Enjoy the Primate tours in Uganda are done Bwindi Impenetrable Forests National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park whereby in both parks you will be able to track Mountain gorillas and for Chimpanzee tracking in Uganda, you will need to visit Kibale Forest National Park which is the best place for chimpanzee tracking however there are also other Parks where chimpanzee tracking can also take place such as Queen Elizabeth National Park.

From Kibale Forest National Park is where you will be able to view a large number of chimpanzees in Uganda though there are also other primates that also exist in the park such as localized red Colobus, L’Hoest’s monkeys and endemic Uganda Manageable.

From Kibale Forest National Park, you can also prolong your primate tour to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park which is found in the south-western Uganda. The park inhabits many primates but the most primates in the park are the mountain gorillas which are believed to be over 400 mountain gorillas in the park. The park is believed to protect almost half of the world’s Mountain gorillas and these primates are tracked in four sectors including Buhoma, Ruhija, Nkuringo and Rushaga. Other primates in the park include monkeys.

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is another park in Uganda best for gorilla tracking activity in Uganda and gorillas in Uganda are only found in these two parks; Bwindi and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is located in Kisoro town and the town is 14km from ‘’Ntebeko’’ the main entrance to the park. The park is mostly known for protecting mountain gorillas but it is also a home to golden monkeys. The park is too close to Virunga national park in Congo and Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda simply because they all lie in the Virunga conservation area; therefore, it is simply to access Virunga National Park in Congo through Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

Virunga National Park is the only home for mountain gorillas in Congo though in the same park, a tourist can also have some chances of seeing other primates such as chimpanzees and low land gorillas though they are rarely seen.

There are many other national parks in Congo best for primate tours but Kahuzi Biega National Park is another park in Congo with a good number of primates. The park is found in Bukavu town (in the eastern sides of Congo). The park inhabits almost 200 low land gorillas, chimpanzees, Colobinae and owl-faced monkeys.

The above are the best primate national parks in Uganda and Congo where primate tours are best for though there are other parks with some other primates. These primates have rules to follow before going in for their tours including; you have to maintain maximum silence in the park, no smoking within the park, be clean, primates are tracked in at least 8 groups per day, you should not stay with the primates for so long, only one hour is allowed to be with the primates, you should not litter in the park, primate tracking starts very early in the morning at around 08:00am and for toilet manners you will be allowed to dig a hole aside from the primates, and these primates are best tracked through using tour companies which makes your primate tour a better and simple one. These tour companies will be able to buy for you the primate permits on your behalf because it is very difficult especially for tourists from far/abroad to purchase the primate permits and these primate permits are bought in advance and three weeks before your tour.

All the primate activities in the parks are all done by you together with the Park’s well trained park rangers who will help you in each and every activity you will be performing.