The wet season returns in October, which keeps many visitors away, but nature remains the same, welcoming the few who visit the area.
Here are things you need to know about Kibale:
Home to many primates
Kibale is home to 13 species of primates. These include monkeys and chimpanzees. Since you chose to visit during the wet season, you will see many of these animals because the trees have plenty of fruits, which keeps the chimps in one place.
Some tourists want to explore more of this world, so they join the habituation group. Do not worry — this activity is done under the full protection of park rangers and researchers.
Place for birds
Besides being well known for chimpanzees, Kibale National Park also has many bird species. According to the Uganda Wildlife Authority, there are 370 bird species. But later, researchers found even more, bringing the number to 602 bird species.
This makes the park full of color. Some of these birds include the rare green-breasted pitta, which many bird watchers hope to see. The park also has six Albertine endemic bird species. These include the red-faced woodland warbler, black-capped apalis, collared apalis, blue-headed sunbird, and purple-breasted sunbird.
There are also four other birds only found in a few places, such as the blue-headed bee-eater, Cassin’s spinetail, masked apalis, and Nahan’s francolin.
Other birds you may see include the double-toothed barbet, black-billed barbet, yellow-billed barbet, papyrus canary, and yellow-spotted nicator, among many others.
Always open all year round
Kibale is always open and ready to welcome you into its natural world. There are many things to do, such as nature walks into the Savannah where you may see leopards. Leopards have rosette-shaped spots and short, strong legs.
They may look like cheetahs, but they do not have the black tear lines that cheetahs have. Leopards are meat-eaters and usually hunt medium-sized animals between 10 and 40 kilograms, including antelopes like impalas.
As you walk around, you may also see other cats that are thin, medium-sized, and about 54 to 62 centimeters tall at the shoulder. They have small heads and large ears. These cats survive by eating frogs, small birds, reptiles, and rodents.
Other animals you may see include African forest elephants, African forest buffaloes, common warthogs, giant forest hogs, and many more.
October will always be a bright month if you visit Kibale National Park.
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