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Intelligent Ugandan Chimpanzee discovered

March 28, 2012 By: admin Category: Safari Articles, Uganda safari news, Uganda Tourism News

A group of German scientists from  the Max Planck Institute of German have hailed an intelligent and very funny Ugandan chimpanzee called Natasha who they recently encountered in the Ngamba Island Chimp Sanctuary. Natasha has the ability to communicate with people and understands whatever they do or want to communicate.

The 22 year old orphaned Ugandan chimp who was rescued from captivity at a tender age (two years) is very playful and entertaining to watch for example she can demand for extra food by clapping her hands in order to get noticed by her caretakers and she also likes to attract the attention of visitors by clapping and doing all sorts of gestures in order for them to throw some food her way.

The Sanctuary’s operations director, Dr Joshua R says that Natasha is definitely among the most intelligent Chimpanzees  in Africa and although many other intelligent chimps were left out during the research, He believes that Natasha deserves all the credit she gets because other clever chimps like Pasa refused to be examined by the German scientists. Although Natasha was born in the wild, Dr Rukundo believes that Natasha has unique social skills that make her stand out from all the other chimpanzees in the sanctuary.

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The Batwa Trail -Uganda Safari Guide

March 04, 2011 By: admin Category: Uganda Tourism News

Introduction-

The batwa pepole are a pygmy tribe living in temporary erected huts  in the protected tourist attraction sites like the Bwindi forest and Semiliki wildlife reserve where over 70 batwa people were driven out due to charges of poaching some of the wildlife in the reserve and it was until 2007 that the local NGO known Rural Welfare Improvement For Development with a  goal of providing the homeless Batwa people with good homesteads and this was boosted by the European Union (E.U) which gave the Batwa a grant of about 42,000 euros.

The Batwa Trail

The Batwa trail is a new initiative that a provides a unique opportunity to experience the ways and living of the Batwa forest people in Uganda. Its  partnership between the Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Organisation for the Development of the Batwa and aims at developing the impoverished Batwa/Pygmie communities on the Virunga ranges in Kisoro district, Uganda. The Batwa trail activity costs US$ 70 per person and a great percentage got from the earnings is direct towards the development of the Batwa community.

Batwa Trail- What happens ?

It follows a trail along the lower slopes of the Mgahinga volcanic mountain through to the Garama cave with activities like fire lighting, food gathering,  hunting and target practicing with bows and arrows traditionally made by the Batwa. While at the cave, visitors will be entertained by song and dance performances from the local Batwa people.

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T. Bryan Muhoozi

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September 28, 2010 By: admin Category: Uganda safari news

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