Bwindi is one of Uganda’s most recently created national parks. The formerly known as the Impenetrable Forest, covers 128 sq miles in the south-west of the Uganda, close to the Congo border. It encompasses one of the last remaining habitats of the mountain gorilla. This is a home to half of the surviving mountain gorillas in the world – an estimated 320 individuals.
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Mgahinga National Park is the smallest in Uganda with an area of about 33.7 km. This park is famous because of its population of endangered Mountain gorillas. The park is located to the South west of Uganda in Kisoro district. The Park covers the northern slopes of the three northernmost Virunga Volcanoes: Mt. Muhavura (4,127 m), Mt. Gahinga (3,474 m), and Mt. Sabinyo (3,645 m). Murchison Falls National Park, with 3,840 square kilometers is Uganda’s largest National Park, whose palm-studded grassland supports dense populations of lion, buffalo, and elephant , together with Rothschild’s giraffe and chimpanzees. Immense concentrations of hippos and birds can be observed from morning and afternoon launch trips along the Nile below the spectacular waterfall for which the park is named. The Queen Elizabeth National Park was first designated as a biosphere reserve aiming at harmonizing human activities with the conservation and protection of the wet lands, natural resources and wildlife in general. The park is well worth a visit even if just to see the hippos and the birds. Located close to lake Edward and Lake George. Do not forget the Uganda kobs ( The antelope, similar to Impala) with their spectacular life and the chimps who have been orphaned or freed from the zoo. |
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