Chimpanzee Trekking in Kyambura Gorge : Chimpanzee trekking is one of the attractive and exciting safari activity in Kyambura Gorge that is located in Queen Elizabeth National Park in western part of Uganda. Chimpanzee trekkers enjoy the activity in the most dramatic Kyambura Gorge while moving on foot into the underground tropical forest while searching for chimpanzee families. The gorge has got the tropical rain forest which inhabits the various wildlife majorly the chimpanzees and others including the bird species.

Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge.

Chimpanzee trekking is the thrilling Uganda safari activity that is done in Kyambura Gorge which is located in Queen Elizabeth National Park, trekking the chimpanzees is the most great safari activity done in Kyambura gorge imagine sighting the creatures that are closely related and intelligent like th

e man that uses two legs to walk but for the short distances they use the four limbs.

Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge is done in different sessions that includes morning and afternoon, where the morning session starts very in the morning with a briefing about the rules and regulations to follow during trekking at the visitors close center that is located in the Gorge. This is done when you have the Chimpanzee trekking permit that is got Uganda Wildlife Authority or you can access the permit at the park offices in Mweya.

Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge, after being briefed the trekkers are assigned a walking stick with the help of the experienced guides in a group of 8 members in the group and experience the down part of the gorge, chimps tend to go down parts of the gorge, so the trekkers keep on identifying while following their hoots and distant cries, when the chimps tend to become lost still their footprints in the mud and poop can help in giving their exact location.

Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge takes the tourists 2 to 3 hours regarding to where they find the chimpanzees. When the chimpanzees are located the chimpanzee trekkers will be given one hour to spend with them while hunting, watch them feeding, how they breast the young ones, take and record videos with them, observing their behaviors, habits and among others.

In that one hour given to the trekkers to be with the chimps after being found, the trekkers are always as well reminded to take the pictures with the chimpanzees though using the cameras with no flush due to the fact that the chimpanzees cannot be comfortable with it, the chimps are always taken pictures early because they always have the tendency of getting down the trees each they see the visitors, so that means that the pictures should be taken from the distance.

During the chimpanzee trekking in the Kyambura Gorge the visitors can be impressed with sighting the spectacular biodiversity including the unique vegetation the amazing tropical trees, the mammal species like the elephants, hippos, black and white monkeys, and bird species and among others.
Tourists who come to do chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge can combine the activity with other safari activities that can be done in the gorge that includes the wildlife viewing, bird watching, nature and forest walks and among others that makes your safari the fascinating one which gives you the unforgettable safari memories.

Charges for chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge.

Chimpanzee permits in Kyambura Gorge costs 50 USD for both the non-foreign residents and the foreign residents and then 30,000 UGX per person for the East African citizens.

Best time for chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge.

Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge can be done all the year around though the best time is during the dry season in the months of June, July, August, September, December, January and as well as February because during this period there can be less rainfall in the Queen Elizabeth National Park therefore the vegetation will be too thin and short that allows the chimpanzee trekkers to easily trek and view easily the chimpanzees.

Where to stay in Kyambura Gorge.

Visitors who come to do chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge are well facilitated with the comfortable and suitable accommodation facilities that are grouped into Budget, Mid-range and the luxury accommodations that includes the Mweya hostel, Simba safari lodge, ihamba safari lodge, hippo hills lodge, Jacana safari lodge, Katara lodge, Mweya safari lodge, kingfisher camp and among others.
How to get to Kyambura gorge in

By Road transport.

Here you drive from Kampala through Mubende-Fort portal or Masaka-Mbarara road to Queen Elizabeth National Park headquarters and then to Kyambura Gorge which takes a total of 6 to 7 hours’ drive.

By Air transport.

On the other side as well Kyambura Gorge can be accessed by the air transport which requires you to book a scheduled or the charter flight with the Bar Aviation Uganda or the Aerolink Uganda limited from Entebbe International Airport then to Mweya airstrip from the connect to Kyambura Gorge by using the road transport which takes you very less minutes to Kyambura gorge.
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