Chimpanzee habituation experience at Kibale National Park is one of the great experiences of having an encounter with the chimpanzee for a full day, from sunrise to sunset.
Unlike gorilla habituation experience, which only gives you 4 hours stay with the gorillas, chimpanzee habituation allows you approximately 12 hours of an encounter with the chimpanzees, from 6 am before the sun rises, to 6pm at sunset.
Chimpanzee habituation experience is only done in Kibale National Park, in the entire world. Kibale National Park is known as the primate capital of the world.
Kibale Forest National Park lies just outside the colonial town of Fort Portal and is made up of dense tropical rainforest. This park is considered one of the big highlights of Uganda and is known as the primate capital of the world, boasting of having over 13 primate species. A big number of primates residing can be found here and particularly a visit to one of the habituated chimpanzee groups is a very memorable experience. The rare red colobus as well as the black and white colobus, red tailed monkey, olive baboon, the blue Monkey and l’hoest’s monkeys are also regularly seen here. Where would you find a better spot to experience encounters with nature; smelling the forest and listening to the many sounds.
In addition to Chimpanzee trekking experience at Kibale National Park at either chimpanzee trekking at Kanyawara or Ngongo chimpanzee trekking, you can as well as do chimpanzee habituation experience at Kibale National Park.
You can as well as do a swamp walk experience at Bigodi wetland, harboring a number of primates and over 270 bird species.
Chimpanzee habituation experience at Kibale National Park, gives you not only a great opportunity to encounter with the chimpanzee for a full day, taking pictures and videos, but as well as have an interaction with the habituates’ and researchers, learn more about the process of habituating chimpanzees and their conservation.
During a habituation tour, the family of chimpanzees will get used to your presence. They will play, eat, and relax just meters away from you in most cases. You can follow the family as they walk around the forest looking for food and observe how some members of the family fight, play, or swing from tree to tree.
The chimpanzee habituation experience at Kibale National Park, costs 250 dollars per person, and only 4 people are allowed per day, this means only 4 permits are sold on a daily basis. You will have to book your chimpanzee habituation experience in advance, especially during the high season.
Whether you go tracking or for a habituation tour, tracing chimpanzees at the Kibale National Park in Uganda is an adventure to never forget.
Your visit to Kibale National Park, can be combined with a safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Murchison Falls National Park.
You can as well as combine your chimpanzee habituation tour, with other primate habituation experience such as gorilla habituation experience and golden monkey habituation experience.
Get in touch, with your travel consultant, at One More Adventure Safaris, and tailor your perfect Uganda Safari, with chimpanzee habituation experience at Kibale National Park included on the safari.
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