Revenue sharing is one of the strategies that Uganda Wildlife Authority and Uganda tourism sector improvised to compensate local people adjust to wildlife national parks for their loss of access and ownership of national parks land. The government scraps 20% of the total money collected from tourism and divert it to local communities to improve … Read moreShs4b For Bwindi Community Sharing
Have you ever wondered the secret behind chimpanzee habituation experience? It is much more than being with the chimpanzees. Most people have mistakenly thought of chimpanzee habituation and trekking to be similar but the former (habituation) entails spending the whole day interacting with chimpanzees contrary to an hour spent in trekking. Abbreviated as CHEX, chimpanzee … Read moreChimpanzee Habituation in Kibale Forest
Located in Kisoro district southwestern Uganda, Mgahinga gorilla national park is the smallest national park in Uganda covering a total land area of 33.7 square kilometers. It was at first a forest reserve, which was garzetted in 1991 into a national park purposely to protect one mountain gorilla family that inhabit there. Concerning the vegetation … Read moreTourism Attractions in Mgahinga national park
Primates in Uganda are among the most social animals, forming pairs or family groups. Uganda has a diversity of primates, unlike any other East African country e.g. gorillas, chimpanzees and monkeys. These primates have slower rates of development than other mammals since infants are breastfed by their mothers and rely on them for grooming and … Read moreUganda-The Primatologists Dream