Chimpanzee Tracking Activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Chimpanzee tracking activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park is another interesting primate’s adventure experience you can do on your visit to Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. Apart from Wildlife viewing safaris for Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park and Boat Cruise excursions at Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park which are both the most popular activities for tourists in this savannah park, Chimpanzee tracking activity is another not often thought about incredible experience to combine with your Wildlife sighting experience in this Queen Elizabeth National Park.
In Queen Elizabeth National Park chimpanzee primates can be found in two forest reserves which adjoin to the park and they are the most popular Kyambura Game Reserve which serves as a buffer zone located on the north- eastern side of the park and Kalinzuforest reserve located in the north, and thus Chimpanzee tracking activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park can be these two forest reserves but most visitors popularly track the majestic chimp primates from the famous Kyambura gorge game reserve.
The Chimpanzee tracking experience in Kyambura Gorge in the Queen Elizabeth National Park is a very fascinating and exceptional adventure experience which is not just about an encounter with the chimpanzee primates that are habituated but visitors also get to have magical encounters with other primates, such as red tailed monkeys, black and white Colobus monkeys, Vervet monkeys, baboons, wildlife species, bird species such as the African fin foot, falcons, blue headed bee eaters and many others as well as exploring the amazing ecosystem of the thick rain forests and riverine forests in the gorge.
Chimpanzee tracking activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park specifically in the Kyambura gorge game reserve being the most commonly done primates encounter by most tourists, the experience is done regularly/daily in two different sessions, and tourists can choose to go for this exciting chimpanzee encounter starting at 8am in the morning or at 2 pm in the afternoon and it usually lasts for 2 to 3 hours with visitors allowed a full hour of interacting and observing these chimp primates in their natural habitat.
In the Kalinzu Forest natural reserve which is anotherbest option for Chimpanzee tracking activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park, there is quite a considerable number of chimpanzee primates that can be seen, more than 40 chimpanzees have been habituated in this forest and there are always higher chances of seeing and meeting these primates in Kalinzu forest reserve than in the Kyambura gorge game reserve although most tourists still prefer trekking in the Kyambura gorge.
Apart from Chimpanzee Tracking Activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park, this popular primate’s adventure of meeting chimpanzees in their natural habitat in Uganda can also be done in the most recommended Kibale National Park, you will have a rewarding and most enjoyable chimpanzee trekking experience in Kibale National park, other places include Budongo Forest Reserve in Murchison Falls National Park and Ngamba Island Chimpanzee sanctuary.
Chimpanzee tracking activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park costs only 50$ per person which is generally cheaper than trekking chimps in any of the other parks and reserves with chimpanzees in Uganda, to trek chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, the chimpanzee permit costs 200$ per person which is expensive compared to chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda where the chimpanzee permit is at 90$ per person.
Other tourist activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park include wildlife viewing experiences on game drives in the park, sighting tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector, boat trips at Kazinga channel, nature walks, and bird watching among others.
At Rwanda Eco Company and safaris we can perfectly arrange for you any primates adventure safaris in both Rwanda and Rwanda, from Chimpanzee trekking experiences to the most remarkable meet with the Gorillas in the mist covered tropical rain forests of both Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National Park in Uganda as well as Gorilla trekking in the Volcanoes National Park of Rwanda plus all the other primate trekking adventures such as Colobus monkey treks, golden monkey treks among others.
