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Bwindi Impenetrable
National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable national park is located in South Western Uganda and occupies 331 sq km. It lies on the edge of the Western Rift valley (Albertine rift) and shared by Kanungu, Kabale and Kisoro districts. The park occupies different vegetation zones but predominantly a tropical rain forest. This is one of the few remaining forests in Africa to have flourished throughout the last Ice Age.
Bwindi Impenetrable national park is home to roughly half of the world’s mountain gorillas (326 gorillas). In the World today, it is estimated that there are only 700 remaining mountain gorillas.
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Nature Walks in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
The Bwindi impenetrable national park is a national park located in southwestern part Uganda, its near kanungu, kisoro district, and Kabale. This park is commonly known for being a home of the endangered primates, the great mountain Gorillas, where half of the world’s population of Gorillas live. It’s one of the best destinations for the majority of tourists that come to visit Uganda for adventure. The Bwindi national park covers an area of 331 square kilometers and it was established in 1991, in 1994 it was made a world heritage site by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. The Bwindi national park has a tropical type of climate ranging from 7 150 c to a maximum of 20-27Oc and rainfall ranging from 1400mm to 1900mm. The reason why it’s called impenetrable is because of the thick and intact trees, grass and shrubs that make it not easy to penetrate through.
The fact that Bwindi impenetrable national park accommodates the biggest percentage of the Gorillas in the whole world (340 gorillas), 116 habituated), it’s also a habitat to other wildlife species, 130 mammals like baboons, chimps, elephants, to mention but a few, 200 butterflies 42 endemics to Albertine rift valley, 350 Bird species, and many more wildlife species. These species are found in all sectors of Bwindi national park, the Buhoma sector, the Rushaga sector, the Ruhija sector, and the Nkuringo sector.
Gorilla Trekking
Gorilla trekking, this Gorilla tracking exercise in Bwindi national park simply is a guided long walk through the forest searching for the endangered gorillas. The gorillas are not territorial, they move to different hunting spots looking for food, they don’t have permanent places to live, every day they make new nests where they feed on. Bwindi Impenetrable national park inhabits half of the gorillas in the world. Gorillas are found in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in western Uganda, Mgahinga national park in western Uganda, Virunga national park in Congo and finally the Volcanoes in Rwanda only. To track Gorillas, you entitled to acquire a gorilla permit from Uganda Wildlife Authority or through a tour and travel company.
Culture Walk
Culture walk, you reach out to the some of the communities that live near the park like the Bakiga, you get to learn about the Bakiga culture, how they make local beer from banana plantations, (omulamba), and they will take you through how they used to live a living in the early years.
Buhoma-Nkuringo Trails
This trail takes approximately 3 hours connecting to the two villages’ buhoma and Nkuringo, and you get the chance to see the hills’ mist of the park, not only that also the chance to see different animal species on the way like the gorillas, baboons and monkeys and birds.
Rushura hill Trail
Rushura hill trail, this trail takes approximately 3 hours, a hike to the top of this hill, you get a chance to see the forest, the Virunga Volcanoes on the other side, the Rwenzori Mountains and the western rift valley and Lake Edward not forgetting wildlife species like l hoest’s monkeys, chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkey, butterflies, and antelopes. Nature walk becomes the best activity to venture the Bwindi impenetrable compared to other activities.
Bamboo Trail
Bamboo shoots are favorable food for the gorillas, they are chances of seeing gorillas feeding during your walk-in Bwindi national park, bamboo is found on top heights on an elevation of 2607mand 550ft above the sea level, to reach Rwamunyo where these bamboos and alpine tree species are found it takes like 6 hours in the forest to reach there.
River Ivi Trail
River Ivi trail, the walk takes 14km and 6- 7 hours from Nyabweru to reach a place called “mukempunu” which is translated to a Rukiga word the place of pigs. The is walk takes 6 hours on the way, you will get the chance to see the variety of animals like the gorillas, birds to mention but a few, this makes it the best activity compared to others. A guided nature walk in Bwindi is an interesting and adventurous one.
Ruhija Community Walk
Ruhija community walk, Ruhija is a small village hill up in the mist bordering Bwindi Impenetrable forest one of the starting point for trekking gorillas, there are schools and hospital in this place, taking a nature walk in this place you are contributing a lot towards the wellbeing of the Batwa community and less Privileged people who live near the park. This is also a joyful activity, you get a chance to walk to the hills, see how the Bakiga terrace their lands for plantation and digging with the hoes, they terrace their land to control from soil erosion, it’s the most local method used since the land is hilly.
