Veranstaltung in Uganda
Schimpansen-Trekking
Geführte Waldwanderungen auf den Spuren wildlebender Schimpansengruppen.
- Was passiert?
Rangers lead a trek through a forest or park like Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda's most reliable chimp-tracking location, following calls and fresh signs until the group locates a habituated community, then allowing one hour of viewing. In this one hour, you get to observe the chimpanzees in their natural habitat, and you learn about them and their behaviour.
- Wie es sich anfühlt
Chimpanzees are far more vocal and active than gorillas, so the hour often includes calling, chasing, and feeding behavior at a faster pace than a typical gorilla encounter. It is even more interesting when you meet them during the time they're most active.
- Für wen ist es gedacht?
Chimp trekking is for anyone who loves knowing & learning about the primates. Travelers comfortable with a few hours of forest walking, and anyone pairing this with gorilla trekking for a fuller primate-focused itinerary.
- Gut zu wissen
Kibale National Park has one of Africa's highest chimpanzee densities, giving a trek there a higher success rate than most other chimp-tracking sites on the continent.
Von unserem Team
However much Kibale is the most visited for chimp trekking, you should choose a destination that better fits your itinerary if it offers the trek, unless you specifically want the full-day Chimpanzee Habituation Experience.
— Enoch, Huko Safaris
Safaris mit Schimpansen-Trekking
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Wo kann man das machen? Schimpansen-Trekking in Uganda
Kibale National Park
Kibale National Park in western Uganda is known as the Primate Capital of the World, home to 13 primate species and the highest chimpanzee habituation success rate in East Africa. Its Kanyanchu sector is the starting point for most chimpanzee treks, with the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary bordering the park's southeast edge.
Kyambura Wildlife Reserve
Kyambura Wildlife Reserve protects the Kyambura Gorge, a steep-sided ravine of riverine forest cut into the open savannah on the eastern edge of Queen Elizabeth National Park's ecosystem. Locally nicknamed the 'Valley of Apes,' it holds one of Uganda's smaller habituated chimpanzee communities, reachable on foot from the gorge rim.
Kalinzu Forest Reserve
Kalinzu Forest Reserve sits just south of Queen Elizabeth National Park along the Kasese-Mbarara road, a mid-altitude tropical forest known for chimpanzee trekking at a noticeably lower cost than Kibale's. Its forest trails also hold eight other primate species and some of western Uganda's best accessible forest birding.
Bugoma Central Forest Reserve
Bugoma Central Forest Reserve in Hoima district protects one of Uganda's most significant remaining forest blocks outside the national park system, and one of the country's largest unprotected wild chimpanzee populations. Its future has become a genuine conservation story as agricultural development presses against the forest boundary.
Budongo Forest Reserve
Budongo Forest Reserve is Uganda's largest surviving natural mahogany forest, bordering Murchison Falls National Park's southern boundary in Masindi District. It holds one of the country's largest wild chimpanzee populations, estimated at about 800 individuals, tracked at two main trekking sites: Busingiro and Kaniyo Pabidi. It is a premier birdwatching destination in Africa, where birders can watch rare species the yellow-footed flycatcher.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda's most visited savannah park, famous for tree-climbing lions in the Ishasha sector, the Kazinga Channel boat cruise between Lake Edward and Lake George, and chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge, known locally as the Valley of Apes.