Birdwatching and Gorilla Tracking Safaris in Bwindi Uganda
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a leading gorilla safari destination in East Africa.
Located in south western Uganda, covering parts of Rukungiri, Kisoro and Kabale Districts, Bwindi forest is home to half of the world’s 700 surviving families of the endangered mountain gorilla.
Bwindi (meaning impenetrable in the local Lukiga language) is so called because of the dense undergrowth, vines and other vegetation that make it almost ‘impenetrable’.
Bwindi is home to two habituated groups of Mountain Gorilla’s; the Mubare group of 16 gorillas and the Habiyanja group 23 gorillas. Both groups are tracked daily by up to six visitors who are escorted by National Park rangers and guides. The remaining half of these rare primates is found in Rwanda’s Virunga National Park.
The forest was first gazetted as a reserve in 1942 and later upgraded to the a national park in 1992. Bwindi National Park was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 and it offers some of world’s best opportunities to watch the giant mountain gorillas in their natural habitation. Trekking through the 32,000 hectares of tangled vegetation in search of these primates ranks among the world’s best wildlife encounters. As a result, the park offers some of the best Uganda safaris attracting the majority of visitors to Bwindi. Read the rest of this entry »
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