Exploring the Chimpanzee Habituation Experience in Uganda : The chimpanzee Habituation Experience ‘’CHEX’’ offers a great chance to spend a full day in the wild of primates. More interesting facts, chimpanzee habituation experience offers an incredible once life experience of enjoying the presence of the chimpanzees in Kibale Forest.
Habituation is the process of introducing chimpanzee individuals to human presence comfortable. In time, these groups of chimp can be tracked as part of a standard chimpanzee trek. More so, the habituation process gives the park rangers a chance to learn more about the chimpanzee’s behaviors. This process takes at least three years to complete. One joining habituation team will once enjoy once in- a lifetime experience, you will learn a lot more about the chimpanzee than on standard trek, but it does require patience.
Chimpanzee Habituation Experience is available exclusively in Kibale National Park. The trekking is more challenging than a standard chimp trek because non-habituated chimps live deeper in the forest away from the forest trial and they tend to move more quickly to new location.
This full day experience starts at around 6am when the chimpanzees ate are allowed and the activity can last till 7pm best time to see these rare animals building their new nests for night stay. When you allocate them, 4hours will be allowed to spend with chimps while learning how they feed, hunt, patrolling the area, resting and caring for the young ones.
A habituation experience is an impressive way to enjoy the incredible photograph of the chimps. This experience also allows you to get close enough to identify individual by their personalities and learn more about their group dynamic.
Furthermore, Kibale Forest is home to the biggest range of flora and fauna, and spending a full day in the park allows you to see much of this including elephants, buffaloes, bush pigs and various bird species.
By taking part in a chimpanzee Habituation experience; Your playing a great role in the conservation efforts of the UWA – Uganda Wildlife Authority. Habituating the chimps to the presence of humans is an important way for researcher to learn more about them within their natural environment, without changing their behaviors. The more we visit these unique primates, the better we are able to protect them.
Chimpanzee habituation in Uganda is quite a memorable activity that starts early in the morning with a briefing about rules and regulations at the park headquarters. After the briefing you will head out into the forest trail in search for chimps. The experience is a full day and once you allocate them 4 hours are given to spend with chimps as you learn from their behaviors, habits as well as photo shooting for future remembrance.
The money collected from chimp trekking in Kibale impacts a lot the conservation and protection efforts of the chimps, and the forest itself. The price of the habituation in Kibale will cost USD300 effectively by 1st July 2024, previous price was 250USD per person for foreign nonresident and USD250 for foreign residents.
Best time to go chimpanzee trekking tour in Uganda;
Chimpanzee tour rewards all year around though the best time is during peak season which happens from June to Mid-September and December to February when trails are easy to hike.
What to pack for chimpanzee habituation and trekking tour;
Long sleeved shirt and trouser
Camera and extra batteries
Water bottle
Insect repellent
Garden hand gloves
Waterproof rain jacket –poncho
A pair of binoculars
Sunglasses and a hat
Camera and extra batteries
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