Best time to visit Kibale National Park

Best time to visit Kibale National Park is basically the right or convenient time or period in which a traveller can go visit Kibale National Park to take part in a number of activities. Kibale National Park, like all other Uganda national parks, is open all year through.

Travellers can therefore book for a primate safari in Kibale National Park, or any Kibale National Park safari packages all throughout the year, for as long as the traveller has time of his schedule. Much as it is possible to visit Kibale National Park all throughout the year, there is a best time to visit Kibale National Park to take part in the various activities in Kibale National Park like chimpanzee tracking, bird watching, primate walks, nature walks, and Crater Lake safaris, among so many others.

Kibale National Park receives two seasons every year, the dry season and the wet season. The dry season runs through the months of June through August and December to February, and is also the peak tourism season in the country.

Though considered a dry season where one expects only too much sunshine and heat, rains can be received from time to time, especially in this rainforest area of Kibale National Park. The dry season is by far the best time to visit Kibale National Park for the trails and paths are easy to use thereby making activities like chimpanzee tracking and nature walks easy and less tedious.

Though it is a dry season where temperatures are expected to be very high, in the Park it is quite contrary for the temperatures are rather mild, averaging at 27 degrees Celsius. Given that the dry season is also the peak tourism season, Kibale National Park receives a lot of visitors then which makes the park quite busy.

The wet or dry season in Kibale National Park is received in the months of March through May, as well as October to November. The rains are heaviest in the months of April and November. The wet season has the paths and trails in Kibale National Park quite slippery and muddy thereby making them hard to traverse easily.

Despite the hardships that may otherwise have been caused by the much rainfall received at this time, the wet season is the best time to visit the Park for bird watching safaris given that there is much fruiting and plumage in the park, as well as nesting and a number of migratory birds are seen then. Also, it does not rain all throughout the day and night, there are times of the day when it is actually hot and very sunny, making activities possible to do even during the wet season.

During the wet season also, most lodges do tend to discount on their rates, thereby making it possible to travel on a relatively low budget. The wet season is also the low tourism in Uganda, and thus has Kibale National Park receiving less tourists then; this makes it more tranquil and there is less of a crowd so those travellers not interested in meeting so many tourists can visit then.

The dry season by far is the best time to visit Kibale National Park for a number of activities like chimpanzee tracking, nature walks, and primate walks, among so many others. It is also equally a great time to visit the Park during the wet season for activities like chimpanzee habituation experiences given the tranquil atmosphere in the park, as well as bird watching.

Irrespective of when you do choose to visit Kibale National Park, be sure that you shall enjoy your stay in the park given its amazing beauty and many attractions.

Asides knowing the best time to visit Kibale National Park for those travellers interested in visiting the park, one’s personal availability to take part in the Uganda safari to visit Kibale National Park specifically and do all the activities in the park should be considered, and is actually considered as the best time to visit Kibale National Park. The climate and weather patterns shouldn’t deter you from enjoying your primate safari in Kibale National Park. For as long as you do have time, plan to visit Kibale National Park and get to enjoy all that the park has to offer.