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Uganda Destination
KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
The Kibale National Park is situated southwest of Uganda, 345 Km from Kampala. Approximately 5-hour drive. The closest Airport is Kasese, 2 hours by road, for flights from Entebbe Airport and other Parks. Covering just 795 sq. km, this dense tropical rainforest is one of the smaller parks in Uganda, found outside Fort Portal. Its northern tip is the highest point standing at 1,590m above sea level. The lowest point is 1,100m on the floor of the Albertine Rift Valley to the south. Its varied altitude supports different types of habitat, ranging from a wet tropical forest on the Fort Portal plateau to woodland and savanna on the rift valley floor.
Its rich flora composition boasts 351 tree species (recorded), some, which rise to over 55m and are over 200 years old.
This forms a particularly perfect habitat for the innumerable chimpanzees that co-exist here with the other 12 primates and an additional 57 species of wildlife. Tracking one of the five habituated groups of chimpanzees is an equally exciting adventure in comparison to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, but less strenuous. Also regularly seen here are the rare red colobus and L'Hoest's monkeys. Larger but rarely seen wildlife residents include bushbucks, sitatungas, buffaloes, leopards and quite a few forest elephants. This park is also home to an incredible 250 species of butterfly and 372 bird species including the crested guineafowl, great blue turaco, grey parrot, Green-breasted and African pittas, African crowned eagles and black bee-eaters.
Kibale adjoins Queen Elizabeth National Park to the south to create a 180 km-long corridor for wildlife between Ishasha, the remote southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Sebitoli, north of Kibale National Park. The Kibale-Fort Portal area is one of Uganda's most rewarding destinations to explore. The park lies close to the tranquil Ndali-Kasenda crater area and is within half a day's drive to Queen Elizabeth, the Rwenzori Mountains and Semuliki National Parks, as well as the Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve.
Other activities include:
• Nature walks
• Cultural tours
KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
The Kibale National Park is situated southwest of Uganda, 345 Km from Kampala. Approximately 5-hour drive. The closest Airport is Kasese, 2 hours by road, for flights from Entebbe Airport and other Parks. Covering just 795 sq. km, this dense tropical rainforest is one of the smaller parks in Uganda, found outside Fort Portal. Its northern tip is the highest point standing at 1,590m above sea level. The lowest point is 1,100m on the floor of the Albertine Rift Valley to the south. Its varied altitude supports different types of habitat, ranging from a wet tropical forest on the Fort Portal plateau to woodland and savanna on the rift valley floor.
Its rich flora composition boasts 351 tree species (recorded), some, which rise to over 55m and are over 200 years old.
This forms a particularly perfect habitat for the innumerable chimpanzees that co-exist here with the other 12 primates and an additional 57 species of wildlife. Tracking one of the five habituated groups of chimpanzees is an equally exciting adventure in comparison to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, but less strenuous. Also regularly seen here are the rare red colobus and L'Hoest's monkeys. Larger but rarely seen wildlife residents include bushbucks, sitatungas, buffaloes, leopards and quite a few forest elephants. This park is also home to an incredible 250 species of butterfly and 372 bird species including the crested guineafowl, great blue turaco, grey parrot, Green-breasted and African pittas, African crowned eagles and black bee-eaters.
Kibale adjoins Queen Elizabeth National Park to the south to create a 180 km-long corridor for wildlife between Ishasha, the remote southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Sebitoli, north of Kibale National Park. The Kibale-Fort Portal area is one of Uganda's most rewarding destinations to explore. The park lies close to the tranquil Ndali-Kasenda crater area and is within half a day's drive to Queen Elizabeth, the Rwenzori Mountains and Semuliki National Parks, as well as the Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve.
Other activities include:
• Nature walks
• Cultural tours
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