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Unbelievable!

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Experience the Thrill of Rwanda Gorilla Trekking

Embark on an unforgettable adventure with our Rwanda Gorilla Trekking tours, offered by Ndegeya Safaris. Discover the breathtaking beauty of Rwanda's lush forests as you trek through Volcanoes National Park, home to the majestic mountain gorillas. Guided by experienced trackers, you'll have the rare opportunity to observe these incredible creatures up close in their natural habitat. Our tours ensure a safe and respectful encounter, allowing you to witness the daily life of gorilla families. This once-in-a-lifetime experience is perfect for nature enthusiasts and wildlife lovers. Book your Rwanda Gorilla Trekking adventure today at Ndegeya Safaris and create lasting memories in the heart of Africa.

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8 Days Ziwa Sanctuary Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi Safari

You will begin your tour early in the morning by driving to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, which is approximately 4 hours from Entebbe / Kampala. The Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is Uganda's only place where rhinos can be seen in their natural habitat. This Rhino safari will last approximately 2-4 hours, after which you will check into your lodge.

At around 6:30 a.m., you'll be taken on an early game drive in the park, which is considered the best time to see the animals in their natural habitat. You can expect to see most of the Big Five: elephant, buffalo, lion, and leopard, as well as kobs, giant forest hogs, hyenas, antelopes, and waterbucks, and a variety of bird species. You'll return to the lodge for breakfast and then relax until lunch. In the afternoon, you'll be taken on a launch cruise along the Kazinga channel to see animals such as hippos, crocodiles, and grazing animals such as buffalos and elephants on the channel's banks. A variety of bird species, including the shoebill, pelican, and jacana, can be seen. If you are looking for 8 Days Ziwa Sanctuary Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi Safari, then visit our website.

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What is Included in your 6 Days Gorilla & Chimpanzee Safari in Uganda?

The Queen Elizabeth National Park also known as Kazinga national park is located in southwest Uganda and is among the most frequently visited safari game reserves in Africa. Best known for the abundance of wildlife and striking landscapes, the trip to QE provides an authentic African safari.

This means that the Big Five animals which include lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and rhinos are easily spotted on this Queen Elizabeth safari. It may be quite easy to find all these hard, QE has a healthy stock of these majestic African mammals. Other animals likely to be met at the park in addition to the Big Five include hippopotamus, chimpanzee, hyenas, antelopes, crocodiles, and over five hundred kinds of bird.

To increase the chances of witnessing wildlife, game drives in the open grassland and savanna region of the park are recommended. Wild at heart can also take a launch trip along the Kazinga Channel to see huge groups of hippos, giant Nile crocodiles, and the numerous species of wildlife coming for water. I am sure that you should always have your camera on!

6 Days Gorilla & Chimpanzee Safari in Uganda

Like the 6-day Queen Elizabeth safari Uganda, other adventures in the park offer a chance to track the world’s endangered species, the mountain gorillas and the chimpanzees in the neighboring Kibale and Rwenzori forests. The observation of these awe inspiring primates in their natural environment remains the biggest selling point of many travelers visiting Africa. Taking a guided trekking trip takes you closer to their herds where you can watch them feeding, playing or even napping. This is something incredibly overwhelming.

6 Days Gorilla & chimpanzee safari in Uganda offers the most diverse and concentrated landscape and fauna features in Africa within a comparatively small area that includes open plains, lakes, forests, and volcanoes. A safari to this park is highly recommended if and when you are in Uganda and if you have a flair for the wild. The ‘no re-entry’ policy means you will literally have the time of your life and take away memories to last a lifetime!

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New Episodes of Wild Kratts

Three new episodes of Wild Kratts will be airing in November of 2024. Salamander Streaming, Bumblezzz, and Chimpanzee and Me.

The synopsis for Bumblezz is yet to come, however we have plots for Salamander Streaming and Chimpanzee and Me.

Salamander Streaming - Airing Monday November 4th, 2024.

Mysteriously, the Tortuga shorts and powers down while the gang is streaming a movie. Koki says it won't be back today. What are they going to do? Chris and Martin announce they can still do streaming - salamander streaming! The rest of the gang wonders, what in the world is salamander streaming? The bros explain that salamander streaming is getting miniaturized and floating down a stream in tiny little boats looking for salamanders, of course! It's a race to find as many salamanders as they can while Koki tries to fix the Tortuga.

Pre-Episode Thoughts:

This was one of the episodes that the brothers announced at their live shows. I think that they will be focusing on tiger salamanders. Either way, I think it's gonna be cool that we might have a Salamander Power Suit.

WK's pop-culture references in the modern seasons are really hit and miss, but this is actually some good fucken wordplay with streaming.

