To book chimpanzee safari permit for Uganda you need to identify the date and preferred session for this adventure morning or afternoon. Choose to do chimpanzee trekking or chimpanzee habituation experience in Uganda. Do not forget to choose the chimpanzee safari destination as Uganda has a variety of chimpanzee habitants.
For chimpanzee trekking, one hour is allowed with the fully habituated chimpanzee community and chimpanzee habituation experience four hours are allowed with semi-habituated chimpanzee community.
World over, the natural chimpanzee habitants are getting rarer as several forests are being destroyed by both natural and human factors.
How to book chimpanzee permits for Uganda safari
- Select a date when to do chimpanzee trekking or chimpanzee habituation experience (CHEX) in Uganda and number of people travelling with.
- Find your preferred chimpanzee permit availability
- Purchase the chimpanzee permit as soon as you can because their supply is limited as a conservation measure to regulate effects of mass tourism.
- Later avail some personal details like full names as presented on the passport, nationality and more to be added to your chimpanzee safari card and will be retrieved on chimpanzee safari day for verification.
Where to go for chimpanzee safaris in Uganda
Chimpanzee trekking
Kibale National Park
The largest and prime chimpanzee trekking destination of Uganda is Kibale National park in western Uganda. Kibale National Park is a vast rain with an area of 795 square kilometers of varied tracts of forest cover and shares a 180 kilometers migration corridor with Queen Elizabeth National Park to the North.
Kibale National Park is home to more than 1500 chimpanzees that are considered some of the largest in Africa. 12 chimpanzee communities are open for chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park. Other 12 more primates are recorded as residents of Kibale forest including bush babies, black and white colobus, vervet monkeys, olive baboons and more
You can choose to do the morning or afternoon chimpanzee trekking session in Kibale National Park.
Kyambura Gorge In Queen Elizabeth National Park
On the floor of the Western Rift valley is Kyambura gorge an isolated forest Island in Queen Elizabeth National Park. A community of chimpanzees is living on the floor or the rift valley but you have to hike to find them. Its is amazing searching for these endangered primates in their natural setting.
Along the way, tourists can spot other forest dwellers including black and white colobus, vervet monkeys, olive baboons and more. A plethora of birds is living with the chimpanzees in Kyambura area.
Kaniyo Pabidi forest in Murchison Falls National Park
The chimpanzee community that is surviving in Kaniyo Pabidi forest in Murchison Falls National Park can be reached in a distance of 8 kilometers from Kicumbanyombo gate of the park.
Book the morning or afternoon chimpanzee trekking session for Kaniyo Pabidi forest to enjoy this experience.
Plenty of forest birds, other primates and more can be spotted while in Kaniyo Pabidi forest.
Kalinzu Forest Chimpanzee Trekking In Uganda
Chimpanzee trekking in Kalinzu forest can be arranged while in Queen Elizabeth National Park especially when Kyambura gorge chimpanzee trekking permits are sold out. Kalinzu forest is mainly used for research but can also be opened to the public when demand increases.
Budongo Forest Chimpanzee trekking in Uganda
Budongo forest is one of the natural forests in Uganda home to the chimpanzees and other primates. As most natural forests in Uganda are losing land to grabbers and encroachers Budongo forest is one of the few still surviving rain forests in the country.
Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest is open to the public with a double chance birding opportunity. Variety of other primates are living in Budongo forest too but these are surviving on the freebies provided by the forest.
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee sanctuary
Chimpanzees find a secondo home at Ngamba Island in Lake Victoria where rescued, abandoned, orphaned chimpanzees are given second chance to survive outside their communities.
Ngamba chimpanzee Island has environment similar to that where the chimpanzees in the jungle survive. Tourists can view the chimpanzees from the view platform, engage in chimpanzee up-close, keeper by day and more.
Adhere to the procedures required to get close to the chimpanzees at Ngamba Island in Uganda.
Uganda Wildlife Education Center
A short distance from the Entebbe international Airport is the Uganda Wildlife Education center (UWEC) where a chimpanzee community is thriving. You can be choose to do a guided walk in Uganda Wildlife Education Center or personal walk to the chimpanzee exhibit.
Funds collected from a visit to the Uganda Wildlife Education center are used to support the survival of wild animals that live in the exhibits of the center.
Chimpanzee Habituation Experience (CHEX)
Get more four hours with chimpanzees while on Uganda safaris with limited company and researcher on bord during chimpanzee habituation experience. These chimpanzees are less visited (Semi-habituated) so still posses their original characteristics.
Kibale National Park
Chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale National Park is one of the un forgettable experiences. Walk through the dense jungle searching for the leftover chimpanzees in the world. You hear the chimpanzees before getting face to face with them as they regularly communicate with one another as though alerting each other of your presence.
Even though chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale includes spending time with semi habituated chimpanzee community adhering to rules of this adventure is recommended. The chimpanzees are very sensitive to intruders in their vicinity so try as much to abide by rules of chimpanzee.
In case you notice something odd amongst the chimpanzees, do not panic but remain composed and follow new guidelines provided by the ranger guide and researchers.
Book a chimpanzee habituation experience permit for Kibale National Park in advance for better preparations.
Budongo Forest
Chimpanzee habituation experience in Budongo forest to see these forest inhabitants in their natural setting. Being a few meters from the chimpanzees in their natural setting gives you insight into their life and how they carry on the day today life.
A wide range of birds live in Budongo forest giving you chance to spot a wide range of forest birds that spend the day in the environs of the forest.
Alternative Uganda Safari Activities to combine with chimpanzees Safaris
- Gorilla trekking and gorilla habituation experience in Uganda
- White water rafting in Uganda
- Game safaris in Uganda
- Sports finding in Uganda
- Cultural tour in Uganda
- Birding in Uganda
- Nature walks in Uganda
- Religious tourism in Uganda
Kampala city tour