Enjoy the Great 3 Days of Uganda Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National Park

About Kibale Forest National park

Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best safari destinations in Africa for chimpanzee tracking safaris and has the highest number and diversity of primates in East Africa. There are 13 species of primates including chimpanzees.  Kibale Forest National Park is located in the southwestern part of Uganda and it is the park with the highest concentration of chimpanzees in the whole of Africa. The park is one of the attractive and top destinations in Uganda and it has got a tropical rain forest harboring several animals of interest. It covers an area of 795 square kilometers with the area covered by swamps, rivers, rain forests, and a small area covered by the little grassland. Kibale forest national Park feature 12 species of primates and harbors about 1500 chimpanzees that are protected within the forest, it is important to note that chimpanzee tracking is done by people with 15 years and above meaning that children below this age are not allowed to track chimpanzees but rather engage in other educational forest walks.

Kibale forest National Park hosts the world’s threatened red colobus and the rare L’Hoest monkeys. Other primates in Kibale Forest National Park include red-tailed monkeys, Olive baboons, grey-cheeked mangabey. Blue monkeys, potto, and bush baby among others. It is because of this that the park is regarded as the best destination in the whole world to do chimpanzee trekking and has been referred to as the primate capital of the world. Apart from the primates, the park also features over 375 bird species and about 70 species of mammals which makes it worth visiting.

Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale

Any visitors for this activity will have to book and secure the chimpanzee trekking permit which is available at $200 for foreign non-residents, $150 for foreign residents, and 150000 for east African citizens. The chimpanzee trekking lasts for one hour and Visitors can as well decide to stay for long hours and opt to go for chimpanzee habituation experience where you will spend 4 hours with chimpanzees with the group of researchers and the chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale costs $250.

The Great 3 Days Of Uganda Chimpanzee Tracking In Kibale National Park will provide you with an opportunity to encounter a lot of primates that are comfortable staying in their natural habitat including the bird species, the chimpanzee habituation process experience, and the chimpanzee tracking and the community tours around Bigod wetland.

Getting to Kibale Forest National park

The park can be accessed from Kampala or Mubende Fortportal for about 5 to 6 hours. The park is close to Queen Elizabeth and you will need only two hours to drive from Kibale to Queen Elizabeth national park. Stay at comfortable lodges of chimpanzee forest guest house, Kibale safari lodge, Chimpanzee nest, Ndali Lodge, Primate Lodge among others.

This great Chimpanzee Tracking safari in Kibale National Park will make your experience as memorable as you interact with chimpanzees through chimpanzee tracking and habituation experience. Chimpanzees share over 94% DNA of us humans so you don’t need to miss out on this.