Daltons in Africa

	Daltons in AFRICA -- UGANDA: Chambura Gorge.
	Click here for: CHIMPANZEE TRACKING PICTURE LINK Within Queen Elizabeth Park lies the famous Chambura Gorge. Located at the edge of the Rift Valley escarpment, the gorge is about ten miles long, 300 feet deep, and at the widest point it's over 550 yards. It links Kyambura River with the Kazinga Channel, and the gorge has steep forested walls (hard to climb back out of, but I did it in three legs!). The gorge is home to chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, black-and-white colobus, baboons, vervet monkeys, giant forest hogs, hippos, and many bird species (peregrine falcon, black and blue-headed bee-eaters, African finfoot, etc). The gorge is also an important water source for savannah animals. Chambura Gorge is the only place in Queen Elizabeth Park where chimpanzee tracking is conducted. These chimps have been "habituated" to allow for viewing at close range. Check out the picture link above to see the gorge and the chimpanzees. TOP OF PAGE Copyright © 2002, Dawn M. Dalton. All rights reserved.	LINKS WHERE? WHY? ITINERARY PLAN YOUR TRIP GETTING THERE LONDON KENYA UGANDA SAFETY ITEMS BOUGHT STAYING HEALTHY COMMENTS HOME BHS HOME UGANDA LINKS --Jinja-- Namugongo Martyr's Shrine Bujagali Falls Source of Nile Ssezibwa Falls --Uganda-- Countryside People Kampala Equator Queen Elizabeth Park Mweya Safari Lodge Kazinga Channel Cruise Nature Walk Chambura Gorge Chimpanzee Tracking Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Volcanoes Bwindi Camp Gorilla Tracking ---Animal Facts-- Baboon Buffalo Chimpanzee Crocodile Elephant Giant Forest Hog Gorilla Hippopotamus Hyena Mongoose Monkey Uganda Kob Warthog Waterbuck