Limbe Wildlife Centre

Category: Cameroon, Chimpanzee, Simone de Vries | Date: Jul 06 2009 | By: limbewildlifecentre

Not one day is the same as the next here in Limbe. When we woke up this morning it was raining heavily, but we are quite used to that. Only when we arrived at the Wildlife Centre we realized how much water had fallen, because the whole place was flooded. The river Limbe, which is most of the year just a small stream, had turned into a massive lake. The chimpanzees will have to stay inside today, because their enclosure is completely flooded. Hopefully the water level will go down soon, so we can clean the fence and get the chimps outside again. The cage of the mangabeys is also standing in the water, but the mangabeys don’t seem to care. Although the rain is still falling they are not hiding under the roof, but just sit high up in the cage.   At least the sky is lighting up a little bit now, so hopefully the rain will stop soon.Best wishes,Simone