Kibale National Park
Welcome to Kibale National Park, A home to 13 Primates
Kibale National Park is Uganda’s most famous tour destination for primates tracking, with 13 species recorded, and 350 forest bird species. Among the primates in Kibale Forest include Chimpanzees, Colobus monkeys, Red-tailed monkeys, Grey Cheeked Mnagabbeys, Blue Monkeys, Red-tailed Monkeys and vervets among others.
Here, we also have big mammals such as Forest Elephants and Buffaloes, as well as huge tree species. The park is located in western Uganda, about 6-7 hrs drive from Kampala, the Capital of Uganda. The journey goes through beautiful rural towns like Mityana, Mubende,Kyenjojo to Fort Portal.
Things to Do
- Chimpanzee Tracking
- Chimpanzee habituation experience
- Bird Watching
- Night Forest walk
- Nature walk
- Community tours
- Bigodi wetland tour
- Crater lakes excursions
- Butterfly watching
Key Bird Species in Kibale National Park
- Yellow-rumped tinker bird
- Black-eared groundthrush
- Green-breasted pitta
- Blue-breasted kingfisher
- Collared apalis
- African pitta
- Brown-chested alethe
- Abyssinian groundthrush
- Dusky crimsonwing
- Little greenbul
- Black bee-eater
- Crowned eagle
- Yellow spotted nicator
- Black-capped apalis
- Purple-breasted sunbird
Places to Stay in and around Kibale national Park
Accommodation near the park;
- Kibale Safari Lodge
- Chimpanzee Guest House
- Kibale Forest Camp
- Primate Lodge
- Kanyanchu River camp
- Chimp Nest
- Ndali lodge
- Rweteera safari Park
Accommodation away from the Lodge
- Nyinabulitwa Country Resort and Safari Camp
- Kyaninga Lodge
- Rwenzori Vew Guest House
- Mountains of the moon hotel Fort portal
Possible Extensions
The 3 day Chimpanzee safari is most popular in Kibale National park. However, you can extend your safari to Queen Elizabeth National park (2hrs), Murchison Falls National Park (7hrs), Mount Rwenzori National Park (2hrs), Semliki National Park (1.5 hrs) or Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for mountain gorilla tracking (5-6hrs).
