Budongo Forest Chimp Trekking Experience.
The Budongo Forest Chimp Trekking Experience in Uganda becomes the most enjoyable in Budongo forest in Murchison falls national park. Budongo forest is the attractive forest that inhabits the various numbers of chimpanzees, as the forest is the famous natural rainforest in the entire country.
The Budongo forest covers an area of 500 sq. km, and it’s part of the Murchison falls conservation area. Budongo forest can be explored on a Uganda safari that is en route to Murchison falls national park and the forest is known for its lots of mahogany trees in Uganda and East Africa.
Budongo forest, the chimpanzee area, is managed by the Jane Goodall institute for research. On a Uganda safari, Budongo forest empowers you by giving you the endless trekking of the wonderful creatures, the chimpanzees. Budongo forest offers the excellent chimpanzee trekking safari activity to the tourists who come to explore the destination. As well, you do enjoy the gorilla habituation of the endangered primate species and mainly this does not happen regularly and is mainly done in the low season when there are few tourists in Budongo forest.
Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest.
Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest is done at different timings that is the morning session and the afternoon session. During the safari activity, it’s your choice to choose the favorite shift that you may carry out to experience chimpanzee trekking.
Gorilla trekking in Budongo forest basically takes place during the morning time with the briefing at Kaniyo Pabidi eco site. Then after the briefing, you head into the forest with the presence of the guides from Uganda Wildlife Authority for safety reasons and a tracking shift is thus advised to get a UWA guide that takes them to the perfect chimpanzee trekking trails.
During the chimpanzee trekking, you come to encounter the different biodiversity that stays in the forest. The activity takes a period of about 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on the location of the chimpanzees, due to the fact that these primates keep on moving to the different parts of the forests while looking for food. After coming across the chimpanzees, the visitors are given one hour to be in the presence of the chimpanzees as they watch them play and breastfeed; that’s when the guests take pictures of the chimpanzees, recording the videos and others.
How to get a chimpanzee trekking permit in Budongo forest.
Chimpanzee trekking permits are issued to the visitors at Uganda Wildlife Authority offices, where it’s done by 8 people per group per shift, on a daily basis, only 16 permits can be issued to allow travelers to experience chimpanzee trekking. As the permits oscillate in prices according to the season. That is, during the high season, the chimpanzee trekking permits can be expensive, whereas during the low season, they can be less.
Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest is the most fascinating one, where the visitors during the safari activity along can enjoy other fringe safari activities like nature walks in Budongo forest, bird watching and others. This makes chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest the most satisfying one, where you happen to enjoy the company of the chimpanzees in their habitat for an hour.
The eligibility for chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest.
Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest is for the people that are above the age of 15 years, and if an individual is below 15 years, they cannot be allowed to participate in the chimpanzee trekking, as this is a strict condition for all the trackers.
At times the Uganda wildlife officers can be forced to ask for the birth verification details, as this confirms the real age limit protocol for chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest in Murchison falls national park. And then you are allowed to book the chimpanzee permit at any time of the year when you want to carry out the activity.
Best time to carry out chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest.
Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest can be done at any time of the year. Though the best for chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest is during the dry season when the trekking trails are dry and not slippery, that’s when the vegetation in the park can be thin and short, making it easy to spot the chimpanzees.
On the other side, some tourists do carry out chimpanzee trekking during the rainy season, as that’s perfect for the tourists who do not prefer overcrowding of tourists in the forest. Again, that’s the period when the tourists enjoy the best time of chimpanzee trekking while enjoying the discounts of the low season, especially on the accommodation and the permits at times.
