Kibale National Parks 

Kibale National Parks 

Kibale National Parks

This former logging reserve, which is mostly made up of evergreen and semi-deciduous forest, became a park in 1993. Africa’s most significant primate sanctuary is Kibale National Park, along with Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda.

Mostly savannah in nature, Kibale National Park is located in western Uganda, south of the Rwenzori mountains, and shares a boundary with Queen Elizabeth National Park. It rises in the rift valley. The boundaries of the forest start here, unaffected by human development, and by central Kibale, the cover is superb.

As one ascends the Fort Portal plateau, the forest gets thicker and thicker until, at around 1500 meters, the entire region is covered in dense, humid vegetation.

Kibale is home to 13 species of primates, 300 species of birds, a forest elephant, a duiker, a buffalo, a leopard, and over 350 different types of trees, some of which grow to heights of more than 50 meters. The average rainfall in the area is 1700 mm.

When it comes to birds, the hundreds of warblers, starlings, thrushes, flycatchers, and parrots that live in the forest frequently cause interruptions by their calls.

Despite being in danger, the large chimpanzee population there has thrived. The park’s habituated chimpanzees, which number in the region of 1500, are accustomed to being observed and offer guests a unique opportunity to observe primates in the wild.

Additional primate species include the red colobus, black and white colobus, olive baboon, manabey, red-tailed monkey, pottos, Guereza colobus, L’Hoest’s monkey, and manabey.

Kibale’s forest, together with its migratory paths that connect the plains and forest, make it an incredibly accessible and worthwhile destination. It is best visited during its two dry seasons, which are November through April and June through September.



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