Where to see
Pan troglodytes
Kibale National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Chimpanzee during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo |
Kibale National Park
In Kibale National Park, Uganda, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Chimpanzee sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Nyungwe National Park and more
After Kibale National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Chimpanzee are in Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 50%), Taï National Park (Ivory Coast, about 40%) and Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January and September in Kibale National Park (about 90%), June and September in Nyungwe National Park (about 70%) and April in Taï National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Chimpanzee on a given day. Each park's Chimpanzee page has the full month-by-month chart.
