Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale National Park
Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale National Park . This short video show you chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale National Park is one Uganda's safari highlights. Kibale National Park is a top chimpanzee trekking destination. Kibale National Park contains one of the loveliest and most varied tracts of tropical forest in Uganda.
Kibale National Park is home to a total of 70 mammal species, most famously 13 species of primate including the chimpanzee. Kibale National Park also contains over 375 species of birds. An estimated 500 elephants are present, along with buffalos, leopards, warthogs, bush pigs, golden cats and duikers as well as a colorful variety of over 250 species of butterflies.
During your Tour of Kibale National Park, look out for residnet bird species like, Lizard Buzzard, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Great Blue Turaco, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill, Woodland Kingfisher, Pygmy Kingfisher, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Double-toothed Barbet, little Greenbul, Winding Cisticola, ZittingCisticola, Green Crombec among others.
Kibale National Park Forest has one of the highest diversity and concentration of primates in Africa. It is home to other primates that include the red colobus monkey considered Endangered and the rare L'Hoest’s monkey that are considered Vulnerable.
There are 13 species of primates in Kibale National Park. Kibale National Park protects several well-studied habituated communities of common chimpanzee, as well as several species of Central African monkey including the Uganda mangabey (Lophocebus ugandae), the black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza) and the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis).
Chimpanzee tracking is Kibale National Park's main tourist attraction although forest walks and chimpanzee habituation experience can be arranged and booked at any time of the year. Tourists wishing to track chimpanzees must first obtain a permit. Contact our Customer Service Team to reserve a chimp tracking permit. Chimpanzee tracking Safari in Kibale is done in two shifts including the morning and afternoon shift.
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