Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, it comprises 331 square kilometers of jungle forests and contains both montane and lowland forest and is accessible only on foot. The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a UNESCO – designated world heritage site.

The forest is one of the richest ecosystems in Africa and the diversity of species is a feature of the park. The park provides habitat for some 120 species of mammals, 348 species of birds, 220 species of butterflies, 27 species of frogs, chameleons, geckos and many endangered species. Floristically Bwindi is amongst the most diverse forests in East Africa, with more than 1000 flowering plant species including 163 species of trees and 104 species of ferns.

The park is a sanctuary for colobus monkeys, chimpanzees and many birds such as hornbills and turacos. It is perhaps most notable for the Bwindi gorillas, half the world’s population of the critically endangered Mountain Gorillas. There are four habituated Mountain Gorilla groups open to tourism: Mubane, Habinyanja, Rushegura near Buhoma and Nkuringo group at Nkuringo.

The park is inhabited by a population of about 340 individual mountain gorillas, known as the Bwindi population, which makes up almost half of all the mountain gorillas in the world. The rest of the worldwide mountain gorilla population is in the nearby Virunga National Park.

Tourists can visit the park any time throughout the year, Gorilla tracking is the park’s main tourist attraction.

Accommodation

Buhoma Lodge, Bwindi Lodge, Gorilla Safari Lodge, Gorilla Forest Camp

Activities

Gorilla Tracking,Walking Safari, Birding Safari