Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Kalinzu part II

Breakfast is at 8, which usually dictates what time I get up. After breakfast Rachel is going to be my guide. We walk the main road to a side road into the park. This 3 km track leads to a research camp occupied by Japanese researching chimps. We see many primates and I like walking this overgrown road. It's easier to see the animals. I get a few very good sightings of l'hoest monkey, the one that eluded me so at Kibale where I only saw one. We left the road for a while and headed into the hilly forest. We came out at the research camp and then took the road back. We had been out for almost 4 hours when we got back. Then Rachel had to cook me lunch. There's only 4 guides here and Rachel seems to be the only cook. She is 27 and also has her 4 year old daughter living here. She has a full load. I was in no hurry for lunch and she could take her time. I rested and read.
Around 6pm chimps are calling loudly right near camp but there is no one around to take me into the forest. It costs more here to go on a specific chimp walk but not as much as the national parks. Red tailed monkey, l'hoest and baboons visit the campsite often while I stayed here.

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