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Primate Kibale Lodge
Kibale Forest National Park
Uganda
Kibale Primate Lodge, located in the beautiful Kibale Forest in western Uganda, is an excellent choice for anyone interested in seeing chimpanzees and other primates.
The lodge offers nine cosy cottages in the forest, each equipped with two double beds or one king-size bed. Inside is a comfy sitting area with armchairs, a small desk and a verandah where you can enjoy forest views. The lodge is simple, but we like its location in the park, close to the starting point for trekking to see the chimpanzees.
About This Area
At 766 square kilometers, Kibale National Park is a reasonably large conservation area which is located around 20km to the southeast of the town of Fort Portal in southwestern Uganda. At its southern end, it borders Queen Elizabeth National Park, which forms a continuous protected area that is almost 200km in length.
It is the prime location in the country for chimpanzee tracking.
The reserve lies at altitudes between 1100 and 1600 metres, dominated by moist evergreen forest, but also contains a diverse range of subtly different moist evergreen and semi-deciduous forest ecosystems, including the last significant expanse of pre-montane forest in East Africa.
Kibale National Forest has one of the highest diversity and concentrations of primates in Africa, with thirteen species, including chimpanzees, Ugandan red colobus monkeys, L'Hoest's monkeys, Uganda mangabeys, black-and-white colobus monkeys, red colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys and blue monkeys.
Other mammals include elephants, red duikers, blue duikers, bushbucks, sitatungas, bushpigs, giant forest hogs, common warthogs, and African buffaloes, plus carnivores including leopards, African golden cats, servals, mongooses and otters.
The park hosts 325 listed bird species, including olive long-tailed cuckoos, western tinkerbirds, African pittas, green-breasted pittas, grey parrots and ground thrushes.
Primate Kibale Lodge
