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Exclusive: the Minister on Uganda's tourism strategy
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West · Tourism city
Fort Portal & the crater lakes
A tea-country town ringed by explosion craters, thirty minutes from Kibale Forest and the chimpanzees. Officially branded Uganda's tourism city.
NaturePrimatesBase town
Why visit
- Dozens of crater lakes within a morning's drive
- Kibale Forest — the densest primate population in East Africa
- The Tooro Kingdom palace and tea estates
Things to do
- Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale
- Crater rim walks and the Top of the World viewpoint
- Bigodi wetland walk
- Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru caves
Know before you go
- Kibale chimp permits are capped daily and worth booking ahead
- The crater field is best explored on foot or by bike
- It is the best-placed base in western Uganda for a multi-park trip
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Sample Safaris Uganda
Fort Portal, West
