Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse is located at the edge of Kibale Forest National Park, only 22 Kilometers from Fort Portal on the Kamwenge Road. Simply follow the sign posts! Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse sits on well manicured lawns, beautiful gardens, tea plantations, pasture and indigenous forest. Enjoy beautiful panoramic vistas of Kibale Forest National Park, ancient crater lakes, and the Rwenzori Mountains.
Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse was formerly a residence of the British district commissioner in the 1950s, during Uganda’s colonial period, and was innovated turned it to a Guest House in 2003; it has been wonderfully cared for and maintained ever since. Guests can relax in a comfortably furnished lounge which features an excellent collection of colonial African literature dating back to the 1800s.
Chimpanzee Forest Guest House offers accommodation in beautifully furnished self-contained cottages (Bandas) with a panoramic view of Kibale Forest National park and the surrounding Tea plantations. It also offers accommodation in a large ancient colonial house, which was formerly a home to the British commissioner in the 1950s. It is well furnished with two self-contained rooms in a colonial setting with beautiful views of Kibale Forest National Park, tea plantation and the Crater Lake.
Enjoy hot showers in western style bathrooms. Or, camp on flat grassy sites away from the house with shade and seclusion.
Services include: delicious hot meals; cold drinks; freshly baked bread; seasonal home grown fruits and vegetables; pancake breakfasts and percolated coffee. Kibale Forest National Park Headquarters is just 500 meters away and chimp trekking at the park’s Kanyanchu Tourist Center is just 10 Kilometers away.