Primate Tracking in Nyungwe National Park

Nyungwe is home to a wide variety of primates.

Thirteen species of primates are known to inhabit Nyungwe Forest, including chimpanzees, owl-faced guenons and Angolan black and white colobus monkeys. In a 2002 report by the Wildlife Conservation Society, they found the latter living in groups of more than 300 individuals.  Blue Monkey - Cercopithecus mitis doggetti Golden Monkey - Cercopithecus mitis kandti L'Hoest's Monkey - Cercopithecus lhoesti Owl-faced Monkey - Cercopithecus hamlyni Mona Monkey - Cercopithecus mona Red-tailed Monkey - Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti Vervet Monkey - Cercopithecus aethiops Other Monkeys Greycheeked Mangaby – Cercocebus albigena johnstoni Black and White Colobus – Colobus angolensis rwenzori Prosimians Eastern Needle-Clawed Galago – Galago inustus Greater Bushbaby – Galago crassicaudatus Dwarf Galago – Galago demidovii Baboons Olive Baboons – Papio anubis Apes Chimpanzee – Pan troglodytes

Chimp Trekking in Nyungwe

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