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User Reviews of Kibale National Park (86 Reviews)

Great Park Kibale Chimp Tours Uganda
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Average User Rating

4.5814 / 5 4.6 /5
4.7179 / 5 4.4177 / 5 4.2933 / 5 4.0000 / 5

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4 star 22 / 10 22
3 star 5 / 10 5
2 star 0 / 10 0
1 star 1 / 10 1
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Female avatar icon Malena Spain flag ES       Visited: February 2024 Reviewed: Mar 8, 2024

Email Malena  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Disrespectful persecution of the chimpanzee to get a picture

1 / 5 1 /5
0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 5
I was in the Park a few days ago and surprisingly, it was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. More than 50 people (usually there are about 80), chasing and harassing an animal to get a photo with it. The security policy, the respect and the privacy on the part of the Rangers was zero: no distances kept, no masks on, no speaking in a low tone, no control over the crowds and running of people after the animal. Very disappointing, nothing respectful of the animals and absolutely nothing professional at all. They talk about training more families to split over humans and thus expand the number of visitors and, consequently, their economic income. I don't understand why a wild animal has to be trained to the presence of humans @s, with the simple purpose of photographing it and increasing the visits and income of the Park. They should manage it in a more controlled way and reduce the number of visitors per day. I do not recommend it at all. I give it a star because the website
Read more does not allow me to put zero.
I hardly believe that the only goal from the Park is to get as much income as possible no matter the treatment of animals in it.
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Male avatar icon Gareth Hughes United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: November 2025 Reviewed: Dec 15, 2025

Email Gareth Hughes  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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3 / 5 3 /5
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saw hardly any birds on our chimp trek

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Male avatar icon Simon Uganda flag UG       Visited: April 2023 Reviewed: Jun 20, 2023

Email Simon  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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3 / 5 3 /5

Because a number of animals are killed, there is no enough security towards animals

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Male avatar icon Joe van Den Berg South Africa flag ZA       Visited: May 2023 Reviewed: Jun 12, 2023

Email Joe van Den Berg  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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3 / 5 3 /5
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Small park. Surrounded by local population

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Female avatar icon Val and Simon United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2011 Reviewed: May 12, 2015

50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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We went there to see the chimps which we heard calling long before we saw them up in t he trees

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Male avatar icon Merv Colton Ireland flag IE       Visited: August 2007 Reviewed: Sep 6, 2011

Email Merv Colton  |  35-50 years of age

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3 / 5 3 /5
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We went to see the chimps, but on the day we visited, it was raining, and they mainly stayed high in the canopy. It would be good to plan a few days in this area to be sure to get to see them.

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Female avatar icon Lothar & Jelena Germany flag DE       Visited: January 2026 Reviewed: Feb 26, 2026

Email Lothar & Jelena  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Chimps trekking was nice but to much people. Up to 16 People arround the chimps group.
Not easy to get good pictures for photographer.

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Male avatar icon Helene United States flag US       Visited: July 2025 Reviewed: Aug 18, 2025

Email Helene  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Recommend visiting Kibale in the afternoon. Learned the Chimpanzees don't like coming down from treetops when ground vegetation is wet. Lucky one hit the ground near our group and happened to be a real poser :-)

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Male avatar icon Rui Silva Portugal flag PT       Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Jun 30, 2024

Email Rui Silva  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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The chimps are really great. The forest is not at the same level of Bwindi, but it’s really good. I would like to see snakes in there, but it was not possible.

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Female avatar icon Panagiota Marouli Greece flag GR       Visited: August 2022 Reviewed: Sep 2, 2022

Email Panagiota Marouli  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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We found ourselves in another lush forest, hiking to get to the trackers who had spotted the chimpanzees. Our guide was so informative and her love for chimpanzees was contagious! We were a bit unfortunate because the chimpanzees we found were high up in the trees, never coming down once so we hurt our necks constantly looking up. It was also harder to see them up there, but even so seeing them and hearing their calls and learning so many interesting things about them was well worth the visit.

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