Kibale Forest National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Uganda
About Kibale Forest National Park
There is a great deal of history around Kibale National Park, which was first designated by the British in 1932 as a logged forest region. The British employed the forest to collect hardwood while also preserving the woodland’s natural authenticity. Also, they gathered the forest’s wild coffee. The British cleared the area of the hardwood trees before planting the forest with the exotic trees. The 1950 building of the kilembe copper mines in the town of Kasese increased the demand for hardwood timber. All these things lead to the existence, and formation of the famous kibale forest into a conservation area for the kanyanchu chimpanzees which had been endangered hence favouring chimpanzee trekking in Uganda today. Kibale Forest was established as a forest reserve by the British in 1948. The
Kibale Forest National Park Travel Guide Sections
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