Rwanda’s newest national park offers the chance to track primates in the wild for a fraction of the price 🐒
The efforts are beginning to pay off: as a cradle of endemic and endangered species – specifically the Eastern chimpanzee and golden monkey – GMNP was named a Unesco Biosphere Reserve in 2020. The aim is to prevent conflict and safeguard its biodiversity.
Today, the population of endangered eastern chimpanzees in the Gishwati section of the park has swelled to 35. Our closest living relative is found only in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, and Uganda. In Rwanda, efforts in GMNP are bringing chimps back from the brink of extinction.
There is an effort to diversify the tourist offering beyond primate tracking – community-based activities include cultural dance performances, handicraft workshops, beekeeping lessons, a tea plantation tour, and meetings with traditional healers who share their knowledge of natural plant medicine.
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