Where to stay in Kibale, Safari lodges / accommodation in Kibale Forest National Park Uganda

Primate Lodge

Primate Lodge is a luxury accommodationk. establishment located within the Vicinity of Kanyanchu tourism center few meters from the Kanyanchu entrance of Kibale National Park. Primate Lodge has been favored by many Uganda safari undertakers and tour operators because of its strategic position to the starting point of all tourism activities including the chimpanzee trekking and chimpanzee habituation in Kibale that require early wake up. Accommodation in Kibale National Park is offered in 8 superior luxury tents, 7 forest cottages, sky tree house and camp site provision. The accommodation units are self-contained except the campsite that has shared ablutions. The rooms feature comfortable beds that are designed from traditional materials and also have private veranda that offer impressive views of the forest.

How to get there, Directions to Kibale forest National Park Uganda

Kibale National Park is positioned in the western part of Uganda and a traveller on Uganda safari can access it via these points;

• The distance of 26km is involved to connect to Kibale National Park from Fort portal which is the nearest biggest town.

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How to get there, Directions to Kibale forest National Park Uganda

Kibale National Park is positioned in the western part of Uganda and a traveller on Uganda safari can access it via these points;

• The distance of 26km is involved to connect to Kibale National Park from Fort portal which is the nearest biggest town.

Tourist Attractions in Kibale forest national park

Birds

Kibale National Park is a birders haven. Considering its range of 375 species of birds, Kibale National Park is an ideal destination for birders on birding safaris and tours in Uganda. The adjacent Bigodi wetland extension is a habitat to 138 species of birds. The combination of these two habitats derives ultimate birding safari memories for birders on Uganda safari tours. The bird species that can be encountered include; Cassin spine tail, Nahans francolin, masked apalis and Red Winged Francolin, blue-headed blue eater, White-napped Pigeon, Crested fly catcher, Red- chested fluff tail, Green- breasted Pitta, Joyful Greenbul, Yellow-billed Barbet, Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Grey winged Robbin, White-spotted Flufftail, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, White-tailed Ant-thrush, Western Nicator, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Grey-winged Robin-chat, Brown-backed Scrub-robin, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Superb Sunbird, Brown-crowned Tchagra, Black Bishop, White-breasted Negrofinch, Black-crowned Waxbill and Bocage’s Bush-shrike among other birds.

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Kibale forest national park

Kibale National Park is 358km from the Uganda’s capital city of Kampala and the surface drive lasts approximately 7 hours. The Kibale Forest Park is shared the districts of Kamwengye and Kabarole and the communities that surround it include; the Batooro the natives to the land and the Bakiga immigrants who migrated from the Kigezi region in south western Uganda. These people depend on the forest for wood fuel, papyrus for craft making and medicinal herbs. The park offers 20% revenue sharing to the entrance collections. Kibale National Park stretches over a geographical coverage of 795km² and is counted among the great tropical forest of Africa that has got great counts of bio diversity.

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Accommodation in Mgahinga national park

Kisoro Travelers’ Rest Hotel

Travellers Rest Hotel is a colonial-style hotel located just 14km from Mgahinga Gorilla National Park outside Kisoro Town, in the extreme southwestern part of Uganda, providing a perfect point for trips into Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. When the visitor is just entering, he or she is welcomed by the ibis typical sound. The wonderful-green surrounding garden is the home of various birds species ...read more

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How to get Mgahinga national park Uganda

Getting There

Mgahinga is situated about 15 kilometers (9.3 mi), by road, south of the town of Kisoro and approximately 55 kilometers
It’s a full day’s drive by road from Kampala to Kisoro usually 8 hours, and a further 30 minutes to the Park entrance. Kisoro is the nearest town – public buses travel here from Kampala
By air, one can board a plane from Entebbe to Kisoro Airstrip which is near the park. This is the quickest mode of access and it takes about 1 hour. There are daily scheduled flights which must be booked long in advance with your local Uganda safari operator.
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Tourist Activities in Mgahinga national park

Gorilla Tracking

With a diverse collection of activities that visitors can get involved in, gorilla tracking comes out to be the best leading activity at Mgahinga Gorilla national park and almost 75% of Mgahinga's visitors come to view the precious primates. With Country Uganda being left with an estimate of 400 mountain gorillas, the Smallest Mgahinga park becomes one of the two blessed places where a visitor is have high chances to view the endangered mountain Gorilla species ...read more

Tourist Attractions in Mgahinga national park

Bird Species

The varied habitats of Uganda’s smallest park make it home to a variety of birds with 179-184 species recorded. The list includes the Ibis, Pin-tailed Whydah, Speckled Mouse bird, Stone Chat, Grey-capped Warbler, Wax Bills ...read more

Mgahinga National Park Uganda

Welcome to Mgahinga National Park Uganda

Mgahinga gorilla national park is the smallest park in the country. It is about 33.7sq km and situated in south western Uganda, in Kisoro district. The British administration declared the area a game sanctuary in 1930 and it was finally gazetted in 1991 and it is part of the Virunga conservation area. The park takes its name from "Gahinga" - the local word for the piles of volcanic stones cleared from farmland at the foot of the volcanoes.

