Chimpanzee Tracking Safari
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Chimpanzee Tracking Safaris
We are offering opportunities for all travelers interested chimpanzees tracking safaris in Uganda and in African region at large, Uganda is best country in Africa to trek chimpanzees, Uganda is a home to over 6000 chimpanzees in some of Uganda national parks.
Chimpanzee tracking in its natural habitat is amazing and described as one of life time activity, in Uganda you only trek a habituated chimpanzees meaning that they are used to humans presence. Below are the recommended areas where one can go for chimpanzee tracking in Uganda
3 Days Kibale & Queen Elizabeth Park
This trip takes you tracking Kibale’s Chimpanzee troops and joins the savanna for game drive and boat safari.
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3 Days Kibale Forest Chimpanzee Trekking
Track the Kibale forest jungle habituated Chimpanzee, walk the bigodi wetlands and see crater lakes.
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7 Days Uganda Wildlife & Chimpanzee Trekking Safari
Visit Uganda’s top savanna parks, Murchison and Queen then track the chimps in Kibale Forest.
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Chimps in Kyambura Gorge in QENP
Kyambura Gorge is part of Queen Elizabeth National Park located in western Uganda, Kyaambura Gorge has a few chimps which can be tracked during your Uganda safari in nearby national parks like Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the Rwenzori Mountains National Park, and Queen Elisabeth National Park
Tracking in Kibale Forest
Normally everyone knows that the Kibale forest is the best place for Chimpanzee tracking destinations in Uganda and Africa.
Kibale Forest National Park doesn’t need any introduction as it is home to over 40% of the Chimpanzee population in East Africa. Kibale Forest also has 13 other different species of primates; Kibale Forest National Park is also referred to as the Capital City of Primates in Uganda and in the whole world
So when you pay your chimpanzee tracking permit, you will not only see chimpanzees but get a chance to see other 13 different types of primates living here in the Kibale forest
If interested in spending more time with chimpanzees, you can take part in the Chimpanzee habituation experience, here you spend a full day with a team of researchers and park rangers who are in process of habituating chimps to used to human presence, and you get to learn different behaviors of chimpanzees.
In Budongo Forest in Murchison Falls NP
Kaniyo Pabidi also known as Budongo Forest is located in the northwestern part of Uganda’s largest national park-Murchison Falls National Park, Boudong Forest has incredible biodiversity that has different types of primate species which include Chimpanzees and other many types of monkeys like Vervet monkeys, Blue monkeys, black, white colobus monkeys Red-tailed monkeys and many others.
Kalinzu Forest Reserve Uganda
Kalinzu forest is a tropical rain forest found in Southwestern Uganda, Kalinzu Forest connects to the Maramagambo forest which is part of Queen Elisabeth National Park, Kalinze Forest different activities including chimpanzee tracking, bird watching and nature walks.