Uganda’s star attraction is the endangered mountain gorillas , living primates .it should be noted that these endangered mountain gorilla share 95 per cent of their genes with humans . these endangered animals are mainly found in Bwindi impenetrable national parks and Virunga mountains , with in Uganda there are five habituated gorilla troops were four of them are in Bwindi impenetrable national park and there other in Mgahinga national park and this is visited by over 30 visitors every day
Uganda is also a home to the man’s closest relatives the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee communities have been habituated in kibale forest national park, Budongo forest and in Queen Elizabeth national park in the Kyambura Gorge .a community of orphaned chimpanzee most of which were confiscated from poachers can be visited at the Ngamba island which lies on lake Victoria 45 minutes by a motor boat from Entebbe.
Monkeys are also exceptionally well represented in Uganda indeed kibale forest boasts the greatest primate variety and density in East Africa, with five or six species or six species likely to be observed over the course of the afternoon walk elsewhere Mgahinga national park hosts habituated troops of the rare golden monkey while Murchison falls is one of the few East African strong holds for the spindly,plians-dwelling patas monkeys therefore the better when you can see these primates person and this can be done by engaging yourself in the Uganda safari.