Kibale, Uganda Travel Blogs

Ishasha to Kibale by Road
Jun 13, 2008

... to withdraw US$1,000 without a hitch. I finally had some local currency in my pocket. It was about another hour and half to Kibale Forest Primate Lodge where once again we were too tired to take in too much especially as we arrived right on dusk. We were ...

Chimp trekking!
May 24, 2009

... a great deal of Fort Portal's lush hills, swathed in tidy tea plantations (a great sight for any Brit!). Swinging into Kibale Forest brought more delights: thick jungle on either side of the road, colourful birds flying in and out of the overhead trees, a ...

Chimps and Squits - lovely
Nov 12, 2009

... and had to play with every technical object we own!! finally arrived at our destination in the evening, a stunning tea plantation in Kibale! really beautiful scenery and overlooking a massive lake! put the tents up (think im getting the hang of it now:) ...

Chimpansee trekking in Kibale
Aug 28, 2008 (13 photos)

... back to camp and using a torch they found out that they had loads of ants crawling up their legs. In Kibale Forest National Park we were trekking mans closest relative - chimpansees. They are very different to gorillas as they are smaller, but ...

Kibale Forest
Jun 14, 2008

Kibale Forest Saturday June 14th, 2008. Kibale Forest Primate and Swamp Walks A little sleep in this morning with a 7am start but the chimps were screaming their lungs out overnight just to make sure we all knew they were out there. The tents at ...

Gorillas and mugging
Jul 29, 2007

So I have had my first mugging experience. While trying to get up to the place where you trek to see the gorillas from we got stuck in the mud by this village. The villagers told us the path further up was impassable and they helped push us out (an entire ...

Chimps and Stuff
Sep 21, 2009 (8 photos)

... There were some small huts where we hung-out and made meals which was pretty cool.  We just hung out for the night.  Kibale National Park 9/23 This is the day we are going to trek into the jungle and hang with Chimpanzees for an hour or so.  ...

All about Kibale Forest National Park in Uganda
Oct 18, 2008

... in Africa. It is famous because of its 13 types of Chimpanzee, a said closest relative of man. Kibale's 1450 chimpanzee are the representative of Uganda's primate. The park also covers Hoest monkeys and red colubus monkey of East Africa. To these species ...

The Pearl Of Africa
Feb 12, 2009 (26 photos)

... to Kibale National Park, home to the largest biomass of primates in the world, an enviornmentally protected area in Western Uganda.  Less than 5 minutes on the road, it became apparant that Uganda was more poverty stricken than Kenya.  No ...

Lake Bunyonyi
Feb 12, 2007

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Day Forty Nine - Kibale National Park
Jul 1, 2009

... so it's quite amusing to hang out with him and take the piss! We then set off for Kibale. There are cows here with huge horns so we had several photo stops to take pictures of them. Uganda is very green and lush, even more so than Tanzania or Kenya.

Tracking Chimps
Aug 12, 2009

Kibale forest has the highest density of chimpanzees in the world and a number of the groups have been habituated to humans This basically means that for one hour in the morning and afternoon, 6 people plus a guide can set out to spend time with them ...