Kibale National Park

Kibale National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
The Ugandan Red Colobus is one of 13 primate species found in Kibale
Location of Kibale National Park
Location	Uganda
Nearest city	Fort Portal
Coordinates	00°30′N 30°24′E / 0.500°N 30.400°E / 0.500; 30.400
Area	776 km2 (300 sq mi)
Established	1993
Governing body	Ugandan Wildlife Authority

Kibale National Park is a national park in western Uganda, protecting moist evergreen rainforest. It is 766 square kilometres (296 sq mi) in size and ranges between 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) and 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) in elevation. Despite encompassing primarily moist evergreen forest, it contains a diverse array of landscapes.^[1] Kibale is one of the last remaining expanses to contain both lowland and montane forests. In eastern Africa, it sustains the last significant expanse of pre-montane forest.^[2]

The park was gazetted in 1932 and formally established in 1993 to protect a large area of forest previously managed as a logged forest reserve. The park forms a continuous forest with Queen Elizabeth National Park. This adjoining of the parks creates a 180 kilometres (110 mi) wildlife corridor. It is an important ecotourism and safari destination, well-known for its population of habituated chimpanzees and twelve other species of primates. It is also the location of the Makerere University Biological Field Station.^[3]