Small-group treks with mountain gorillas, chimpanzees and rare primates across eight African countries, led by trackers and guides who work in these forests year-round.
Most tour companies sell a country. We sell a very specific kind of morning: sitting seven metres from a wild gorilla family, or following a chimpanzee troop through Kibale by ear before you ever see one.
We work across eight countries because the primates do not respect borders, and because a good itinerary should follow the animals and the seasons rather than a single national park brochure. Every trip we run is built around small groups, permits secured well in advance, and guides who know the individual families and troops in the areas we visit.
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Mountain gorilla trekking is the tour most people mean when they picture an African primate safari. You hike into the high-altitude forest…
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Habituation is the process of getting a wild gorilla family comfortable enough with human presence to be visited safely, and it takes…
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Kibale National Park in Uganda holds the highest chimpanzee density in East Africa and is usually the first stop for this tour,…
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Kibale's habituation program, based around the Sebitoli and Bigodi areas, lets a small number of visitors join researchers from sunrise until the…
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Golden monkeys live in large, noisy troops in the bamboo zone of the Virunga volcanoes, shared between Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park and…
View TourWe hold relationships with wildlife authorities in every country we operate in, so allocation happens before you have to think about it.
Every guide trained as a tracker or ranger before joining us, and knows the terrain well enough to adjust a route on the day.
A share of every booking supports habitat protection and the communities living alongside these forests.
Gorilla and chimpanzee permits are limited and often sell out three to six months ahead, especially in July, August and December.
Park authorities cap gorilla trekking groups at eight visitors per habituated family. We book your permits within these limits.
The two dry seasons, roughly June to September and December to February, offer the easiest trekking conditions.
Tell us your dates, group size and which primates you want to see, and we will put together an itinerary built around real permit availability.
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