Kibale Forest National Park Uganda

Trekking Companies in Uganda, Chimpanzee and Gorilla Treks

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The following companies can take you for Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale, Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest as well as other primate watching tours in Uganda and Rwanda. The list of the tour companies presented here is for only credible companies. There are various offers and tour packages that can combine more safari destinations in Uganda.

Bunyonyi Safaris Ltd
Ground Floor, Crusader House 3 Portal Avenue, Kampala. Uganda
Tel +256 41 4347 460/4342 482, +256 312 261 001/2 Fax: +256 41 4345 605
Mobile hotlines +256 772 707 311, +256 778 638 042, +256 773 737 955
Email: info@bunyonyi.com
Web: www.ugandasafariafrica.com

AA Safaris and Tours
offers a true experience of EAST AFRICA with an independent Ugandan based Tour and Travel Company and an agency in the United Kingdom. Its fully registered and licensed in Uganda and a member of The Uganda Association of Travel Agents and Association of Uganda Tour Operators, AUTO. AA safaris and Tours Limited takes you to a multiplicity of tour and Uganda safari sites or Destinations in Uganda, Rwanda , Kenya and Tanzania and also offer global airline ticketing and route planning on Request.

AA Adventures
Offers great packages for gorilla trekking in Rwanda and Uganda.

Enjoy Safaris Ltd
Tel +256782511422,+256701511122.
Head Office : Span House, 3rd Floor,Suite 301.
Email : info@enjoysafarisafrica.com
Website : www.enjoysafarisafrica.com

Arrive Africa Safaris
Head Office: Kamu Kamu Plaza Entebbe Road Kampala Uganda
Mob +256 792 768 889 landline +256 (0) 392 908 774.
Email : info@gorillasafariholidays.com
Web: http://www.gorillasafariholidays.com

Sasa Holidays Limited

Gayaza, Namayina Hill

Next to Namayina Church of Uganda

P.O Box 8767, Kampala, Uganda

Email: safaris@sasaholidays.com

Website: www.sasaholidays.com

Tel: +256 414 376 470

Mobile :+256 714 376 470

Insight Safari Holidays
Tel : Office +256392613687 or +256793410510 :
email. info@ugandasafari.co.uk
web: www.ugandasafari.co.uk
Plot 4 Kimathi Avenue Kampala Uganda

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Prime Uganda Safaris
Tudor House Ggaba Road
Tel: +256773912891 / +256702181380
Email: info@primeugandasafaris.com
Website: www.primeugandasafaris.com

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Trek East Africa
Email: info@trekeastafrica.com
Web: www.trekeastafrica.com

Great Lakes Safaris
Is a local Ugandan Tour Operator,large enough to be respected as a premier safari company in Uganda and still small enough to care about each of the travellers. Great Lakes Safaris is a proud owner of Simba Safari Camp On the border of Queen Elizabeth National Park featuring affordable guest rooms, dormitory rooms and a camp site.

Onyx Safaris
offers itineraries from 3 up to 23 days to explore the beauty of Uganda. Also tailor the package to suit your very needs, given that over 50% of their safaris go through tourism sites such as rainforests, Rift Valley, primates, mountains, valleys, wetlands ……..and much more.Pleasure and passion to preserve the customs and cultures of the people of East Africa among which they operate.

Abeam Safaris
locally owned Safari Company based in Kampala, Uganda; with extensive knowledge of Eastern ( Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania) and Southern Africa. We offer a broad spectrum of services, which include Gorilla and Chimpanzee trekking, holiday tours, luxury safaris, flying safaris, Hotel reservation, ticketing, car hire, excursions, day tours, designer itineraries.They also handle events management; have skilled personnel combined with our comprehensive range of event management services that are essential for the creation of successful events in the cities and the jungles too.

African Pearl Safaris
The first company to take tourist to Bwindi for gorilla tracking offers a range tours that include gorilla safaris, birding, nature / guided walks, wildlife game viewing, mountaineering and other guided Uganda tours. care about your safety and interests. To serve you better,they have developed capacity to rescue a safari.

Karibu Safaris
specialize in adventure travel if you need an adrenaline rush or an active self propelled holiday look no further. Be it white water rafting, abseiling, rock climbing, mountain biking, fly fishing, sports fishing, horseback safari, wind surfing, kayaking, canoeing, caving or hiking you will find us likeminded free spirits.

Kibale Lodges Uganda, Kibale Accommodation

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The park has excellent accommodation with Kibale primate lodge that is located in Kanyanchu.Others include up-market accommodation,tree houses and undemanding cottages are discovered at Sebitoli.Every accommodation has a campsite with a restuarnt serving both local and international cuisine.Budget accommodation is also found at Bigodi ,Nkingo and Ndali crater area.Ndali is well known for its up-market accommodation and other budget alternative such as Chimpanzee guesthouse along with lake NkurubaFort Portal town also has high standard accommodation.