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park sits in the clouds approximately at an altitude of between 2,227m and 4,127m. As its name portrays, the park was established to protect the rare mountain gorillas that inhabit its forests and the park is home for the endangered golden monkey
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Bwindi National Park safari lodges

Where to stay

Accommodation in Bwindi. 
The four regions of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park namely; Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga and Nkuringo have got a range of accommodation options in different categories of luxury/Upmarket to Midrange/Standard and Budget/Basic that provide overnight stay to Uganda safari undertakers.

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How to get to Bwindi forest national park

While on Uganda safari, connecting to various sections of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park including;  Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga and Nkuringo can be arranged from the following points to enable you carry out your Uganda gorilla trekking tour;
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Tourist attractions in Bwindi forest national park

Mountain Gorillas in Uganda as an attraction in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Famous for Gorilla trekking safaris in Uganda, the mountain Gorillas which are listed as globally critically endangered are descendants of ancestral monkeys and apes that used to live in the sects of Africa and Arabia at the onset of the Oligocene epoch (34 – 24 million of years ago). The fossil evidence shows that the hominoid species (apes) thrived in East Africa around 18 – 22 million years ago. The archaeological record about the evolutionary history of Mountain gorillas is short of depth but the research findings show that this primate group which was to evolve into gorillas separated from its common ancestor along with that of chimps and humans about nine (9) million years ago leading to the emergence of genus gorilla.  The earliest ape is thought to have been called Proconsul Africanus and is known to be the earliest relative of gorillas. The mountain gorillas split from their eastern lowland gorillas about 400,000 years ago while these two groups split from their western counterparts approximately 2 million years ago. The classification of gorillas has been an issue of debate. 

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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park located in south western Uganda covers a land surface of 321 km2 over an altitude spread of 1,160-2,607m above sea level. Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park is listed among the prime areas in East Africa with great expanse of Afro-montane forest that have thrived from the prehistoric era and sailed through the last ice age forming a rich habitat with great bio-diversity composition. This forest has highest number of trees compared to other areas that have got similar altitude.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has got great counts of butterfly species most of which are restricted in range to the park. The park also has great mammal concentrations. In fact, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has got 400 out of 880 mountain gorillas that are currently thriving in the wild with none thriving in captivity. Amazingly, despite the high agricultural population concentration that surrounds Bwindi Impenetrable national Park, it still has enormous counts of biodiversity. Among these include; 163 species of trees, 104 species of fern alongside other taxa.

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Semuliki national park accommodation

Semuliki Safari Lodge

Semuliki Safari Lodge is located in formerly called Toro Game Reserve and currently called Semuliki valley, in the Western Rift Valley. It is the only accommodation place in over 500 square kilometers of wilderness, offering a truly private experience.

Its structure is built out of local materials and has a feeling of traditional rustic without losing that all-important comfort.

The lodge has large canvas tents with permanent thatched roofs and each tent includes en-suite bathrooms with running water and private verandas with a stunning panoramic view.

Imagine lying on a hand carved four poster bed draped in muslin. Persian carpets and other soft touches ensure that this is far from roughing it in the bush.

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How to get to Semuliki NP

There are two major roads that can be used by visitors to Semliki National Park.

Kampala – Mubende – Fort Portal, which is 300km and about 4-5 hours’ drive

Kampala – Masaka – Mbarara – Kasese – Fort Portal, which is about 510km and about 7-8 hours’ drive.

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Tourist Activities in Semuliki NP

Tourist Activities

Birding in Semuliki .Birders who travel to Semliki are always rewarded with some of Africa’s best forest birding areas. The important birding areas are Sempaya as well as Ntandi and these provide excellent viewing point of the birds including the White-crested Hornbill, Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill, and Yellow-throated Nicator, Piping Hornbill Great blue as well as Ross’s Turacos. The important bird spotting point in the park is around River Kirumia. The world endangered species of the shoebill stork can be regularly seen at close quarters on Lake Albert and forest walks are good for tracking water birds

Tourist Attractions in Semuliki national park

Wildlife. The forest acts as a home to 53 mammals of which 27 of mammals are big. 11mammal species are only found in the park including the pygmy antelope and two flying species of squirrels. The park is habitat to the specific water chevrotain, known as the “fanged deer has over 60 species of mammals, including forest buffalos, monkeys, leopards, water chevrotains, hippos, bush babies, civets, elephants, and the pygmy flying squirrel (Idiuus zenkeri). 9 species of duikers are also got in the park, including the bay duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis).
The park is habitat to forest elephant and buffalo which are smaller versions of their savannah-living relatives. The forest is preferably rich in the species of primates including the chimpanzee which are said to be sharing 95% DNA with human beings, baboon, Central African red colobus ,grey-cheeked mangabey, black-and-white clubs, blue, red-tailed, de Brazza’s, vervet, and Dent’s monkeys. Nocturnal primates include the potto and bush baby. Hippos and crocodiles are common along the Semliki River.

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Semuliki National Park Uganda

It is located in Bwamba County, a remote part of the Bundibugyo District in western part of Uganda. Semliki was recognized as a Uganda safari destination national park in the month of October 1993, and it happens to be one of smallest and newest national parks. Semuliki National Park lies on border between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Rwenzori Mountains National Park boarders the park on the south-eastern part and Lake Albert on the northern extreme. The park is found within the Albertine Rift and in the western arm of the East African Rift. It is lying on a gently flat land escape which ranges from 670 to 760 m (2,200 to 2,490 Ft.) above sea level.

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