Kibale Forest Lodge is perched at the edge of Kibale Forest National Park within Bigodi Village along the Fort Portal-Kamwenge Road. Kibale forest Lodge offers ideal and affordable accommodation services to travelers interested in visiting Kibale Forest National Park, the world’s primate capital. Kibale Forest Lodge is set in a lush, tropical, evergreen environment that is easily accessible, making it the best spot to start your chimpanzee trekking, nature walks, community visits, bird watching, and other tourism activities within Kibale forest national park. Click here to view mountain gorilla trekking safaris.

 Kibale Forest Lodge offers 12 spacious, self-contained rooms, well designed in an African décor, with all the materials sourced from Kibale local communities. All the rooms at Kibale Forest Lodge are surrounded by wonderful tropical plants in a tranquil environment for a relaxed and natural stay that welcomes you. Wake up in the morning to the sounds of different bird species at Kibale Forest National Park. Click here to see our recommended mountain gorilla trekking tour.

 Kibale Forest Lodge aims at guests’ comfortability type of accommodation in Kibale Forest National Park. Kibale Forest Lodge rooms are big enough and range from single rooms, double rooms, twin rooms, and triple rooms. All the rooms have ensuite bathrooms with hot water supplies.

 Kibale Forest Lodge Restaurant serves freshly prepared meals made from quality fresh foods and vegetables sourced locally. Their meal menu ranges from the a-la-carte menu, which includes English breakfast, lunch, and dinner; beverages including coffee, hot tea, and fresh juice; and alcoholic beverages including local beers, wines, whisky, gin, and cocktails.

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Chimpanzee trekking at Kibale National Park can be done twice a day; there are 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. sessions with a 90% chance of spotting them each day. Kibale National Park is undoubtedly the most popular chimpanzee tracking destination in Uganda, and other primates can be encountered in the forest trekking trails or along the road, including Red Colobus, Olive Baboons, Vervet Monkeys, Grey Checked Mangabey, Blue Monkeys, L’hoest, Red-tailed, Black, and White Colobus.

Regular chimpanzee trekkers only spend an hour with numerous playful primates. In contrast, tourists participating in the Chimpanzee Habituation Experience have the opportunity to spend four hours with a specific chimpanzee family. Tourists interested in joining the chimpanzee trekking experience must spend a night near Kibale Forest National Park since travelers’ head out to the nests at about 5:30 am before chimpanzees come out of their nest since you have to follow them for their daily routine.

Swamp Walks in Kibale Forest National Park

Swamp walks are done at Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, 6 km south of the Kibale National Park Visitor Centre at Kanyancu. Bigodi was begun by the local development organization called Kibale Association for Rural and Environment Development. (KAFRED) that protects the 4-square-kilometer Magombe Swamp. Swamp Walk to Bigodi takes tourists to see over 200 bird species, butterflies, and more than 8 primate species.

Bird-watching Kibale National Forest Park

Kibale Forest National Park is an excellent bird-watching destination. The Kibale Forest section is mostly covered by altitude moist evergreen forest in the northern part. Kibale Forest National Park bird watching takes tourists to see bird species. Red-winged Francolin, Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Cassin’s Honey guides, white-naped Pigeon, Red-chested Flufftail, Joyful Greenbul, Grey-headed Olive-back, Green Breasted Pitta, African Pitta, Grey-winged Robin, Grey-throated Flycatcher, White-Bellied –Crested Flycatcher, Thick-billed, Uganda woodland Warbler, Yellow-billed Barbets, Masked and Black Capped Apalises, Chestnut-winged –Starling, Orange-tufted and Tiny sunbird, Hairy breasted, and Willcocks’s.

Nature Walks in Kibale Forest National Park

Nature walks at Kibale Forest National Park can be done with the help of an experienced guide; our travelers are guided through the safest and widest forest trekking trails. Tourists can view various bird species, such as white-spotted fluffails, woodpeckers, great blue turacos, and many others.

Kibale Forest National Park is a lush tropical rainforest that is believed to have the highest number of primates in Africa. This national park protects over 13 primate species, such as the rare Red Colobus and L’hoest’s Monkey, among others, and animal species such as bushbuck, leopard, bush pigs, forest hogs, sitatunga, buffalos, forest duikers, and forest elephants.

Community Experience

The community walk in Bigodi takes travelers on interpretive village walks, dance, traditional meals, drama, handicrafts, and homestead visits.

Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest National Park is accessible all year round; the best time to visit the park is in the long, dry season when the trekking trails are dry and passable. This lasts from December to February and again from June to September.