Kibale Forest National Park

A morning walk with a ranger to find chimps that are used to people. You hear them long before you see them.

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Western Uganda, near Fort Portal

About Kibale Forest

From Kampala
about 5 to 6 hours
Walking
2 to 4 hours
Stay
2 nights

Kibale has one of the highest concentrations of primates in Africa, and the chimps are why most people come. We walk forest trails with a ranger until we find the community, then spend an hour with them.

Afternoons are for the crater lakes and tea estates around Fort Portal.

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