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Special Offer - £100 off any of these permits with an overland trip booking departing in 2025-26 (cannot be combined with other offers/discounts). Book before 31 January 2025. Mention PRIMATE100 when booking.
GORILLA TREKS - £775
We do these treks in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda. A maximum of one group of eight people per day are able to visit each Gorilla family. Your group will be accompanied by a tracker/guide & an armed park ranger. Once your guide has located the Gorilla family you will be permitted to view them for strictly 1 hour. The trek to find the Gorillas can take up to several hours, for much of the trek you will be in high grass or thick vegetation and don’t forget, it could rain! Time passes quickly when you are with your Gorilla family so remember to put away your camera and enjoy the experience for what it is rather than through your viewfinder.
CHIMPANZEE TREK - £130
This trek is normally done in Kalinzu Forest Reserve in Uganda, close to Queen Elizabeth National Park, and tends to be a little less strenuous than the Gorilla trek. However, it will still take 3-4 hours, possibly an hour or two longer, depending on the location of the chimpanzees. You are accompanied by a tracker/guide and an armed park ranger. Again you get a maximum of 1 hour in close proximity with the animals. There are several habituated chimpanzee families, and a maximum of 18 permits issued each day, in groups of 6. This means that not everyone in our group will be able to do the trek, and so these permits are on a first come first served basis, as well as subject to local availability.
GOLDEN MONKEY TREK - £140
This option is available while you are in Musanze in Rwanda, and is the easiest of the three options as the Golden Monkeys keep to a lower altitude than the gorillas. After a briefing at the Volcanoes National Park offices, you'll take a short hike, and as normal have about an hour around the animals (the whole trek can last from one to around 4 hours in total depending on the monkeys' location). You will normally see a large number of individuals and be able to watch them play, eat, and swing in the trees and bamboo. There are two habituated troops of around 80 monkeys, and 16 permits available per troop. Permits are on a first come first served basis, as well as subject to local availability.
MORE INFORMATION
In order for us to arrange your Permit for any of these treks, please add them to your booking when making your reservation, or contact us as soon as you have decided. To secure availability, we make reservations many months in advance (sometimes as early as 6 months for some dates).
The cost of securing the permits through our local partners is payable in full at the time of booking. Prices incorporate the permit cost itself (paid to the relevant wildlife authorities locally), guides & guards, any transport required, admin/bank & card fees/insurance, foreign exchange conversions and communication costs incurred.
Due to the popularity of these treks and the limited availability of obtaining trekking permits, please book well in advance. The Wildlife Authority responsible for organizing the permits require a copy of your passport and full payment before the permits can be issued. There are no refunds or transfers for cancellation, no show or non allowance to trek.
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NAIROBI TO NAIROBI (20 DAYS) GORILLAS & GAMEPARKS
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CAPE TOWN TO NAIROBI (100 DAYS) COAST TO COAST
An overland journey encompassing many of the incredible landscapes and cultures found across Africa, traveling from the wild Atlantic Ocean of Southern Africa to the calm tropical waters of Zanzibar - the contrasts are truly astounding and unforgettable.
NAIROBI TO CAPE TOWN (76 DAYS) GRAND ADVENTURER
Trek to see the mountain gorillas, swim with dolphins or relax on tropical beaches. Add in activities such as bungy jumping, white water rafting or quad biking along with gameparks such as the Masai Mara and Etosha will make this a trip to remember.