Walking at kibale national park and across nature.
Kibale national park is an exciting forest dominated tourist destination more loved for being a home for a wide population of chimpanzees than any destination in Uganda. These services include chimpanzee tacking, birding watching, community walks, cultural encounters and hiking and nature walks which take place in the thick forests dominating the park.
Walking and trekking across different areas of the park can readily allow one to see all these wildlife species living in kibale forests. trekking and nature walks in kibale national park are provided two sessions, day and night. Starting from Kanyanchu Visitor Center, the essence of hiking and nature walk is that you get an opportunity of encountering many wildlife in the forest as they just walking up that is before they scatter to find fruits and go playing most especially chimpanzees and others. Usually, day hiking and nature walks start as early as early 08:00 am in the morning. In Kibale National Park, night trekking and nature walks take place under darkness; this activity uses a high voltage lamp. Starting at 7 p.m., night hiking and nature walks last 2.5 hours. During this time you will see various species most particularly the nocturnal hyrax, potto, serval cat, civet and bush baby.
Nature walks at the following wonderful locations inside Kibale National Park:
hiking in a forest
Starting from Kanyanchu Visitor Centre, the 12-kilometer woodland hike in Kibale woodland National Park follows a foot path throughout the park’s varied plant zones: riverine forest, marsh, grassland, tropical forest. Leading to the elephant wallow in Kibale National Park, the woodland trip takes three to five hours. During this whole walk, you will come across numerous vibrant bird species and animals inhabiting the thick forest.
Bitoli forest
Found in Kibale National Park 12 kilometers from Fort Portal town, the most magnificent hiking and nature trek in Sebitoli Forest
Walking in kibale national park and in nature
Kihingani Wetland
Though small, the 13 square kilometer swamp of Kihingani wetland is home to 230 colorful bird species, thus it is a great place for bird viewing on a trip in Kibale National Park. It is located 15 kilometers from Fort Portal before Sebitoli forest. Generally, the swamp offers guided nature walks. On a guided nature walk on the marsh, you will quickly find many more birds including Jameson’s wattle-eye, white-spotted fluff tail. Additionally living in the marsh are species like spotted necked otters and red colobus monkeys.
Ideal time for nature stroll safaris and hiking in Kibale National Park
The ideal time to go for a nature walk and hike in Kibale National Park is during the dry season, which runs from June to September and in months mid-November to February.
Where in the Kibale National Park should I lodge?
While on a safari in Kibale National Park, hotel facilities are rather crucial since they provide beddings, food, and other amenities. One can get accommodation in the park from the following establishments scattered over several areas of the park:
The park features a primate lodge, kanyanchu river camp, sebitoli camping area.
There are chimps net, chimpanzee guest house, kibale forest camp and kibale forest resort in southern section of the park.
From Papaya Safari Lodge, Ndali Lodge, Nyinabulitwa, Crater Safari Lodge, and Crater Valley Kibale (CVK) Lakeside Resort, accommodation in the northern sector comes.
Fort Portal from Kyaninga Lodge, Mountains of the Moon Hotel, Rwenzori View Guest house, The Dutchess and many more provide accommodation as well.
How can one reach Kibale National Park?
For uneducated tourists most especially international visitors traveling to Kibale national could appear difficult; the park can be visited by road and air transport. Using road transport the park is located 309.4 kilometers a drive of roughly 5 hours from Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. From Kampala, several paths go to the park: Kampala via Fort Portal-Kibale Forest Route, Kampala-Mbarara-kibale Forest Route. From Queen Elizabeth national park, one can also reach Kibale national park by means of the Kasese-Fort portal-kibale forest road or a path via Kasese to Kasenda craters. From Entebbe international airport and kajjansi airstrip, air domestic flights go to kasese airstrip, an hour’s drive to Kibale national park.
