Ngamba Chimpanzee Island on Lake Victoria

Spend a half a day, a full day or even stay overnight on the island with the chimpanzees.

This island is a chimpanzee sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees and you have the closest contact possible.  All kinds of arrangements can be made to facilitate your needs for this day or overnight safari and boat trip to Ngamba Island.  You can combine this with a day at Entebbe and even stay overnight at a beach front hotel at Entebbe where you can have dinner on the shores of the largest lake in Africa, Lake Victoria and then visit Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Uganda Wildlife Game Preserve and Entebbe town, the first capital of Uganda under he colonial rule of Great Britain.

Ngamba Island – sanctuary for chimpanzees.Drive just 45 minutes from Kampala toward the equator and take either a speed-boat or regular motor boat to Ngamba Island which is just 23 kilometers out of Entebbe.  Be greeted by a courteous staff on the Island and spend the day with chimpanzees on their own island in the midst of Lake Victoria.

There are a lot of opportunities to be with the chimpanzees, even as they are fed.  You can spend a half day to a full day and now there are even overnight facilities allowing you to remain overnight.

You can also choose to return to Kampala or stay overnight in the old capital of Uganda, Entebbe.  A town of 95,000 but you would never know it as you walk on the main street of this African town.

The island is sanctuary to orphaned chimps that in many cases were captured at the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo as smugglers attempted to smuggle them to buyers in Uganda or beyond.  Also abandoned chimps, or in cases where a mother died or was shot by poachers.

It is a worthwhile project that helps the animals and puts you into touch with the chimpanzees in a natural setting.  The Island was uninhabited and provides the perfect place for the orphaned chimps.