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 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

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.

The people living around Kibale National Park are mostly Batoro and Bakiga. The Batoro are native to the region while the Bakiga are just immigrants from the thickly populated southwestern part of the country. The Batoro carry pride in the ethnical heritage of the Kingdom of Toro, a scion of the ancient kingdoms of the Great Lakes region un Africa. The king (Omukama) and the kingdom personify the traditional along with cultural values of the Batoro. The immigrants (Bakiga) still hold their culture and tradition as expressed in their dance,folklore, as well as language. Kibale National Park plays an important role in the local people’s lives who enjoy different types of benefits from the forest. This forest offers them with a number of traditional forest products like fuel, wood, wild coffee, food, building materials as well as herbal medicines.

This Wetland sanctuary is a community-run opening aimed at conserving an exclusive biodiversity & environmental values of the wetland.

Primates walk (Chimpanzee tracking)

The most favourite of Kibale’s walks embarks on from the Kanyanchu Visitor center at 08.00 & 15.00 and lasts 2 to 3 hours. Chimpanzee are the most sought after primate by visitors, but you should look out for the black & white colobus, red tailed monkey or the grey cheeked mangabey. Your guides will be able to show you pittas & different bird species and will give details of the tradit of the plant species within the forest. This walk is for 6 people in a group. Advance booking is all-important especially during peak sea:

Primate walks (Chimpanzee tracking): The most favourite activity in the park is the Chimpazee tracking safaris. Starts from Kanyanchu Visitor Centre at 08.00 & ends at 15.00 and lasts 2-3 hours. The Primates are searched down by visitors during the tracking. These include black & white colobus, grey cheeked mangabey,red tailed monkey. Your guides will show you pittas along with other bird species & will explain the tradit of different plant species within the forest. This walk is for 6 individuals per tour group. Advance booking is all-important during peak sea:

Southern Kibale borders Queen Elizabeth National Park and collectively these preserved areas maintain a 180 kilometer long migration corridor for wildlife that stretches from the remote southern sector of Queen Elizabeth  National Park in “Ishasha”, to the north of Kibale in “Sebitoli”. The Kibale-Fort Portal region is one of Uganda’s most pleasing places to explore. The park is located close to the calm Ndali Kasenda crater area & which takes a half day’s drive to Queen Elizabeth, Rwenzori Mountains & Semuliki National Parks along with the Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve.