Into the Valley of Apes: What Chimp Trekking in Kyambura Gorge Is Really Like

It begins at first light, descending the fig-tree trail as the savanna falls away and the sunken rainforest swallows the sky. Somewhere below, chimp calls ricochet off hundred-metre gorge walls — and you follow the sound. Here is what a morning with Kyambura's small, isolated chimp community is really like, and why their survival on this green island matters.