Kibale Forest National Park

Kibale Forest National Park

Kibale Forest National Park is located a few kilometers off the stunning Town of fort Portal with a green tropical rainforest that includes grasslands and swamps that occupy the central and Northern Areas of the Park.

The Park is close to Ndali-Kasenda crater area requiring you 12 hours to the Toro-Semliki wildlife reserve, Queen Elizabeth, Rwenzori Mounatins and Semliki National Parks. There are Primates like chimpanzees which are the most prominent as well as bird species (375 different species).

Activities at Kibale Forest National Park

Bird watching

Bird watching is very awesome at Kibale Forest National Park and this starts at 7:00 am in the morning at Kanyanchu and the Bird species you watch in the green thick forest habitat include; the Papyrus Gonolek, White-winged Warbler, White-collared Olive back, Papyrus Canary, Yellow-billed Barbet, White-tailed Ant-thrush, Brown-backed Scrub-robin, Black Bishop, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, White-spotted Flufftail, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Western Nicator, Grey-winged Robin-chat, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Superb Sunbird, Brown-crowned Tchagra, Bocage’s Bush-shrike, White-breasted Negrofinch, Black-crowned Waxbill.

Chimpanzee Tracking

Chimpanzee tracking is the most prominent safari activity carried out in the park and gives you an opportunity to track and watch the Chimpanzees in their natural forest habitat. You are shortly briefed on conduct around the Chimpanzees then later in allocated groups of 8 with a park ranger, you enter the green forest vegetation to track the Chimpanzees for 2-4 hours in the forest then late ryou meet them and stay in their presence taking photos to keep for memories.

Cultural Encounters

Cultrual Encounters at Kibale Forest national Park are exciting to do as you get a hint into the lives of the local Batooro People. With a skilled park ranger, you follow trails through Villages, via Local schools, Churches, Traditional Healing Centers. You visit the Kibale Association for Rural Environment Development (KAFRED) which was set up to improve the lives of the local people through education, health.

Hiking and Nature walks

Kibale Forest National Park is perfect for Hiking and Nature Walks as you follow different trails watching various wildlife animals along the routes and these include; potto, night jar, bush baby, cricket and tree hyrax with its chilling shriek and the civet or serval cat. These are done in company of a skilled park ranger guide.