If you are searching for things to do around Kibale National Park, we’ve got you covered. Kibale Forest and the surrounding areas are so rich in tourist activities. These include activities for the adventurous, vacationists, honeymooners, nature lovers, birders and researchers among others.
Community Walk Tour
For a fantastic travel experience, visit local communities on foot which will offer you an insight into their livelihood and their daily lives. This can take you 2-3 hours walk while visiting the local Bakiga and Batooro, as the local community around this area. A cultural dance session can be organized to be part of your encounter so as to enjoy the theme, of the total cultural experience of the locals around.
A private cultural dance can also be organized from your lodge booking in the evening, during your campfire, as another form of entertainment. This is usually performed by groups from the neighboring community, to spice your evening.
The Bakiga are famous for their ekitagururo dance, which involves jumping in accordance to tune of the drum.
During your village walk, you will be able to take a walk through the coffee, tea and banana gardens. This will make you have a clue of how the crops are grown, up to when they are harvested and processed. Do not miss the village walk on your vacation trip.
Crater Lakes Tour: Things to do Around Kibale
A tour of the crater lakes for tourists visiting Kibale Forest National Park, is an an ideal additional activity outside the park.
During your visit to these crater lakes you will be able to encounter some of the most fascinating and wonderful African wildlife and spectacular scenery. It is recommended to reach some of these craters by foot. If you would like to incorporate this into your stay please ask your driver / guide.
Mountain Bike Tour
Visitors can explore the beautiful scenery, landscape and crater lakes around Kibale National Park by mountain bikes. You can enjoy a cycling tour along single tracks through small villages and farms like the vanilla gardens, coffee and tea plantations, together with a local guide.
Helmets, guide and high quality hardtail mountain bikes are included. Please note that the mountain bikes are only available with a guide and cannot be rented independently.
Bicycle cycling will expose you to the real African life because you will be able to encounter the locals while on a ride. This can be done in the late afternoon after your chimpanzee tracking or in the evening on the day of arrival, to give you some form of relaxation. This will help in giving you some form of stretching as you do some tour around the local community.
Canoeing Ride Tour: Things to do Around Kibale
You can also explore the crater lakes while on a local boat canoe so as to have a unique adventure. On this tour, you get an opportunity to canoe on either Lake Kifuruka (40mins) or Lake Mwamba (1hr 30min). On your way to the lake, you will take a 40 minutes’ walk before you can reach the lake shores and this will give you a chance to site some butterflies, birds and different monkey species, on your lucky day.
Besides things to do around Kibale Forest National Park, many visitors have opted to add a trip further down for an amazing wildlife game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Others opt for the lifetime encounter on a gorilla trekking safari in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.