Common Questions About Kibale National Park’s Chimpanzee Habituation Experience
Common Questions About Kibale National Park’s Chimpanzee Habituation Experience – Often asked questions on the experience of chimpanzee habituation in Kibale national park; In Kibale Forest National Park, chimps are trained to become accustomed for human presence for treking, an amazing pastime. Western part of Uganda’s Kabarole district houses the Kibale forest national park, sometimes regarded as the primate capital. Among 13 primate species found in Kibale forest national park are around 1,500 chimpanzees, red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, l’hoest monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey, blue monkeys, olive baboons among others. Apart from Kibale forest national park, experience with chimpanzee habituation is also conducted in Budongo woodland in Murchison falls national park. But in Budongo forest, chimpanzee habituation occurs just in the low season between March and May and October and November.
How much does chimpanzee habituation permit?
Chimpanzee habituation licenses in Kibale forest national park costs 250 USD per person for foreign non residents, 200 USD per person for foreign residents and 200,000 UGX per person for East African citizens.
Booking chimpanzee habituation permits in the Kibale forest national park
Directly through Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) , where you will get in touch with us with the date, month, and year you wish to engage in chimpanzee habituation experience, chimps permit in Kibale forest national park can be booked directly. Following our contact, we will look for permit availability and, should permits be found, you will be required to submit a deposit. After the payment is received, we will be able to buy the permit for you and forward a scanned copy of the receipt as proof.
Apart than chimpanzee trekking, what distinguishes their habituation experience?
While chimpanzee trekking takes roughly 2 to 5 hours and tourists are permitted to spend one hour with the chimpanzees in their natural habitat, chimpanzee habituation experience takes a whole day and visitors are allowed to spend four hours with the chimps.
How long does experience with chimpanzee habituation last?
Starting early in the morning with a training on the policies, procedures, and expectations at Kanyachu visitors center, chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale forest national park takes a whole day. Once the chimpanzees are found, you will be let to spend four hours with them in their natural habitat, which provides you with a chance to track their activities, see them eat, play, rest, nurse, hunt, fight, groom young ones, snap pictures and document the events.
What is the maximum number of individuals permitted to engage in chimpanzee habituation experience?
Whereas chimpanzee trekking lets a maximum of 8 individuals see a habituated chimpanzee family daily, chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale forest national park enables a maximum number of 4 persons to visit the chimpanzee family under habituation.
When should one go for a chimpanzee habituation safari in Kibale national park?
Chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale forest national park can be done anytime throughout the year although the best time is during the dry season in the months of June to September and December to February since during this period there is less rainfall in the park thus chimpanzee habituation trails will be dry and passable hence making trekking easy compared to the rainy season when the trails are muddy and slippery which makes chimpanzee trekking difficult.
Often asked questions concerning Kibale national park’s chimpanzee habituation experience
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Pack what for a chimpanzee habituation safari?
Insect repellent, long sleeved shirt and trousers, waterproof rain jacket, garden gloves, hiking shoes, long socks, warm sweater, face masks, energy snacks and drinking water, camera and extra batteries, a pair of binoculars, walking stick, back pack among others should be among the things you pack when heading for chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale forest national park.
Travel to Kibale Forest National Park
Located in western Uganda, Kibale Forest National Park may be reached by road from Kampala via Mubende, Fort Portal or Masaka, Mbarara, and thereafter the park headquarters takes roughly six to seven hours’ travel.
By air, you may also visit Kibale forest national park; you will arrange planned or charter flights with Aerolink Uganda from Entebbe international airport to Kasese or Semuliki airfields and thereafter link to Kibale forest national park by road.
Among others, you can access Kibale forest national park from Kigali Rwanda, Lake Mburo national park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Murchison falls national park, which takes roughly six hours’ drive, and Kigali Rwanda’s roughly seven hour drive.
Where on a chimpanzee habituation safari should one lodge in the Kibale Forest National Park?
Reach out to us or visit our website for several chimpanzee habituation packages for further information on chimpanzee experience in Kibale forest national park.
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