Kyambura Gorge

Kyambura Gorge Chimpanzee Tracking in Queen Elizabeth Park

Kyambura Gorge Tour, visit Kyambura godge to participate in Chimpanzee Tracking in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Situated in Queen Elizabeth, Kyambura visit costs 50USD a Chimpanzee permit.  

Kyambura GorgeKyambura Gorge

Queen Elizabeth Kyambura Godge, also known as Kyambura gorge is found on the eastern side of Queen Elizabeth National Park . It Is a home to a number of primates such as a family of Chimpanzees, Barboons, Monkeys, Butterflies, Bird species and wild life such as the Elephants.  This gorge is 1 km long and 100 meters deep.  Kyambura landscape drained by Kyambura River is one of the most impressively extraordinary topographies during a Uganda Safari.

Kyambura Wildlife Reserve or Kyambura Game Reserve are other names for Kyambura Godge.

Formation of  Kyambura Gorge

Many theories explain it’s formation as associated with the formation of the western arm of the great east African rift valley. It is claimed that uplift, tension or compression forces that led to the creation of the rift valley. As the sides of the rift valley were forced up or pulled aside depending on the theory you are referring to, the middle block sunk down hence creating a rift valley.

Once the western part of the great east African valley was formed, there was secondly faulting on the floor of the rift valley. It is this secondary faulting that resulted into the formation of a valley with in a valley in the names of Kyambura gorge.

Tourist Activities in Kyambura Gorge

These one include Chimpanzee Tracking or Primate Walk, Bird watching, Wild life viewing, Butterfly viewing

Chimpanzee TrackingChimpanzee Tracking in Kyambura Gorge

Chimpanzee tracking in the gorge is done between 1 – 3 hours and usually starts at 8:00 am and 2:00 pm every day.

Activities in Kyambura Gorge are under Uganda Wildlife Authority in charge of Uganda National Parks there for issues Chimpanzee permits or passes to trekkers at USD50.00 per permit in advance.

Other Activities in the Gorge

Guided Nature Walks, Forest Walks and other Primates’ Tracking

Besides Chimpanzees in the Gorge, there are other primate species found there like the Red Tailed Monkeys, Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Giant Forest Hogs, Baboons plus other mammals.

Birding Watching and Butter fly viewing in Kyambura Gorge

For bird watching, this valley of Kyambura is a birder’s Paradise and Butterflies abound. Around 332 bird species have been recorded in this Kyambura Wildlife Reserve with seven types of universal conservation concern.

Queen Elizabeth ParkKyambura  Gorge Wildlife Reserve

The Kyambura Game Reserve is a fragment of the much toured Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) in south western Uganda. The wildlife reserve is home to a multiplicity of flora and fauna among which are the only primates in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The game reserve is a key water cradle to relatively several wildlife species and largely surrounded by grassland.

The reserve is essentially the sole area in the park where one can visit habituated chimpanzees on a chimp trekking safari. Reservations for Chimpanzee tracking are made at the Mweya Visitor Information Centre in the magnificent Queen Elizabeth National Park.

The Mweya Office as well offers information on game drives and additionally sells postcards and maps and for other species of primates like the red-tailed monkeys, baboons, black and white colobus monkeys and the vervet monkeys.

Interested in visiting Kyambura Gorge for Chimpanzee Tracking in Queen Elizabeth at affordable rates or booking a Chimpanzee Tracking permit, Contact us at Katona Tours and Travel

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