If the Tortuga really is powered down, then will we actually see Salamander Power? Or is it gonna be like Mystery of the Squirmy Wormy where the brothers don't use any Power Suits? Either way, I'm looking forward to it.

Chimpanzee and Me - Airing - Airing Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

The gang travels deep into Uganda's tropical forests to uncover the true nature of the chimpanzee, but Chris sprains his ankle at the most inopportune time and can't participate. He is sad and upset. It's the climbing adventure that he's always looked forward to most. He tries to hide his disappointment and gets support from his friends, but it is a young chimp who shows him how to truly make the best of a bad situation.

Pre-Episode Thoughts:

This was another episode that Martin had hinted at the live shows. What's funny is that 2D Martin also expressed the idea of heading into the African rainforests in Rattlesnake Crystal (an episode that IRL Martin wrote). Again, not sure why it took them almost a decade and a half to get to this, but I digress.

Goddamn we are getting a LOT of angst in S7. Between this, No Name Dream, and the most recent episode, A Fish Out of Water, we're getting more character-driven plots, (especially if you count Paisley's redemption in the special). And while this does seem to be similar to Flight of the Draco, this does seem to have an intereting twist. Chimpanzees have many abilities apart from climbing, such as intellect, empathy, craftiness, and communciation. Maybe Chris will discover that and eventually use those skills to rescue the chimpanzees and/or the gang from a bad situation later.

Also, baby chimps are really fucking cute. I so hope that Chris gets to name it in the episode.

I've debated with my friends on this, and I do hope that we see a Chimpanzee Suit.. but knowing how anatomically similar chimps are to humans, and given how uncanny the Power Suits in the modern seasons have been.... I very much wonder.

That being said, if there is gonna be a Chimp Suit, I wonder if Chris will be the one to invent it? Assuming that he's staying behind at the Tortuga throughout this episode and makes the observations, then it would make sense that he'd invent the suit. Martin invented the Ermine Power Disc back in Season 5, so maybe Chris could invent a Chimpanzee Suit. Part of me thinks it'll backfire just as horribly, but after the bullshit that was the Indri-Conda Suit, I'm willing to accept anything 😭😭

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can you reccomend some of the documentaries you watched about apes?

Funny enough, I've been planning on making a list of documentaries so thanks for the push! I’ve watched a bunch to hype up for Kingdom and I’ll keep watching as we wait for POTA news. These are what I've been able to find with my various subscription services and internet access in the USA so their availability may vary for you. Also a warning that, due to these being non-fiction documentaries there is very real footage of animal injuries and death (from both humans and natural circumstances).

Monkey Business (Amazon Prime) - A long running show (9 seasons) about a primate rescue center in the UK. I really loved this one because you got to follow apes of the course of years. I even cried when one ape who had been there from the first season passed away in the final season. The show mostly focuses on chimps and orangutans but also features lemurs, woolly monkeys, gibbons and other species. The center focuses on giving the animals in their care the most natural life they can in captivity, and also assists in breeding programs for several endangered species. Jane Goodall even comes out in one episode to present them with an award for excellent enclosure construction. The theme song is very loud and distinctive, the point that my roommate asked how long this series was because she could hear the theme song coming from my room for weeks as I went through all 9 seasons. Highly recommend this one because the personalities of the apes really stand out when you spend literal years with them; it's worth the time commitment, I loved it.

(Also in making sure I had all the details about this show right, I learned there was a follow up show called Monkey Life that featured Andy Serkis himself narrating the first season and they seem to all be available on YouTube for free so I have a new multi-season show to watch now, thank you!!!)

Orangutan Jungle School (YouTube) - Rescue group dedicated to teaching young orangutans how to survive in the wild so they can be released when they're older. Only the first two episodes of this show are available on YouTube for free but I also devoured any clips I could find. I found this show particularly hilarious because the baby orangs are adorable. They cry when they don't get their cups of milk fast enough or when they can't figure out how to crack into a coconut. I always see adult orangutans as slow moving, so the activity and demanding personalities of the babies delighted me. If nothing else, watch these two clips because I have watched the clips of the babies screaming and the humans overreacting to fake snakes on repeat for ages.

Chimp Empire (Netflix) - Two chimpanzee groups in Uganda's Ngogo forest face off over territory and food, while each group faces their own struggles from within. This one is about wild chimps and it is fascinating to see their natural ways outside of rescue centers. The cinematography is gorgeous; I'd love to know how they got all these shots without disturbing the chimps. It's only 4 episodes; I wish it was longer but it packs a lot into its short run time.

