Kibale
forest national park.
Kibale safari information
It is located south of Fort portal, at an altitude
of about 1,230m above sea level.The forest covers an areaof about
760sq km and is divided into seven zone for management purposes,reseach
,natural reserve, civic-cultural, recreation , harvest, community
and protection.
Kibale Forest National park is one of the most
gorgeous and marvellous Forest in uganda.It is the most popular
harbitat for the closest living relative to man that is ;the endangeredChimpanzee
and even the colobus monkeys with the l'hoesti monkey.This park
has one of the highset numbers of primatein Africa totaling to around
13 spicies with blue monkey,red tailed monkey,black and white colobus
monkeys(which is the emblem of Kibale national park ) bush babies,
grey cheeked mangabey and pottos.
In general , this park puts enphasis on conservation,sustainable
utilizationand non consuptive useof the forest.
Kibale forest national park has got nature trails into the forest
have been created and quite apart fromthe chimps,the walksare won
Tourism activities at Kibale National Park.
Chimpanzee tracking;This is the most popular tourism
activity .It is the guided chimp- trackingexcursion out of Kanyachu.
Kibale Chimpanzee Tour Uganda Primate Safari, habituations experience;here you will
expect to experiencethe chimps de-nesting between 0530hours to 0630hours.
You can follow them up in their daily activities up to nesting time
between 1830 hours to 1930 hours. There fore a visitor has tobe
ready to start on this activity from very early in the morning .
Primate walk; This walk starts from kanyanchu
river camp at 0800 hours or 1500hours.It take 2 to 4 hours.
Forest hike; This is a seasonal activity and it
is done on 12 kms and strictly restricted to the dry season(mid
november - february and June-september).it hight light the diverse
habitats of the par.like birds , bush pigs ,duinkers, monkeys and
many others .
Children's activities; Educational walks to children
are in offerings.the place has four ranger guides who educate tourists
childer especially under 12 years.The children acees the foret and
learn about the ecosystems and it's in habitats.
Bogodi wetland sanctuary and Magombe swamp Walk;This
is the best place for birders.It is where giuded nature walks along
a trail take placewith board walks.It has got around 138 bird speciesincluding
the Great blue turaco, and many number of butterflies.
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