Kibale National Park Location
Kibale National Park Location : Kibale National Park welcomes everyone on Uganda Primate Safaris which can be done as an individual, couple or as a group. One to have perfect safari itinerary, you need to get an expert tour agent to help you plan for your Uganda safaris to Kibale Forest National Park, how to get there, attractions, activities, where to stay and cost of a safari.
Kibale Forest National Park is one of the top primate safari destinations in Africa for chimpanzee trekking tour. More fact, the park hosts the highest number of primates in East Africa. There are 13 species of primates including chimpanzees living within its 795 square kilometers land cover with the most perfect and most diversified tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. The forest covering predominates in the central and northern part of the park on the flat raised Fort Portal Plateau and the park stands about 1590 meter above sea level.
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Location of Kibale National Park
The location of Kibale National Park is in the western region of Uganda about 348 kilometers ‘’5hour drive’’ from Kampala and about 26kilomters south-east of the beautiful Fort portal town. Note; Fort portal city is one of Uganda’s most lovely places to explore.
Kibale National Park lies close to the serene Ndali Kasenda crater area and it takes a half day’s drive to Uganda’s popular –Queen Elizabeth National Park, Rwenzori Mountains and Semuliki National parks and the Toro –Semliki Wildlife Reserve.
The southern Kibale borders Queen Elizabeth National Park and collectively protects a 180 kilometers long migration corridor for wildlife that expands from the remote southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park in ‘’Ishasha’’, to Sebitoli’’ in northern Kibale.
Wildlife in Kibale National Park
The park harbors over 13 different species primates such as Chimpanzee, Lhotse’s monkeys, red colobus monkeys, black and white colobus, red tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys, bush babies, blue monkeys, olive baboons and potto among others. Kibale Forest National Park a kingdom home of primates with over 1,500 individuals living in their natural inhabitant.
Kibale National Park is not only home for primates but also wild animals consisting of buffaloes, leopards, bush pigs, elephants and duikers. It is a great location to view some of amphibians, reptiles and various beautiful butterflies.
When to visit
The best time to visit the park is during the dry season when the trails are dry and passable for trekking experience. Dry season starts from December to February and from June to September.
You can still visit the park activities in wet season. Although wet season, receive an average annual rainfall of approximately 1700mm, mainly during March to May and September to November.
The climate is usually favorable with an average annual temperature range of 14C to 27C. The southern part of the park experiences the maximum temperatures and lower amounts of rains where the terrain drops onto the hot rift valley floor and forest provides way to open grassland.
Other activities in Kibale National Park
They include; Kibale Forest Hikes, Birding, cultural tours, crater Lakes tour, cultural trails experience.
You can choose to combine Chimpanzee tracking with other Uganda Safaris; Chimpanzee tracking safari with gorilla trekking tour in Bwindi National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Semuliki, Murchison Falls and Climbing adventure to Mount Rwenzori. Or else- You can choose to combine with Rwanda Tours and Kenya safaris.
