
Greystoke Mahale Blog
All the latest exploits from the chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, direct from our guides and managers at Greystoke Mahale.
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Hi, my name is Puffy. I was born and raised in the Mahale Mountains and for the last 19 years have lived with the M-Community.
Also, I am the sister of former Alpha male Primus. With his...

PRIMUS LOSES ALPHA STATUS…a ‘chimpolitics’ update
A Mahale chimpolitics update from our guide Butati Nyundo.
Read the report from Butati and the team below...
"PRIMUS has finally lost his Alpha Status of the M Community of chimpanzees, in...

The story of Kiko
2020 is a big year for us!
We have a few projects that we plan to realise in 2020 and for sure you will hear about some of them. There is one...

GUESS WHO’S BACK, BACK AGAIN
TEDDY’S BACK, TELL A FRIEND!
Teddy hasn’t been seen for a few weeks and we were all starting to get worried if something might have happened to...

Bustling of the bush pig…
Did you hear (about) the bushpigs?
At night our most frequent visitors are the bushpigs. A lot of guests have never heard about them and as...

News from relief manager Richard
In front of me, blue water stretches to a hazy horizon.
Behind, layer upon layer of forested mountains… my home for 2 weeks. I’m here at...

Who gets to name the chimps?
A lot of our guests would like to know.
The honour actually goes to the Japanese researchers, and there is a very nice story to tell: when the...

A big hello from all of us at Greystoke Mahale!
Our new season started with a lot of joy and excitement, so many beautiful moments and it is hard to pick the highlights.
Once more the crew...

Teddy vs Emory
Or, is it Pimu vs. Alofu?
Recently, there has been a very interesting development amongst the M-Community. Emory suddenly showed a lot of...

Christina’s Dynasty
Within the M community Christina‘s family has a lot of influence.
Christina is a very interesting character, she started as one of the low...

A new record is set!
This week we broke the record of guests hosted in camp, 103 guests in 6 days!
It all started last Friday, when we had 60 pupils from Katumbi...

“I came here to visit Mahale and I am very happy…”
“…because I really wished to see the chimpanzees. Now I am here and I saw the chimpanzees. I am very happy about that and the very warm welcome.”...

Africa’s Leading Safari Lodge: Rocking Greystoke
When hearing the news that Greystoke Mahale has been voted Africa’s Leading Safari Lodge 2018, our first thought was how much the entire team...

Teddy’s take over
We haven’t seen Teddy in a while. Smart as he is, he stayed away from the group to avoid all the challenging that is going on.
Now he is back...