Meet The Chimps (Disney+) - A one season show focusing on chimps living in a rescue center in Louisiana. A single season show so you don't get a lot of time with the chimps but it's got a much smaller number of chimps to get to know than Monkey Business. Also the troops are housed near each other so it's interested to see the dominance displays, even through a fence. My favorite part was near the end with the mystery of who was the father of an accidental baby. I guessed wrong!

Kingdom Of The Apes: Battle Lines (Disney+) - Two separate ape groups, one of chimps and the other of gorillas, sort out fights for dominance and leadership of the troop in their own ways. Personally I didn't like this one. Jumping back and forth between gorillas and chimps in a documentary less than an hour didn't leave me very invested, but I thought I'd add it if anyone was interested.

I'll throw in a couple podcasts too, should be free on your preferred podcast app:

Ologies, one episode on primatology and a separate episode on gorillaology

National Park After Dark, a two-part episode on the life, work, and murder of Dian Fossey, a primatologist who worked with gorillas and wrote the book 'Gorillas In the Mist'

The Wild With Chris Morgan, an episode on orangutans called People Of The Forest

There are a lot more documentaries I want to watch, especially several for free on YouTube. I hope this list is of interest to you and I welcome recommendations from anyone else.

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Dian Fossey, who devoted nineteen years to living among and observing the mountain gorillas of central Africa’s Virunga Mountains, felt these creatures were among the most peaceful on earth. Yet mountain gorillas become killers when their social groups come face-to-face. Clashes between social units, said Fossey, account for 62 percent of the wounds on gorillas. Seventy-four percent of the males Fossey observed carried the scars of battle, and 80 percent had canine teeth they’d lost or broken while trying to bite the opposition. Fossey actually recovered skulls with canine cusps still embedded in their crests.

One gorilla group will deliberately seek out another and provoke a conflict. The resulting battles between gorilla tribes are furious. One of the bands that Fossey followed was led by a powerful silverback, an enormous male who left a skirmish with his flesh so badly ripped that the head of an arm bone and numerous ligaments stuck out through the broken skin. The old ruling male, whom Fossey called Beethoven, had been supported in the fight by his son, Icarus. Icarus left the battle scene with eight massive wounds where the enemy had bitten him on the head and arms. The site where the conflict had raged was covered with blood, tufts of fur, broken saplings, and diarrhetic dung. Such is the price of prehuman war in the Virunga Mountains.

Gorillas are not the only subhumans to cluster in groups that set off to search for blood. By the early seventies, Jane Goodall had lived fourteen years among the wild chimpanzees of Tanzania’s Gombe Reserve. She loved the chimps for their gentle ways, so different from the violence back home among humans. Yes, there were simian muggings, beatings, and rage, but the ultimate horror—war—was absent.

Goodall published a landmark book on chimpanzee behavior—In the Shadow of Man—a work that to some proved unequivocally that war was a human creation. After all, the creatures shown by genetic and immunological research to be our nearest cousins in the animal kingdom knew nothing of organized, wholesale violence.

Then, three years after Goodall’s book was printed, a series of incidents occurred that horrified her. The tribe of chimps Goodall had been watching became quite large. Food was harder to find. Quarrels broke out. To relieve the pressure, the unit finally split into two separate tribes. One band stayed in the old home territory. The other left to carve out a new life in the forest to the south.

At first, the two groups lived in relative peace. Then the males from the larger band began to make trips south to the patch of land occupied by the splinter unit. The marauders’ purpose was simple: to harass and ultimately kill the separatists. They beat their former friends mercilessly, breaking bones, opening massive wounds, and leaving the resultant cripples to die a slow and lingering death. When the raids were over, five males and one elderly female had been murdered. The separatist group had been destroyed; and its sexually active females and part of its territory had been annexed by the males of the band from the home turf. Goodall had discovered war among the chimpanzees, a discovery she had hoped she would never make.

Years later, biological ecologist Michael Ghiglieri traveled to Uganda to see just how widespread chimpanzee warfare really is. He concluded that “the happy-go-lucky chimpanzee has turned out to be the most lethal ape—an organized, cooperative warrior.”

So the tendency toward slaughter that manifested itself in the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not the product of agriculture, technology, television, or materialism. It is not an invention of either Western or Eastern civilization. It is not a uniquely human proclivity at all. It comes from something both sub- and superhuman, something we share with apes, fish, and ants—a brutality that speaks to us through the animals in our brain. If man has contributed anything of his own to the equation, it is this: He has learned to dream of peace. But to achieve that dream, he will have to overcome what nature has built into him.

-- Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

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The Top 4 Chimpanzee Tracking Destinations in Uganda

1. Kibale National Park – The Primate Capital of the World

When it comes to chimpanzee tracking in Uganda, Kibale National Park stands out as the ultimate destination. Dubbed the “Primate Capital of the World,” this park is home to over 1,500 chimpanzees and 12 other primate species. The lush rainforest provides an ideal environment for trekking, and with trained guides, the chances of spotting chimpanzees are nearly guaranteed. This makes Kibale the top pick for any wildlife enthusiast seeking the best chimpanzee tracking experience in Uganda.

2. Kyambura Gorge – The Underground Forest of Queen Elizabeth National Park

Next on the list is the Kyambura Gorge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, often referred to as the “Valley of Apes.” This underground forest offers a different chimpanzee tracking experience, as visitors trek through a deep, steep gorge surrounded by thick vegetation. While the chimp population here is smaller, the gorge’s unique landscape and intimate encounters make Kyambura a memorable destination for tracking chimpanzees.

3. Kalinzu Forest Reserve – A Hidden Gem in Bushenyi

Located near Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kalinzu Forest Reserve is a lesser-known but equally exciting location for chimpanzee tracking. This forest is home to about 300 chimpanzees, with six habituated groups available for trekking. The reserve offers excellent chances for sightings and is perfect for those looking for a quieter, off-the-beaten-path adventure. The rich biodiversity of Kalinzu, with its mix of bird species and wildlife, adds an extra dimension to the trekking experience.

4. Budongo Forest Reserve – Chimpanzee Trekking in Murchison Falls National Park

Finally, the Budongo Forest Reserve, located in Murchison Falls National Park, is a popular choice for chimpanzee tracking. Known for its dense mahogany trees and vast biodiversity, Budongo is home to over 800 chimpanzees, including several habituated groups. The forest’s proximity to the iconic Murchison Falls also allows visitors to combine chimp tracking with other safari experiences in the park, making it a well-rounded destination for nature lovers.

Uganda offers some of the best chimpanzee tracking experiences in Africa, with Kibale National Park leading the way. Whether you’re exploring the underground forest of Kyambura Gorge, trekking through the hidden gem of Kalinzu Forest, or visiting the lush Budongo Forest, you’ll have a 98.9% chance of seeing these incredible primates up close. Ready for your next adventure?

Let’s plan your chimpanzee tracking safari in Uganda today. www.gorilla-trekking-safari.com

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Chimps live in various parts of Equatorial Africa. There are several countries you can visit to see chimps living in the wild, but we advise you to head to Rwanda, Uganda or Tanzania for a safe and memorable chimpanzee trek!

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Wanna save some lives?

Don't you all just love it when someone decides that because you do something they don't agree with, you should be murdered?

It's not at all like people can do whatever they want to with their own damn lives. No no, some people are determined to ruin everyone else's lives because people do something they don't like.

So they chose to murder those people like that doesn't make them entierly in the wrong regardless of the situation.

If you know why this is happening, you know what group I am talking about.

If you for some reason, agree with fucking murdering someone for *gasp* being gay or trans or not behaving in a "proper, natural" cishet way, I've got a fucking news flash for you dickhead, very few things on this planet are 100% heterosexual, almost everything engages in a lil homo, and only us big brain dumb dumbs decide to throw hissy fit about it and kill each other for it.

Truly, the more advanced life forms.

Also literally every man was a woman at some point, fucking think about it, use your brains and think critically instead of just believing whatever some authority figure told you.

I really wish humanity was more like bonobos than chimps, there'd be very little way for any of this to happen cause 1, Bonobos aren't very violent, and 2, they are all pansexual, everyone's fucking everyone when you're a bonobo.

Bonobos are our closest relatives btw.

If you believe that people should be murdered for being gay, you are wrong, no one should be murdered for something like that. Go fuck yourself and consider becoming a better person, the world needs less assholes and I need some faith in this dumpster fire of a species. Feed two squirrels with one scone and don't be a garbage person. It's not that hard. It really isn't.

I would say sorry for pushing this bad news on you and ruining your day(it ruined mine, trust me) but, I am not, it is important to fight against so, maybe donate or protest or stop supporting the groups who use political power and influnce to push their agenda onto the governments of countries dependent upon their aid and make them do atrocious things like this.

I swear if anyone tries to fight me and say it is somehow justified, I will fucking destroy you.

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Experience the Ultimate Uganda Chimpanzee Trekking Adventure

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15 Days Birding, Chimp and Gorilla Trek Safari

Join us for an adventurous 15 days birding and chimpanzee trek safari in the heart of Africa. Enjoy a 5 star hotel stay, all-inclusive camping luxury, guided birdwatching and 3 days gorilla tracking just outside of Maun in Botswana. for more information visit frenaadventures.com.

