Visit Kibale National Park a home to 13 primate species, forest elephants, and a huge variety of birdlife. In fact, more than 370 species call the park’s trees and wetlands home. Visitors to this green and verdant park can expect to see, hear, and even smell our closest living relatives in close proximity as they race through the trees overhead.
Chimpanzees are another huge element of Uganda’s popularity, with Kibale National Park offering one of the best chimpanzee viewing opportunities in the world. Don’t miss other primates, including the black & white Colobus, red-tailed monkey or the grey-cheeked mangabey.
Kibale also habits some other mammals including the forest elephants, duikers and buffaloes on your lucky day. Many butterfly species can also be observed during chimp trekking. The park is a perfect place to do chimpanzee habituation in Uganda.
Visit Kibale National Park, an evergreen rain forest with tall trees forming a dark green canopy overhead while the ground is covered with vegetation fallen leaves and branches. As a result, all these have favored the bird watching experience, where binoculars are useful to see the different bird species when they are in the trees. The most observed birds include the Papyrus Gonolek, White-winged Warbler, White-collared Olive back and Papyrus Canary.
Other Activities On Your Visit to Kibale National Park
Nature walk around crater lakes offers beautiful sceneries since the area is surrounded by green vegetation and covered by open water and wetlands. Hiking through different crater lakes like Mutusi Crater, Kyaninga, Kifuruka, Mwamba and Kanyango among others has attracted many tourists from many parts of the world.
The area also provides numerous activities including bird watching, boat riding, swimming, and camping. The walk takes you to most valleys which harbor many flowing rivers and streams, something that makes farming easy since animals and people have several options on water points.
Be part of conserving and protecting the remaining biodiversity habitats and indigenous cultures around Kibale National Park. There are majorly two tribes; the Bakiga and Batooro. Despite belonging to the same ethnic group, they have distinctive and differing customs.
While here, it is very important to participate in activities that develop and help sustain the livelihoods of the Bakiga and Batooro communities. Buy some locally made crafts, locally brewed beer, and then test the local food and cultural dance among other activities.
The park lies close to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Semuliki National Park and Rwenzori Mountains. So, guests seeking to participate in Mountain hiking in Uganda, can immerse themselves and make their travel so memorable.