{"id":22,"date":"2026-06-11T13:44:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/the-apes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:59:41","slug":"the-apes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/the-apes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apes of Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eu\">\n<header class=\"eu-head\"><div class=\"wrap\"><a class=\"logo\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bashem-safaris-logo.png\" alt=\"Bashem Safaris logo\"><span>EXPLORE <b>UGANDA<\/b><\/span><\/a><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"eu-navtoggle\" class=\"eu-navtoggle\"><label for=\"eu-navtoggle\" class=\"eu-burger\" aria-label=\"Menu\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/label><nav class=\"navlinks\"><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/#explore\">Explore<\/a><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/safaris\/\">Safaris<\/a><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/blog\/\">Stories<\/a><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/about\/\">About<\/a><a class=\"navcta\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/plan\/\">Plan your trip<\/a><\/nav><\/div><\/header><a id=\"eu-main\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/a>\n\n<header class=\"elb-hero elb-full\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(0,0,0,.15),rgba(0,0,0,.6)),url(&#039;https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-13129168.jpeg&#039;)\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n    <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">The apes<\/span>    <h1 class=\"elb-hero__title\">Twenty kinds of primate. One forest holds thirteen.<\/h1>    <p class=\"elb-hero__lead\">Mountain gorillas, chimpanzees and golden monkeys, in a single country.<\/p>      <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--surface elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n        <div class=\"elb-band__grid\">\n      <div class=\"elb-band__text\">\n  <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">Mountain gorillas<\/span>    <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">From 254 left on Earth, to more than a thousand.<\/h2>  <div class=\"elb-band__body\"><p>In 1981 only 254 mountain gorillas remained anywhere in the world. Today there are more than a thousand, and about half live in Uganda&#8217;s Bwindi forest. They exist in only <b>three countries on Earth<\/b>, and you reach them on foot, close enough to hear one breathe.<\/p><\/div>  <\/div>\n      <div class=\"elb-band__media\"><div class=\"elb-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-13129168.jpeg\" alt=\"From 254 left on Earth, to more than a thousand.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--accent elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n        <div class=\"elb-band__grid elb-band__grid--flip\">\n      <div class=\"elb-band__text\">\n  <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">Chimpanzees<\/span>    <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">Our closest cousin, in the forest of Kibale.<\/h2>  <div class=\"elb-band__body\"><p>Uganda is home to around <b>5,000 chimpanzees<\/b>. Track them in Kibale, in the Budongo forest, or down in the Kyambura gorge, a sunken green world inside Queen Elizabeth park. You hear them long before you see them.<\/p><\/div>  <\/div>\n      <div class=\"elb-band__media\"><div class=\"elb-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-4220197.jpeg\" alt=\"Our closest cousin, in the forest of Kibale.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--surface elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n        <div class=\"elb-band__grid\">\n      <div class=\"elb-band__text\">\n  <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">Golden monkeys<\/span>    <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">Gold against green, in the bamboo.<\/h2>  <div class=\"elb-band__body\"><p>High on the Virunga volcanoes lives the golden monkey, its coat a bright orange-gold. In Uganda there is one place to meet them, Mgahinga, where they move in troops led by a single male, and belong to almost nowhere else on Earth.<\/p><\/div>  <\/div>\n      <div class=\"elb-band__media\"><div class=\"elb-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-37461208.jpeg\" alt=\"Gold against green, in the bamboo.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-invite elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n    <h2 class=\"elb-invite__h2\">Come and explore Uganda.<\/h2>    <p class=\"elb-invite__body\">Tell us what you would love to see, and we will plan the journey with you. The whole of East Africa is yours to explore with Bashem.<\/p>        <div class=\"elb-cta\">\n      <a class=\"elb-btn elb-btn--accent-deep\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/plan\/\">Send your inquiry \u2192<\/a>      <a class=\"elb-btn elb-btn--dark\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/safaris\/\">See the safaris<\/a>    <\/div>  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<footer class=\"foot full\"><div class=\"wrap footgrid\"><div><p class=\"proverb\">Abagyenda bareeba. Those who travel, see. <span style=\"color:#8d877a;font-style:normal;font-size:.78rem\">(Runyankole)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top:14px;color:#cfc8b8\">Explore Uganda is the home of Bashem Safaris, a Ugandan team with a base in Ottawa. 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