Kibale Forest National Park

Kibale Forest National Park has earned its reputation as the primate capital of the world — no other forest in Africa supports such a density and diversity of primates. The park's 795 square kilometres of mid-altitude tropical rainforest is home to 13 primate species, including an estimated 1,500 chimpanzees, making it the premier destination in East Africa for chimpanzee encounters.

The standard chimpanzee tracking experience departs from Kanyanchu at 8am, with trackers locating the habituated community and guides leading visitors to spend one hour in their company. The full-day habituation experience offers researchers and dedicated wildlife enthusiasts the opportunity to spend the entire day following chimps as they feed, travel, and interact.

Beyond chimpanzees, Kibale's forest canopy shelters L'Hoest's monkeys, red colobus, black-and-white colobus, grey-cheeked mangabeys, red-tailed monkeys, and olive baboons. The adjacent Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, managed by the local community, provides excellent birding and swamp monkey sightings.