Ngamba
Island is the only chimpanzee sanctuary in Uganda and recently it signed an
agreement with Fly Uganda which is a well known safari company to fly tourist
to the Island where the sanctuary is found.
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| Ms Ajarova and Mr Barners after signing the agreement. |
According
to Ms. Lilly Ajarova a sanctuary executive director, some tourists get seasick
and others do not have that much time like a full day to travel to the Island
on the lake where the Sanctuary is located. The journey to the Island takes 45
minutes by speed boat and 90 minutes by traditional motorized boat. It is
because of this that they have now decided to make the transport easier by
signing an agreement pact with Fly Uganda and which will enable tourists to
reach the Island in only 15 minutes.
According
to the Sanctuary Executive director, they have carried out different test
flights at the sanctuary and the chimpanzees all responded positively by not
running but instead gathered near to have a glimpse of the helicopter.
More
to this, it will even be much easier to save the lives of the chimpanzees by
transporting them by Air to the main land for medical evacuations and further
treatment.
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