Vibrant Holiday Safaris offers accommodation at Kibale Forest Lodge which is a budget accommodation in Uganda located at the edge of Kibale Forest National Park in Bigodi village along Fort portal-Kamwenge road. The Lodge provides ideal and affordable accommodation to guests who visit the Kibale National Forest Park, the Primate capital of the World. It sits in a serene tropical environment and offers easy access, making it a perfect starting point for chimpanzee trekking, bird watching, nature hikes, community visits, and other activities in and around the park.
Our lodge has 12 spacious self-contained rooms with African decor all sourced from the local community around Kibale. All rooms are surrounded by beautiful tropical plants for a quiet, relaxed and fresh natural stay and a wonderful morning to sounds of some bird species around the park.
Rooms
Our lodge has 12 spacious self-contained rooms with hot and cold private bathrooms and African decor all sourced from the local community around Kibale. All rooms are surrounded by beautiful tropical plants for a quiet, relaxed and fresh natural stay and a wonderful morning to sounds of some bird species around the park.
Bar And Restaurant
The restuarant at Kibale Forest Lodge serves freshly made meals with locally sourced quality foods and vegetables. We offer a variety of meals from our a-larcatre menu that includes english breakfast, lunch and dinner, beverages like coffee, fresh juice, tea, alcholiv beverages like local beers, whisky, wines, cocktails and gin.
Activities to do at Kibale Forest Lodge
Chimpanzee Trekking/Tracking
Chimpanzee tracking at Kibale National park is done twice in a day at 8:00am and 2:00pm with around a 80% chance of finding them on any particular day; kibale forest national park is undoubtedly the most popular place to track chimpanzees in Uganda and also other primates you will encounter in the trails or along the main road include Red Colobus, Grey cheecked Mangabey, L’hoest, Red tailed, Black and white colobus, Vervet, Olive Baboon and Blue Monkey. We are located at the edge of Kibale National Park so you can easily enjoyu your tour of the park
Regular trackers just get one hour with the playful primates, but those on the Chimpanzee Habituation Experience can spend the whole day with them. If you want to join the experience, you must spend a night before near the park since you head out to the nests around 5:30am before they come out since you have to follow them.
Swamp Walks
Bigodi wetland Sanctuary; It is located 6km south of the kibale forest national park visitor centre at Kanyancu. Bigodi was established by the local development organization. Kibale Association for Rural and Environment Development. (KAFRED) to protect the 4-sq-km Magombe Swamp. It’s a home of around 200 species of birds, as well as butterflies and 8 different species of primates.
Bird Watching
Kibale Forest National Park offers excellent birding. Medium-altitude moist evergreen forest covers 77% of the park’s forest section in the north, while medium-altitude moist semi-deciduous forest extends across the lower altitudes in the south. The remaining 23%consists of grassland, swamps and some plantations with exotic conifers. Keys here include Red-winged Francolin, Red-chested Fluff tail, white naped Pigeon, Green Breasted Pitta, African Pitta, Joyful Greenbul, Grey winged Robin, Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Grey throated Flycatcher.
In addition to White-Bellied –Crested Flycatcher, Masked and Black Capped Apalises, Uganda woodland Warbler, Chestnut winged –Starling, Orange-tufted and Tiny sunbird, Grey headed Olive-back, Hairy breasted and Yellow billed Barbets, Thick billed, Willcocks’s and Cassin’s Honey guides
Nature Walks
Professional guides lead our guests through the safest and widest trails. Tourists can watch a wide range of bird species, including white-spotted flufftail, great blue turaco, woodpeckers, and many others.
Kibale is a lush tropical rainforest and holds the highest density of primates in Africa. This 795-square-kilometer national park supports 13 primate species, including the rare Red Colobus and L’Hoest’s monkey. The stars of the show are the chimpanzees, and park authorities have habituated three communities to human contact.
Larger but rarely seen residents include Bushbuck, Bush pigs, sitatunga, Buffalos Leopard, Forest Duikers and forest elephants. While on the smaller side, kibale also has a greatest bird list of about 375 species and there are also an incredible 250 species of butterfly that live here.
Community Experience
The community walk in Bigodi includes interpretive village walks, traditional meals, dance and drama performances, handicraft experiences, and homestead visits, offering visitors an authentic cultural encounter.
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