Budongo forest

Budongo forest has always existed however it was not until 1990 that the sustainability of the forest was prioritized by Professor Reynolds who had read a report in the new vision a prominent newspaper in Uganda where he found out that a number of chimpanzees where smuggled out of the country and sold to rich people in the middle east due to the 1970’s and the 1980’s civil wars in Uganda. With the passion he has for conservation of the wildlife and the forest at large, professor Reynolds together with Chris Bakuneeta who obtained a Master in Sciences in Forestry at Makerere University, they established a base at Budongo forest from which to discover the number of chimpanzees that were left and to ensure their safety.

With the help of the Jane Goodall institute, there was some funding received which helped to hire trail cutters and assistants that went to the forests and day by day, a number of chimpanzees were discovered and the trainers would follow them took care of them to win their confidence because they were terrified because of the civil war which had left them distressed but as time went on they were successful in habituating the chimpanzees.

With a number of different programs and support from different organisation the forest saw a lot of success including the chimpanzee sustainability hence opening the forest to a number of possibilities including tourisms and in this article here are some of the different activities you can take part in Budongo forest.

Chimpanzee trekking

Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest will give you the opportunity to watch how the species co-exist in the wild for an amazing Uganda safari experience. With chimpanzee trekking you will follow the habituated chimpanzee troops as they go about their daily activities in the wild. Interesting about the safari experience is how mobile the activity is which will give you the opportunity to watch a number of attractions in the wild for a memorable safari experience among which include the bird species, you will also get to watch a number of primate species like the baboons, vervet monkey, Mona monkey and many other primate species as they go about their activities in the will as they go about their daily activities in the wild.

Chimpanzee habituation

Travellers can participate in chimpanzee habituation which will give you the chance to watch how the species are trained to get accustomed to human presence. With chimpanzee habituation, you will get the chance to watch how the species are trained to get accustomed to human presence and important about the safari experience is the fact that you will have the opportunity to watch the authentic reactions of the species to the different training sessions in the wild.

Birding

Travellers can participate in birding in Budongo forest which will give you access to a number of different attractions in the wild which will give you the opportunity to watch about 200 bird species in the wild some of which include; the long-crested eagle handsome Francolin, Rwenzori Batis Dusky turtle love, paradise flycatcher, archer’s ground robin, African Rwenzori, double collared sunbird, marsh harrier, Ruwenzori turaco, common moorhen Ruwenzori night jar, grey throated tit, the dusky crimson wing, red-faced woodland warbler etc.

You can choose to combine Budongo forest with Murchison falls national park to make the safari experience in the wild quite memorable.  You can choose to also visit Murchison falls national park where you will get to participate in the boat cruise in Murchison falls national park which will help you watch the world’s most powerful falls, you can also participate in the game drives in Murchison falls national park which will give you access to four of the big five animals in Uganda, you will also have the opportunity to participate in birding in Murchison falls national park which will help you understand more about the different features in the wild.