What is Kibale National Park famous for?

What is Kibale National Park famous for? Kibale national park is located in western Uganda in Kabarole district and it is known for chimpanzee it was first gazetted in 1932 as a forest area by the British and could extract fire wood from the forest and it was a forest reserve but in 1993 it was made a national park to protect bio diversity of the forest and tracking chimpanzee it covers 774 square kilometres. Kibale National Park is one of the parks with a number of primates and it is the only place where chimpanzee habituation can be done. Kibale national park is a home over 200 chimpanzees recorded in the park.

What is Kibale National Park famous for?

Kibale national park has one of the highest diversity and concentrations of primates in Africa. It is a home to large number of chimpanzees as well as red colobus monkeys, there are 13 species of primates in kibale national park.

Where are the headquarters of Kabale National Park?

The headquarters of Kibale National Park are located at Kanyanchu Visitors Center, and the centre is the main starting point for tourist activities, including chimpanzee tracking and it situated within the central part of park.

How to access kibale national park?

Kibale national park can be accessed road which is the main way to access Kibale National Park and it is about 5 to 6 hours driving past Mubende, Fort Portal to kibale headquarters. Though there is much comfortable way and faster by using air by using a chartered flight from kajjansi to Ndali then continue with car to the park.

Best time visit Kibale National Park.

Best time to visit kibale national park is during the dry season because there is less vegetation cover and thick bushes which allows you to sight animals and primates well making it a memorable Uganda safari tour.

Activities to do in Kibale National Park.

Chimpanzee trucking

Kibale National Park is arguably the best place to go for primate’s safari tour. The park might not have the gorillas but has more of the other primate species than in East Africa and kibale national has the largest number of chimpanzee and also habituated chimpanzee are only found in Kibale National Park and the trucking takes place early in the morning and evening only 8 people per group.

Birding

Uganda is considered to be one of the best places for bird watching and kibale is one the places where birding can be done from and some of the birds to spot while in kibale include black bee eater, black capped APalis, red chested owlet, red faced woodland warbler to mention but a few.

Nature walks

Taking a walk in Kibale National Park is a great way to discover and see other primates like baboons and an opportunity to see great biodiversity in the park and surrounding landscapes that include her medicine which different things.

Visiting Amabere Ga Nyina mwiru the word translates from Runyoro/Rutoro word meaning the breasts of Nyina mwiru known as stalactites and stalagmites. When visitors come to Amabere Ga Nyinamwiru they have a chance of getting the story about these caves.

Visiting the Bigodi wetland sanctuary

The wetland is located in the magombe swamp and it is situated outside the park it is about 7km from the Kanyanchu Information Center in the southern part, and park is a home of butterflies for visitors who like butteries and visitors always get a guide from the community and the walk takes about 3 to 4 hours.

Cultural encounters

This is where visitors visit the local people surrounding Kibale National Park to interact with them and learn more about their lifestyle, how they live taste their local dishes participate in their activities they do like craft making harvesting of vanilla and tea.

Nocturnal forest walk

This is an activity that is carried out at night only so as visitors are able to spot nocturnal animals and also see the chimpanzee and other animals. The walk starts at 7 and it takes about 1 to 2 hours animals spotted include bush babies, night birds and night forest cats and many other nocturnal animals.

Where to sleep when you are in Kibale National Park

Kibale National Park has a variety of accommodations, and these range from luxury, mid-range and budget accommodations, and these include primate lodge kibale, crater safari lodge, kyaninga lodge, papaya lake lodge, Rwenzori view guest house, Chimpanzee Forest Guest House etc.

 In conclusion I can’t not think of abetter place in Uganda to spend a few affordable days meandering and trucking the primates in gorgeous un spoiled settings than kibale national park, with surrounding land scopes birds, primates’ wildlife like elephants, butterflies. Kibale National Park offers many leisurely explorations against the dramatic background of Kabarole district. While planning a wildlife safari tour to Uganda consider Kibale National Park as the top destination.