morning relaxed breakfast, drive to the park headquarters in Kanyanchu. You will be briefed by the park warden or a ranger guide about the history of the park with rules and regulation of your Chimpanzee trekking experience. You will be escorted into the park by the armed ranger guide in search of chimpanzees. Enjoy seeing the chimpanzees play, eat, couple and communicate through their vocal calls and so often you will find them in the groups of between 5-20 individuals. This experience is rewarding and it is a chance to see other primate species like Olive Baboons, Bush babies / Demidoff Galago, Black and White colobus, Potto, Vervet monkeys, Blue monkeys, and Grey Cheeked mangabey among others. After your return, proceed to Semuliki National Park for the Sempaya Hot spring where you can boil an egg or bananas in less than 15 minutes. Enjoy seeing the both the female and the male hot spring. Overnight at Kyaninga Lodge/ Chimpundu Lodge (Luxury) or Turaco treetops (High end) Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner.
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park a UNESCO world heritage site well known to habit more than 461 Mountain Gorilla individuals, a half of the world’s population found both in Bwindi and Virunga region in East Africa. Upon your arrival in the evening check into your room and relax for the next day. Dinner and Overnight at Trackers Safari Lodge / Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Luxury) or Buhoma Lodge /Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Have your early morning breakfast ready with your packed lunch and dressed on gorilla trekking attires; the driver guide will be on standby to drive you to the sector headquarters of your splendid Gorilla trekking experience. A warm welcome from the Batwa cultural dancers as they showcase their musical, tradition and dancing skills. You will be briefed by the park warden or ranger guide as he or she groups you into a group of 8 people to be assigned to a specific Gorilla family. The warden will take you through the brief history of the park, also the dos and don’ts of your gorilla trekking experience. You will be escorted by the ranger guide into the forest in search of the mountain Gorillas accompanied by the porters, It may take 2-6 hours depending on where the Mountain Gorillas built their nests the previous day. However, you are entitled to 1 hour of viewing the Mountain Gorillas upon meeting them. View them play, swing on the trees, eating and coupling. The young ones will always want to involve you in their game affair which is the most interesting moment in this encounter. After this gorilla trek experience, return to your lodge for resting and relaxing on your bed. OPTIONAL Batwa village walk to discover the lifestyle of the local people surrounding Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Trackers Safari Lodge / Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Luxury) or Buhoma Lodge /Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – Lake Mburo National Park (5 hours drive)
After your relaxed breakfast, drive to Lake Mburo National Park which is part of the Tanzanian plains. The afternoon will be spent on the boat cruise on Lake Mburo, this is where you will see the hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, elands and water backs and Uganda kobs on the shores for this lake, the evening will be spent on a mini game drive to tick more animals found in Lake Mburo National Park. Overnight at Kigambira / Mihingo Lodge (Luxury) or Hotel Triangle (High end) Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 6: Transfer to Kampala (5 hours drive)
Take your morning breakfast ready to return to Kampala or Entebbe town depending on arrangement. Leave Lake Mburo as you enjoy the farm lands, landscape while observing the lifestyle of the local people along the way, see the local people carry the food staff and farm produce to the markets from their plantations. Visit to Igongo Museum to explore the lifestyle of the Ankole people. Proceed to equator for another photo shoot before continuing to Kampala or Entebbe. Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
This 6 Days Sempaya Hotsprings & Primate Tracking Safari package includes.
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 Gorilla permit, per person to be paid and secured in advance
- Igongo cultural centre
- Equator visit
- Chimpanzee trekking
- Sempaya hot spring visit
- Boat cruise
- Game drive
- Park fees
- En-route lunch
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- 1 liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari
- Fun and other excursions as mentioned in the itinerary.
- AMREF Emergency Evacuation Insurance covers
Optional activities
- Batwa Village walk.
- Batwa trail experience.
- Gorilla habituation experience (spend 4 hours with mountain Gorillas).
- Flight from Bwindi to Entebbe airport.
The 6 Days Sempaya Hotsprings & Primate Tracking Safari excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal travel insurance, personal shopping bills and cigars.