How to get to Kibale Forest National Park.

How to get to Kibale Forest National Park-Kibale forest national park is home to 325 different bird species and offers twelve other different species of primates in addition to the chimps, which is the highest number and diversity of primates in entire Africa. That’s why Kibale Forest is also called ‘the primate capital of the world‘. Other primates that can be found in Kibale are for example East Africa’s biggest population of the endangered red colobus monkeys, the black & white colobus, red-tailed monkeys, the uncommon L’Hoest monkeys, and the grey-cheeked Mangabey. Kibale Forest Uganda is also home to forest elephants and forest buffaloes, but they are rarely seen.

Getting to Kibale forest by Road.

The best way to get to Kibale from Kampala or Entebbe is via Mityana-Mubende- fort portal road which is a 6 hour drive, this road is less busy and offers fantastic landscapes of the tea farms and the mighty Rwenzori Mountains.

Getting to Kibale by Air.

There are scheduled flights from Entebbe to Kasese airstrip which is located near the base of Uganda’s highest mountain range, from here a 2- 3 hour scenic drive will take you to heart of the primate capital of the World.