Kibale Forest Lodge is a comfortably styled safari lodge situated at the edge of Kibale Forest National Park in Bigodi village along Fort portal Kamwenge road. The lodge offers an ideal and affordable Uganda safari accommodation to guests who visit the Kibale Forest National Park and the primate kingdom of the world. The lodge is set in a tropical serene environment and easily accessible thus making it a perfect start for chimpanzee tracking –tracking, bird watching, nature hikes, community visits, and all other activities in and around Bwindi.
Kibale Forest Lodge consists of 12 comfortable selves –contained rooms with African décor all sourced from the local community around the park. All rooms are surrounded by beautiful nature and tropical plants, relaxed and fresh natural stay, and be impressed with the morning sweet sounds of bird species around the park.
Rooms are featured; The lodge has 11 self-contained rooms each uniquely styled and decorated for a relaxed comfortable stay for visitors visiting Kibale Forest National Park for chimpanzee trekking, chimpanzee habituation, research tour, study tours, and holidays. All rooms at the lodge have got hot and cold showers and are powered by hydroelectricity.
The lodge’s facilities and amenities; Kibale Forest Lodge offers free High-Speed Internet.
The lodge has friendly and welcoming staff
The lodge’s ground is quiet and beautifully lush with local plant and tree species.
They have an excellent place to stay, pleasant and very safe close to the park.
Kibale Forest Lodge is a nice, high standard for cleaning and has a very warm welcoming environment.
They also offer free breakfast and a spacious restaurant that serves delicious meals to their guests.
The lodge offers shuttle bus services
Activities to do at Kibale Forest Lodge –Kibale Forest National Park
They include; Birding, a Crater lakes tour, a Bigodi wetland sanctuary, a visit to the Amabeere Ga Nyina Mwiru, Chimpanzee trekking, and Chimpanzee habituation.
Chimpanzee trekking; This activity starts early in the morning with a briefing at the park’s head center about the do’s and don’ts of chimpanzee trekking. Then your driver guide will group you into a group of 6 people and park rangers will lead you to forest trails to look for them. The activity can take about 30 to 5 hours depending on their locations. Once you find them, one hour is given to trackers to experience the activity.
Chimpanzee Habituation; This is a fabulous full-day activity inclusive of 4-hour time to spend with chimps as you learn how they survive in the forest, feed, play, and groom themselves as well as enjoy memorable photography. For travelers wishing to do chimp trekking or habituation, we recommend you create an exercising body fitness before your time of travel.
What to carry with you on chimpanzee tours; Camera and extra lenses, binoculars, Insect repellent, lightweight wool socks, gloves, lightweight waterproof, sweater, wet wipes, small notebook, Ear plugs, enough mineral water bottles, rain jackets, long-sleeved shirt, hiking boots among others.
Nature walks and Hiking; This activity is awesome and is done in different natural head trails where you expect to see various primates, bird species, and animals
Size; The park estimates about 776 square kilometers of its low land that inhabits a high concentration of primates especially chimpanzees and monkeys, animals among others.
Location; Kibale National Park is located in the western part of Uganda south of Fort Portal district about 348 kilometers in a 5 to 6-hour drive from Kampala.
Best time to visit Kibale Forest National Park
The best time to visit Kibale National Park is all year round but the best time to visit is in dry seasons from June to September and December to February.
