Fort portal town is recognized as a tourism city in Uganda located in Kabarole district and Toro kingdom. Fort portal town lies on the northern foothills of Rwenzori Mountain ranges, 50km north of Kasese District close to Queen Elizabeth National Park and it is 26km from Kibale national park. 

Fort portal town is the center of Toro kingdom and it's where we locate the Toro King palace. The town is the only town in Uganda with an English name built in the 1960s and was named after the British Consul General of Zanzibar, Sir Gerald Portal who came to Uganda in 1890s to formalize British protectorate ship over Uganda. 

Due to the development andexistence of tourism sites in this town, there have been tremendous developments in the social and economic aspects. Several landmarks like hotels, restaurants, and banks have been put in place.

The existence of numerous tourist sites has ranked Fort portal as one of the best tourist destinations in Uganda. Fort Portal is where you find Kibale national park, the home of the endangered chimpanzees and 12 other different species of primates. 

Other tourist attractions in Fort portal include the King’s Palace, Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru caves and waterfalls, Crater lakes and Sir Gerald Portal statue is situated at the town center at the main road. This town is very famous for having Kibale National Park which has activities that attract a lot of tourists including Chimpanzee trekking, Bigodi wetlands sanctuary walks, chimpanzee habituation among others. Fort Portal is also very interesting for its abundance of the crater lakes wheretourists can engage in the crater lakes tours.

The town is the main gate-away to some of the national parks including, Mount Rwenzori which can easily been spotted at the most corners of the town, Kibale national park which is 26km from the town of fort, Queen Elizabeth national park which is 3-4 hours’ drive from the town Fort portal, and Semliki valley national park which is also a 3 hours’ drive away from the town. 

Fort portal can be accessed via 2 routes from Kampala capital city, the nearest route being Mityana-Fort portal road taking about 5 hours’ driving. The other route would be via Mbarara town, the largest town in Western Uganda however this route is the farthest to Kasese then finally Fort portal. This route will take 8-9 hours’ drive.

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