The Kibale National Park is named after the Kibale mountain, which stands at 1,590m above sea level. The lowest point of the Kibale National Park is 1,100m on the floor of the Albertine Rift Valley. Since the Kibale National Park has so much elevation change, there is a variety of terrain, from tropical forests to swamps to grasslands to elevated plateaus.
The Kibale National Park is home to over 350 species of tree and some of the trees are over 200 years old! That means these trees were around before the Civil War! And some of the trees grow up to 55 meters (or over 180 feet) tall!
And the Kibale National Park is most famous for being home to 13 species of primate, including chimpanzees, redtailed monkeys, blue monkeys, L’hoest’s monkey, and the eastern needle-clawed bushbaby.
National Park information and photos are courtesy of Uganda Wildlife Authority and Ngogo Chimpanzee Project.
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