Chimpanzee Trekking In Kyambura Wildlife Reserve
Chimpanzee Trekking In Kyambura Wildlife Reserve : Kyambura wildlife reserve is a home to many primates but the most prominent ones are the habituated chimpanzees. The chimpanzees are endangered species and it’s really amazing that they are still available in Kyoto Forest reserve which is found within Queen Elizabeth national park. A lot of tourists say that Kyambura Wildlife Reserve is the stunning section in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Chimpanzees are found in the deep of a green rain forest strip within the African savannah of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The kyambura forest reserve is hidden and that’s why visitors tend to miss out on the spectacular new world on its own within the natural environment. The game reserve was created to serve as a buffer zone because during the dry season the animals come and drink water from the kyambura gorge. The steep slopes of kyambura gorge are said to have been formed by the water force from the flowing kyambura river years ago.
Kyambura forest reserve is among the best tourist destination for experimental tourism and habituated chimpanzee tracking within Uganda. The chimpanzees are found of coming down of the trees when they see the guests. This behavior of the chimpanzees give you an opportunity to get a closer picture and also study them best. The chimpanzees in kyambura gorge are the second tourist attractions after the lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Besides the chimpanzees that are found in Kyambura Gorge, there are a number of other primates that will entertain you during the nature walk through the reserve. Other primates include; baboons, vervet monkeys, red tailed monkeys, blue colobus monkeys among others. Chimpanzee trekking in kyambura forest reserve however requires physically fit people since it involves walking for quite a long distance. The nature walk through the gorge will expose you to a new world under the verdant tree canopies.
Kyambura gorge is drained by the Kyambura River which connects to kazinga channel. Despite the fact that kyambura gorge is for primates specifically, it’s still a birders paradise and has many beautiful butterflies that will excite your mood. The gorge is also endowed with a lot of bird species, beautiful scenery and tall trees which attract a number of birds such as fin foot African, fly catchers, white napped pigeons, and blue headed bee eaters among others.
CHIMPANZEE TREKKING IN KYAMBURA WILD RESERVE
Chimpanzee trekking is the main activity at Kyambura Wildlife Reserve which is known by some people as the `Valley of Apes’ apart from chimpanzees other primates that are found in the Kyambura Wonders are the blue monkeys, red tailed monkeys, olive baboons, white and black colobus monkeys and forest hogs.
The chimpanzees are familiar with humans and carry their day to day activities in the presence of humans. Chimpanzees build their nests on top of the trees and rest there in the day time and as well as night use.
Chimpanzee’s day start in the morning with fruit picking where they pick fruits randomly, however in the afternoon they become very selective on the most fruits and live out the raw ones. Chimpanzees use tree stems against their enemies and can as well use hooks or stems too deep in termite holes and when the termites cling they pick and eat at rare occasions. Chimpanzees are also seen killing small monkeys to supplement their diets.
Chimpanzee trekking visitors are required to be physically fit and the minimum age for trekking chimpanzees in kyambura wildlife reserve is 12 years. Besides chimpanzee trekking in kyambura wildlife reserve, one can take a birding safari or guides forest nature walk with an experienced tourist guide.
All in all the kyambura wildlife reserve makes Queen Elizabeth National Park an outstanding national park of savannah vegetation with a strip of a rainforest that has a selection of unique primates and birds plus butterflies.
