Ngamba Chimpanzee sanctuary on lake victoria

One of the place that everyone must visit if you are in Entebbe. From the reception until the end it was fabulous. The guide was knowledgeable and amazing. The Ngamba chimpanzee sanctuary is well preserved and managed.

Don't waste your money. Donate from your lounge room couch and then go to the zoo. At least at the zoo you'll see more and have a more engaging experience. You'll even be able to spend more time with them. For 188usd per person this might be the most money you'll pay in 60minutes in Uganda. Our experience: - 1 hour boat ride there - 10 minute informal chat in a hut -30 minute seeing the staff feed the chimps - pay 188usd - get back on the boat to Entebbe. The work itself of acting as a sanctuary is important and the team seem to be doing a good job, that's why we wanted to come and see. It was however, overshadowed by teams constant reminder to pay and get off the island promptly whilst on our visit. 1 comment that didn't sit right with us was the fact that 2 chimps would be suitable for the size of the island our host told us. Currently there are 47 chimps on the island. That's not great math...

Hands down, the worst experience from my 4 week holiday throughout East Africa. Started off with a lightning storm of which we were not comfortable getting on the boat, however was assured it would be ok by the captain and the storm would blow over. As we travelled on the boat for 45+ minutes through the lightning storm, we feared for our lives. When organising the trip, I had been in contact with the manager who outlined that we would have ample time with the Chimpanzee’s, and be able to explore the island, relax and enjoy the experience for the day, this was not true at all. Once we got to the island we had a 10 minute explanation about the chimpanzee’s, followed by a quick walk to see the Chimps get fed (we were not allowed to feed them, only watch) this took about 20 minutes, where the guide only talked about all the different ways the chimps had tried to escape over the years - clearly they are miserable and feel trapped on the island. We were then pushed to pay $188 US dollars per person and were quickly shuffled off the island as soon as the feeding was completed. After the initial shock of the whole experience was gone, I tried to contact the manager who I had been in contact with to talk through the experience, however they have completely ignored my emails and attempts to communicate. A truly awful experience and poor tourist trap for exploiting animals.

One of the best islands I have visited is Ngamba The Chimpanzee sanctuary I loved everything starting from the people I met The chimps where more like friendly and guess what I found two new born babies of which one is called Bolly 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 So beautiful

We had a debate about how the chimpanzees got to the island. Theories of rafts of reeds were dispelled when we were told, by our expert guide, that the chimps are all rescues...although...you can find out the rest as this is a must visit place.

The sanctuary is a beautiful place to spend a day in service. For those more inclined, learn about human and animal health interactions. Definitely worth a visit; do look out for feeding Eazy!

This was a nice experience. I give it 3 starts because you spend most of your time on the boat and listening to a lecture. Then you go and (for an extra 20,000) you can throw fruit over an electric fence to the chimps. And that’s that. I was hoping for more chimp time. We booked through our tour company so I don’t know the cost but if it’s really expensive you may want to put that money towards going to see the real thing.

NGAMBA CHIMP ISLAND is located 23km from entebbe Zoo,transport is btmy water means, usual people visit for study en tourists,donors, pretty amazing to check out