Black-and-White Colobus Monkey
Black-and-White Colobus Monkey in Entebbe
- Sightings
- Common
- Best Months
- Year-round
- Where
- Entebbe
This Black-and-White Colobus Monkey features a glossy jet-black coat contrasted sharply by a u-shaped long white mantle of fur flowing down its back and a bushy white tail. It lacks thumbs, an adaptation that allows its hands to function like hooks for rapid canopy swinging. They possess a complex, multi-chambered stomach specialized for fermenting and digesting tough, fibrous leaves, which form the bulk of their diet. Because they eat almost nothing but leaves, they live in large troops without competing hard for food.
Common in the canopy at Kibale Forest National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, black-and-white colobus monkeys move the way acrobats do, launching themselves across ten-meter gaps between trees.
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These strikingly beautiful, arboreal primates live in wild troops throughout Entebbe. Lacking thumbs but possessing magnificent, long white capes and bushy white tails, they spend their days executing leaps through the upper branches of old-growth trees. The Entebbe Botanical Gardens and the canopies of lakeside resorts offer guaranteed viewing opportunities of these relaxed, leaf-eating monkeys.
- What Entebbe Is Known For
Entebbe is known for its airport, the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (Uganda's national zoo, home to rescued animals including chimpanzees and a shoebill stork), and its Lake Victoria shoreline with botanical gardens dating to 1898. It also has a calm environment.
- Best Time to Visit Entebbe
Entebbe works as a stopover year-round, since its role is logistical rather than seasonal: every flight in or out of Uganda, and most safari starting points, routes through here regardless of season. You can travel here any time of the year.
Last updated October 27, 2026
· Written by Enoch, Huko Safaris
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Local expert: Enoch
Best Months to See Black-and-White Colobus Monkey in Uganda
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Black-and-White Colobus Monkey
For the best photographic capture, track them along the Kanyanchu primate walk trails in Kibale Forest National Park. They are also incredibly easy to spot in the Kanyiyo Pabidi forest sector of Murchison Falls National Park and the riverine fringes of the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
— Enoch, Huko Safaris
Entebbe
If you're going to have a safari longer than 5 days, let Entebbe be the place that allows you to rest, whether before or after the safari. You'll have a better experience if you're rested.
— Enoch, Huko Safaris