Things to see and do Kalinzu Central Forest Reserve

The forest belongs to those who get up early! Indeed, whatever you feel like doing, expect to enter the jungle between 6:30 and 7:30 am. It is at Nkombe Forest Station, located equidistant from Kichwamba and Ishaka, that you will check in, pay for your activity (if you are travelling independently), meet your guide and be informed of the terms of your visit. Bird watching, forest walks and butterfly watching, which last between three and four hours, start between 7 and 7.30 am. These walks generally take place on the ten trails laid out by the NFA, some of which can be very difficult (steep hills, mud...). Therefore, don't forget your waterproof walking shoes, your covering clothes, your mackintosh, your cap, your snack and your two liters of water... On the paths, traced in the middle of the emblematic plum trees of Guinea, raphias (whose fibres are used in the making of local mats), bamboos, flame trees (whose flowers are supposed to excite the libido of the ladies when they swallow them...).), Mutragyne rubrostipuletae (nicknamed Viagra trees because they are supposed to improve the sexual performance of men...) and a myriad of other plants (some of which are used in the traditional pharmacopoeia), you should be able to admire magnificent lepidoptera, primates (colobus, vervet...), snakes (like the python...) and superb birds! If you like the crapahut and the waterfalls, do not hesitate to walk the 11 km of the Waterfall Trail so that the Kilyantama waterfall is revealed to your eyes. Concerning the chimpanzee tracking, departures are at 7:30 am (it is necessary to arrive 15 minutes early for the briefing) and at 1 pm. This last option will delight lovers of late mornings; however, as the chimpanzees do their meridian during the afternoon, it is recommended to ring your alarm clock to get closer to them (10 meters maximum). The tracking is more or less long according to the location of the quadrumans, nevertheless it takes four hours, including one in their company. Those interested in the habituation of the chimpanzees will leave the NFA premises at 6:30 am. They should be able to take a closer look at a community that has been under habituation since 2019 (this process takes 2-3 years).