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What are the Advantages of Choosing Uganda Gorilla and Chimp Safari Packages?

In case you are interested in being part of a once in a lifetime experience, then it is advisable that you consider booking one of the amazing Uganda gorilla and chimp safari packages that are available in Uganda and Rwanda. These tours take several days and include the most popular primate tours- the mountain gorillas and chimpanzees’ tracking, and other unique wildlife viewing.

Almost all travels begin in Uganda gorilla and chimp safari packages, and they get you to this chimp tracking in Kibale Forest National Park. Watching live chimps move around, climb on trees and play is something that is rare to come across. Subsequently, go for game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park where you can see the famous tree-climbing lions, elephants, hippos, buffaloes, among others. You will have to trek through the steep forested hills, until your group faces a family of the mountain gorillas. What is most interesting is that you can sit and watch them as they eat, play and take their naps.

Uganda Gorilla and Chimp Safari Packages

From there cross the Rwanda border to track the mountain gorillas again in the Volcanoes National Park. Graphic obstructions are significantly fewer in Volcanoes as opposed to Bwindi, of which the majority of the park comprises bamboo forests. Last of all, it is possible to arrange a tour of genocide memorials in Kigali to get acquainted with the Rwandan tragic past and a optimistic perspective for the future.

A two country’s tour that covers both Uganda Rwanda safari tour packages will best allow you to have the best of primate experiences in both nations. Local tour guides offer brief history details and are there to make sure that visitors are not intruding on the wildlife for endangered species of gorillas and chimpanzees. Mountain gorillas are critically endangered, with perhaps 1000 of them surviving in the world today. This is a trip that many would want to tick off their list. This is one of the greatest wonders of the world that one should not hesitate to contact us for a chance to book a trip to Rwanda for this incredible experience.

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Have you heard of Liberia Chimpanzee Project? What are your thoughts? It's on tv right now and making me feel weird

We've had a few people express concern over the Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection mostly due to the organization allowing chimps close contact with domestic dogs, people in the project having unprotected contact with the chimps, and the founders being a white American couple. It's great that people are learning and being skeptical!

We want people to recognize red flags but it is important to note that our blog has a largely Western focus and that while some practices are always unethical, many are context dependant.

The founders of LCRP are Jenny and Jimmy Desmond, and while they are white Americans, their work in Africa started years before they founded LCRP. They began in 1999 by visiting an orangutan sanctuary, and spent the next few years volunteering at multiple sites in Africa and Asia to both help wildlife and learn how wildlife rescue organizations operate successfully. They helped rehabilitate an orphaned chimp for the first time in 2000 with the Uganda Wildlife Education Center and the success of helping Matooke the chimp solidified their ambition. They returned to the United States and Jimmy entered vet school while Jenny worked in non-profit marketting and fundraising.

It wasn't until 2010 that they began working directly with chimpanzees in Africa again in various countries, and they did so in conjunction with reputable orgs such as The Jane Goodall Institute, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, EcoHealth Alliance, Smithsonian Institute, and the Uganda Wildlife Education Center. The Desmonds moved to Liberia at the request of the Humane Society of the United States in 2015 to care for a group of 66 chimpanzees that had been retired from medical research and since abandonned. This was the true start of the LCRP that we know today as word spread that the Desmonds could care for chimps and orphans were brought to them.

While pictures of the founders and their dog snuggling with baby chimps may look alarming to those atuned to the red flags we talk about on this blog, the sanctuary itself operates with the aim of prioritizing the type of lives chimps have in the wild. Orphans are taken care of by the Desmonds' as infants and integrated into family groups when they are independant enough, and they have had great success with this.

Additionally, LCRP is a driving force in partnering and working with local and international orgs to create better policy and practices for protecting wildlife. A major component of this is the creation of an anti-wildlife trafficking task force that confiscates wildlife that has been poached to be rehabilitated and returned to their natural habitat. The list of the LCRP's acheivments is a mile long and the work they do on the scale of individual chimps, working with local people and organizations, to international policy and protocol is nothing short of incredible. The Desmonds' are experts who have dedicated their lives to a cause, and it shows.

As professionals in this industry, they should absolutely do better to post content that does not misconstrue their mission or indirectly contribute to the desire for pet chimps. We hope they do better on this front, but their work in whole is strong!

So when you see photos or videos from LCRP, these aren't random chimp snugglers who are posing as a sanctuary to get photos of apes posing with their dog, these are people who have been working since the 90s to secure a future for chimps in Liberia. You can learn more and donate on their website!

Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection is super amazing!