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New Year Addition of Tongo’s Chimps

20 Dec 2011 Filed under (Chimpanzees, Other Animals, Patrol Posts, Patrols, Tourism, Videos) by Katya @ 4:02 pm

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As of January 2012 Virunga National Park will once again offer visitors the chance to see chimps in the forests of Tongo. Tongo is situated 2 hours drive north of Goma, 3 hours drive from Bunagana and only 1 hours drive from Mikeno Lodge (Rumangabo).

Chimps in Tongo were previously habituated by Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) in the 1980s. Unfortunately due to the civil unrest in 1993 in DR Congo, FZS was unable to continue their work until September 2009 when they returned to Tongo and the habituation process was re-started in June 2010.

There are currently 36 individual chimpanzees who live in Tongo’s forests who can be tracked along some of the 80 km of trails. The trails cut the entire forest from north to south and east to west and are about 200 meters apart.

Permits will cost $100 (excluding transport) and as with all our permits:

  • 50% of your permit fee goes to ICCN, the Congolese wildlife authority. ICCN uses this money for funding the management and conservation efforts in all Congolese National Parks.
  • 30% of your permit fee is invested by Virunga National Park into community projects. 
These projects include activities such as building schools, health centres, and improving water supplies to local communities.
  • 20% of your permit fee goes towards the operational costs of Virunga National Park. 
Operational costs can range from salaries of our rangers who play an invaluable role in the survival of the park, to investment in infrastructure in and around the park which also benefits local communities.
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