Chimpanzee Communities

Chimpanzees are known for having the closest DNA to human beings. chimpanzees have a high IQ and an interesting way of life. Chimpanzees are mainly known to be found in Africa and mostly in forested Areas.  chimpanzees are named differently according to where they are located. The locations we fix in have the Eastern chimpanzees and Uganda is the major selling location because of its chimpanzee populations. One of the projects we have fixed is the Netflix documentary CHIMP EMPIRE

Different areas charge different fees for chimpanzee permits. please get in contact with us to know the specific chimp permit fee for the location you want to film in. In addition to that, you will have to pay an additional fee to the wildlife authorities who are in charge of protecting these areas to allow you to film the chimpanzees.

on top of that, you will have to go through the standard media accreditation and filming permit processes to allow you to film in the country. Contact us for more information if you are interested in filming any of the following chimpanzee communities.

UGANDA

KANYANTALE

This is one of the communities that is found in kibale national park. The community was first trekked in 1993. It is found in the kanyanchu trail of the park and it is known to have about 90 chimp members.

SEBITOLI

This group is found in the most northen part of kibale national park. The community is found in the sebitoli forest area and is named after. This particular group started habituation in 2008 and the group is known to have atleast 100 members.

KANYAWARA

This community is also found in kibale national park. The community has been habituated since 1987. The community consists of at least 60 members that are named specially according to their characters

NGONGO

The community is part of the communities in kibale national park. The community has atleast 200 members and by this fact make it the largest chimpanzee community in kibale making it desirable for reaserchers and film makers.

KANIYO PABIDI

This community is found in the Kaniyo Pabidi forest in the southern part of Murhcison forest national park. The Kaniyo pabidi is an extension of the budongo forest reserve and it has approximately 120 chimpanzees

SONSO

Named after the river sonso. This community is found in Budongo forest in Uganda and it was habituated and studied since 1990. This community is known to have at least 85 and more chimpanzees that have been named

WAIBIRA

The community is also apart of the chimpanzee communities in Budongo forest. The community was put under research and habituation in 2011. The group is estimated to have about 120 members with 75 of name identified and named.

KYAMBURA

This community is found in the kyambura gorge that is found in queen Elizabeth national park. This group has been habituated for a long time and is used to human presence. The community is known to have approximately 20 members

BUHOMA

This group is found in the buhoma sector of Bwindi impenetrable forest national park of uganda. This community is not habituated but is known to have approximately 400 to 500 chimpanzees.

MARAMAGAMBO

This community is found in the Maramagambo forest that is close to queen Elizabeth national park. The community is said to have approximately 300 chimpanzees although not habituated.

NGAMBA

This community is found on the island forest sanctuary. The chimpanzees found here are orphans and those rescued from accidents. The sanctuary has about 52 chimpanzees that were rescued and kept here.

RWANDA

NYUNGWE

This community is found in Nyungwe forest national park, the park is known to have about 400 chimapnzees but only two communities have been habituated. this comunity is the main group found at the center of the park. This group is known to have approximately 60 members.

CYAMUDONGO

This is the second habituated community that is found in Nyungwe national park. It is found in the cyamudingo forest which is an extension of nyungwe forest. The community is said to have a number of 30 chimpanzees.

GISHWATI MUKURA

This community is found in the Gishwati Mukura national park. The Park is a combination of the Mukura and Gishwati forests and It is known to have 20 members in its chimpanzee community.

OTHER COMMUNITIES

SWEET WATERS

These chimpanzees are found in the sweet water’s chimpanzee sanctuary of Kenya. The sanctuary is focused on orphaned and rescued chimpanzees. The sanctuary is a home to about 30 chimpazees

KASEKELA

This community is found in the Gombe stream research Centre that was started by Jane Goodall in Tanzania. This community has several families namely the F, P,G , T and S. Each family has members under it bringing them to a total of about 128 members.

M CHIMP COMMUNITY

This community is found in Mahale mountains national park in Tanzania.  The Park is known to have an approximate of 800 chimpanzees but the M group is the only one that has been habituated in the park. It is made up of 60 members.

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