LODGES AND ACCOMMODATION

Primate Lodge Kibale

Nyinabulitwa Country Resort

Chimps’ Nest

Kanyanchu River Camp

Kibale Forest Camp

Getting There, Kibale

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Kibale National Park is suited in the western part of Uganda and covers an area of about 26km south-east of Fort Port.Kanyanchu river camp is well known to be the heart of tourism activities and this is easily accessible from Kampala from the North through Mubenda as well as Fort Portal.In the southern part,you can use Mbarara or Kamwenge road to get to the park.

Travelers say that the northern route is shorter and faster and has a distance is about 300km with a tarmac road going to Fort Portal and also a distance of 36km on murram to Kanyanchu.The sebitoli forest camp is accessible and its second in the tourism sector.

Its a direct route from kampala with about 16km prior to Fort Port.In case you want to use a bus,it will be easy because it runs daily from Kampala to Fort port via Sebitoli then Fort Portal along with Kamwenge via Kanyanchu.

The density and diversity of primates in Kibale National Park is the highest in the whole of Africa. The most well known of its 13 species are the chimpanzees, our closest relative. Kibale’s 1450 chimpanzee indicate Uganda’s biggest population of this threatened primate.Additionally Kibale is home to the uncommon I’Hoest’s monkey as well as East Africa’s biggest population of the endangered red colobus monkey. The black & white colobus, red tailed monkey, blue monkey, olive baboon, grey cheeked mangabey, bush baby and potto are among the other primates.

Other mammals are also present, though they are hardly seen. These consist of buffalo, leopard, bush pig elephant, and duiker. A neat viewer could also see amphibians and reptiles and a colorful variety of butterflies.

Kibale Forest Camp Uganda

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Kibale Forest Camp is suited off Fort port-Kamwenge, subsequent to the park’s edge. On your way to For Port, you will a signpost with a kilometer of about 3.5 to our camp. After passing Bigodi village, you will meet another signpost that will take you to the dirt road heading to our camp. This is just 1 kilometer to be there within no time.

Accommodation

The camp is well designed with about 7 safari tents; containing double beds with en-suite bathroom along with an eco friendly toilet. The verandah will give you a perfect view of the colobus monkeys in the forest.

Tourism activities
These include Chimp tracking, Forest walk, hiking at the slopes of Mount Rwenzoria, Cultural heritage and Bigodi village walk discovering the crater lakes.

Nyinabulitwa Country Resort Uganda

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Nyinabulitwa Country Resort is located just about 20 kms off Fort Portal in the western part of Uganda. The resort surrounds Kibale Forest National Park acknowledged to be the most gorgeous tropical rainforest in the country with eye-catching birds and insects. It has different species of primates with about 1400 population of Chimpanzees.

Accommodation
The resort has well designed accommodation with self contained cottages that put up both double and single beds with high quality services.

The Surroundings
The forest is habitant to many animals such as buffaloes, bush pigs, elephants, duikers and many reptiles. The resorts have tour guides that will lead you through the forest. The tree house will give you a perfect view for seeing birds and monkeys. A forest walk will give you a chance to get closer to some primates and birds. The lake offers many activities such as swimming, fishing, canoeing as well as Kayaking. Mountain biking and hiking are also great games.

Restaurant
The restaurants serve both international and local cuisines. Some of the food is got from the garden and is prepared to the visitors.

The Village
The resort has a craft shop with all African items managed by the community women group. Get for yourself something that will always remind you of Uganda as a great country.

Chimps’ Nest Uganda

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Chimps’ Nest is a right birder’s ecstasy.he lodge margins Kibale Forest on a gorgeous piece of land with a stunning view of Kibale Forest along with the snow capped peaks of Mount Rwenzori.The common areas that visit this place include the monkeys, chimps as well as forest elephants. The lodge is suited adjacent Nyabubale a well known village between Nkingo and Bigodi.Its just a 15 minutes drive from Kanyanchu the focal point of UWA for chimp tracking as well as other activities in the park. The local foods grown around include pineapple, ginger jam, peanut butter, honey along with filtered coffee. Chimp’s Nest is established in a natural setting with local materials and solar energy for light. It’s acknowledged to be an eco-friendly lodge.

Accommodation

The accommodation is up to standard with beautiful self contained cottages, tree house in addition to family cottages. The restaurants serve both international and local cuisines with hospitable waitresses. All cottages have privacy with a perfect view of the wildlife such as birds, chimps, elephants, monkeys and Kibale forest at large.

Tourist Activities

Among the activities carried out include, Chimp tracking, Cultural heritage, Natural trail, Forest walk, Hikes at the slopes of Mount Rwenzori and Bigodi Village walk along with the discovery of the crater Lakes.

