![]() ![]() the group could vary in size from a few individuals to a troop of over 20. They do however stop to rest and that is when you will get the best shots of them interacting. As they move so do you and they can move quite quickly as they head off to forage. As soon as the chimps are located the clock starts and you will have a full four hours with these amazing animals. We have opted for a habituation trek rather than a 1-hour encounter. As with all wildlife encounters nothing is guaranteed but the success rate of finding the chimps during the day sits at over 90%. You will most probably hear them waking up before you see them. This initial search can take anywhere from an hour to two depending on where the Chimpanzees “nested” the night before. It is an early start with a quick breakfast and then we head off into the forest at first light to locate the chimpanzees. the walk will take around 2-3 hours.ĭinner and image review sessions will take place back at Primate Lodge with everyone early to bed to prepare for the next day. The swamps are also home to several Sitatunga and Bushbuck. In addition to that, there is an excellent chance to see the other of Uganda’s primates such as Black and White Colobus monkeys, Red Colobus Monkeys, Blue Tailed Monkeys and Mangabeys. If we have time on the first afternoon we will take a guided walk in the Bigodi Swamps which Is one of the top birding destinations in Uganda. We have arranged extra luggage for everyone to include your camera bag so you will have 15kgs for luggage and 10kg more for your camera gear. Our home for the next two nights will be Primate Lodge which is on the edge of the forest and from where we will commence the habituation trek to see the Chimpanzee the next morning. We will depart the hotel in the morning and head to Entebbe airport to catch the flight to Kasese – which is the closest airport to Kibale Forest National Park. Doing both a morning and an afternoon will also offer different light and photo opportunities too.Įither way in the morning or the afternoon Nelis will host an image review session at the hotel as well as a detailed briefing on what lies ahead for the chimpanzee and gorilla trekking in Uganda. We will return to Hotel No.5 for a late lunch and then after a bit of a rest, we will head out to see if we can find more Shoebills (and in case we didn’t get lucky in the morning). We will start the trip into the swamp from Banga beach in a speedboat for the 30-40 min cruise to a point where we transfer to smaller dug-out canoes to access the narrower channels where the shoebills live and hunt. the morning is preferred as this is when the shoebills are most active and hunting. The Mabamba Swamps are around 2500 hectares in size and covered in papyrus, gerns, water lilies and other grasses crisscrossed by waterways that we will explore by boat. After breakfast, the group will head off to the Mabamba swamps to hopefully see and photograph the fascinating Shoebill Stork – as well as the other 260 bird species that inhabit this corner of Uganda.
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