Ngogo Chimpanzee is the largest community of chimpanzees in the world, with more than 180 individuals in a single society deep in the Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda.
The Ngogo Chimpanzee community found in Kibale National Park in southwestern Uganda, and is the second largest remaining forest in Ugandan with the largest remaining population of chimpanzees in the country.
Some of the chimpanzees to see at Ngogo Chimpanzee Community in Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda
Kibale National Park contains the largest population of chimpanzees in Uganda. It’s one of the largest in East Africa, making it one of the few remaining strongholds for chimpanzees in the wild.
The world’s largest known chimpanzee community- Ngogo chimpanzees have been featured in several wildlife documentaries, including Netflix’s Chimp Empire series (2023), the award-winning Rise of the Warrior Apes (2017), and Disney’s Chimpanzee (2012).
Trekking the chimpanzee community is a tough and challenging experience. Usually takes a full day but it’s worth the experience. It’s recommended for the researcher, film maker, documentarian and traveler who are seeking a tough experience.
The research has shown that the female chimpanzees from Ngogo community in Kibale National Park, go through menopause. So far, post-reproductive life spans have been documented only in humans and a few species of toothed whales.
Females in other chimpanzee communities rarely live past age 50, but 16 females in Ngogo have survived past this age. The study suggests favourable living conditions at Ngogo may have contributed, such as availability of food and fewer external threats such as disease or predators.
The conservation at Ngogo Chimpanzee Community.
In an effort to protect the chimpanzees and other animals in Kibale National Park from illegal hunting, the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project employs eight teams of local people, who patrol the park for snares and signs of poaching activity. We work closely with local Uganda Wildlife Authority law enforcement officers, to whom we turn in confiscated snares and GPS coordinates when we encounter signs of poaching activity. Our snare removal teams currently patrol nearly the entirety of Kibale National Park.
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