Primate Lodge Kibale Uganda

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Primate Lodge in Kibale is a fashionable Eco-lodge located within Kibale National park. It’s enclosed by a flourishing tropical forest that is a habitat to many different species of primates for instance the chimpanzees. It’s secretly sheltered in the rainforest, its one of the lodges that gives a really dependable jungle familiarity and it’s the most favorable place for tracking the primates in Uganda. Primate lodge Kibale has accommodation for all visitors ranging from luxury, cottages as well as tents. This lodge gives a chance to take your time in the morning and first have breakfast and later on plan for the day and how you are going to track the chimpanzees without much trouble.

Accommodation

Luxury Safari Tents

The lodge has about 8 lavish safari tents, wooden platform with a thatched roof that tends to match well with the environment. The verandahs on each tent offers a beautiful view of the enclosed forest. The inside of the lodge is designed with an African style with beautiful beds. The bathrooms and toilets have a natural touch of the environment made out of local stones, wall paintings as well as bamboo.

Forest Cottage

The lodge has about 7 friendly cottages are secretly located in the forest. The rooms are big with double beds, a sitting room with an African design and standard en suite bathrooms and toilets.

Sky Tree House
Another exciting adventure is the sky tree house, it has a bedroom with other facilities that can enable you enjoy a nigh there. Its suited at a 10 minutes walk from the major lodge. Giving you a perfect view of the Elephant lurch. At night, all elephants gather at this point.

Restaurant and Bar

The restaurant serves both international and local foods with hospital waitresses. Next to the restaurant is a fully stocked bar with a beautiful scenic view of the forest.

Lounge area
The lounge has well designed chairs; soft cushions along with sofas that will make you enjoy the red-tailed monkeys in the forest.

Cultural dancing Fire place

The evenings are usually enjoyed around the camp fire to give you all the warmth you need. Late in the night, you will experience the great sounds of the forest as well as the winding forest elephants.

Tourist Activities
Among the activities include chimp tracking, Forest walk, bird watching,Bigodi village walk discovery of the crater Lakes, Cultural heritage, Hike at the slopes of Rwenzori along with the Nature trail. Enjoy a tour To Uganda’s national parks.

Hiking Uganda, Forest Hike Kibale Tour

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Forest Hike
It’s a 12km hike and usually done in the dry seasons. The months are mid Novermber-Fedruary, June and September. Hiking helps discover the park’s assorted habitats such as river line forest, swamp, grassland and tropical rainforest. You will get an opportunity to see the different species of birds like duiker and primates bushbuck. The nature walks usually start at 08.00 and the focal point is at Kanyanchu Visitor Centre and final touches are at the elephant wallow at 14.00.Booking in advance will be to your advantage.

Sebitoli Forest
Sebitoli is situated 12km away from Fort portal town on the Kampala-Fortportal main road. this portion of the forest provides excellent bird along with primate viewing in the moist evergreen forest with stratified tree crowns of a semi closed canopy.

Kihingani Wetland
Guided walks, just like those at Magombe, are carried out in the Kihingani wetland, simply outside the national park close to Sebitoli.

Kanyanchu River Camp and Chimpanzee Trekking Kibale Uganda

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Kanyanchu River Camp and the Chimpanzee Habituation Experience

Kanyanchu is the focal point for tourism activities found in the central part of the park. The main tourist attraction is the opportunity to track chimpanzee in their habitation of this rainforest. A group of chimpanzee has been habituated in this forest since 1991 and the probabilities of encountering the good indeed (over 90%). Note that the park is just acc foot; in that location are no motorable tracks open to tourists.

The Chimpanzee Experience allows accompany Kibale’s researchers & habituators at chimpanzee all through their daily activities, thereby getting used to human presence without changing their natural you’ll be able to expect to see the chimps de-nesting (in their nocturnal nests) between 05.30 to 06.30, during the day till they make new nests and at night around 19.00. The Experience runs all through the tourist low season months of March, April, May & November

Cultural Heritage, Nature Walk Uganda Treks

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The nature walk begins from Kanyanchu or Sebitoli and it takes about 2-6 days. The en route will help discover the forest and late rest in the community-run campsites close to the villages of Kikoni,Nyakalongo and Nyaibanda.You will get to know the different cultures that are found in this area like the batoro and Bakiga culture. Only 6 people are allowed to take on the nature walk and booking in advance is very important.

Best-known as the former Long Distance Walk, an adventurous visitor can follow a 2 to 6 days trail through the forest. The entire walk begins or ends at either at Kanyanchu or Sebitoli. The path explores the forest throughout the day, coming out in the evening to relax in the community-run campsites close to the villages of Nyaibanda, Kikoni and Nayakalongo.

These offers an opportunity to link up with the local people & gain insights into their cultures (Batoro and Bakiga ). Porters can be employed at the trailheads to carry your equipments. Groups of up to six people can take on the walk. But Pre-booking is necessary for efficient organization of the walk.