Ecotours



Entry Fees

Entry fee is included in guided fees. 
For your safety, visitors must be escorted by guides upon entering forest. 

Ecotours

We provide chimpanzee tracking and  nature walk in Kalinzu Forest Reserve. Both tour is conducted by knowledgeable certified guides. They are well trained and very informative. All of them are local residents so that they could provide exclusive information about the forest's fauna & flora.Fees are payable in US dollars or Ugandan Shillings at the time of the rate.We could not accept credit card for the payment.


Chimpanzee Tracking

This is the best place to track chimpanzees for those people who are into primates. Since 1993, Japanese primates researchers have been researching about chimpanzees and they have exclusive information sharing with NFA ecotourism guides. 20 chimps in one group are habituated the area. 



Time

Morning Tour  7:30am - 12:00pm   
Afternoon Tour 1:30pm - 6:00pm


Fees

Foreign non residents  US$ 40
Foreign east african residents US$ 20
Ugandan citizens  20,000 UGX

Tour schedule (apploximately 4 hours)

Meet at Kalinzu Forest Eco-tourism centre  -  briefing  -  walk trail - bush walking (depends on the chimpanzees location) -  Maximum 1 hour observation at Chimpanzees habituation point - go back to the starting point


Important Rule for this activity to protect chimpanzees: 

  • Only one group (maximum 6 people) is allowed in each morning and afternoon tour. 
  • Children under 12 years old are not allowed to participate this tour
  • No flash photography
  • No Smoking
  • Sick people are not allowed to enter the forest to avoid disease transmission.
  • Keep 10 m distance from the chimpanzee during the observation
  • Maximum observation time is 1 hour
Ecotourism guides have rights to stop the tour if tourists broke those rules.




Forest Walk

The nature walk provide you fascinating forest trees, such as Prunus Africana , which bark is used as medicinal purpose, fig trees to make bark cloths, Musanga trees which the fruits are eaten by chimps. You might have chance to encounter particular type of bird species such as black bee eater and Albertine endemic bird species. You will also have chance to see primates, such as Blue monkey, L'hoest monkey and other 4 species.


Time

Upon your request
up to 2 hours


Fees 

Foreign non residents  US$ 15
Foreign east african residents US$ 15
Ugandan citizens  5,000 UGX
Ugandan Local residents 500 UGX
Community people free