Once they became too big and difficult to handle, they were locked up and hardly ever saw the light of day. Others are orphans of the bush meat trade, having watched their parents being murdered in front of them, and then sold as pets. All these chimps have been rescued from appalling conditions - some have been used as entertainers, beaten into submission and chained all their lives. There are 3 camps at Chimp Eden, and visitors are taken on a walking guided tour of two. the other two being in Uganda and Tanzania if my memory serves me correctly. Chimp Eden is one of 3 chimp rescue centres in Africa. I have always been in awe of Jane Goodall, but this was my first real life encounter with her life's work. We used the hotels taxi bloke who might have overcharged us r300 for the drop off and pick up, we were happy with the price to be honest when comparing it to home, but I strongly suspect we could have payed half with the metre on.īeing a die hard animal lover and involved in animal rescue for many years, visiting Chimp Eden was a bitter sweet experience, but one I would not have missed for the world. This is a half day activity, and difficult to get to without a car. There is a tip box and a lots of high quality merchandise for all ages. The day had a sad feel, it wasn't about seeing monkeys, the talk, tour and facts throughout paint a grim future for the chimpanzee. She walked us around the enclosures and detailed the history of the sanctuary, the stories and developments of each of the chimpanzees who will stay in the enclosure for their lives, they cannot be reintroduced to the wild. No question too silly and with patience in abundance. The staff were fantastic! Rita was our tour guide and was highly knowledgeable in the field, and also very passionate about her work. And there is little other point going unless you're taking a tour. Worth the read if you arrive in plenty of time. The entrance to the sanctuary takes you through the (optional) education centre that walks you through the history of evolution, differences between species, characteristics of species, Jane's work and key discoveries, the global effort on bushmeat trade and so on. Please do a little Wikipedia of Jane Goodall first. Disclaimer: we both are big into science and topics such as evolution, psychology, conservation and societal hierarchies are very interesting to us! If these things aren't your cup of tea and you just want to see some monkeys doing some tricks. A friend and I ventured up to the Jane Goodall Chimpanzee sanctuary today, and it was just brilliant.
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