Uganda - National Game Parks

is a national park in the Western Region of Uganda. Established: 1952 QENP is one of Uganda's oldest parks. It was formed officially, along with Murchison Falls National Park in 1952. The park was initially known as 'Kazinga National Park' before it was renamed in 1954 to commemorate a visit by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. Area: 1,978 km2 (764 sq mi)

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.