Bwindi Impenetrable National Park & Mgahinga National Park. (Binp, Mnp)
(BINP) is located in southwestern Uganda. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and is situated along the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the Albertine Rift. Composed of 321 square kilometers of both montane and lowland forest, it is accessible only on foot.
Similarly,Mgahinga national park is located in southwestern Uganda and borders Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park.Mgahinga Gorilla National Park sits high in the clouds, at an altitude of between 2,227m and 4,127m. As its name suggests, it was created to protect the rare mountain gorillas that inhabit its dense forests, and it is also an important habitat for the endangered golden monkey.
Unlike MNP with one gorilla group, there are 19 habituated gorilla families that are open to gorilla trekking in BINP. These habituated gorilla families are located in four different sectors that include Ruhija, Buhoma, Nkuringo, and Rushaga sectors.
ACTIVITIES
Gorilla trekking
You will join a group of trekkers to make a group of 8 and you will hereby be accompanied by ranger guides in the forest to search for the Mountain Gorillas. You will trek through the forest, slashing at the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track gorillas. The time taken to track the Gorillas is unpredictable since it depends on their movements in search for food and shelter.
However, it can take three quarters of the day and 90% chances of viewing them. Upon reaching the Gorillas, you will have one hour with them and this will enable you to sit down and watch them as they interact with each other, communicate and you are also free to take photographs and Videos.
Batwa community walk
Echuya Batwa, commonly known as pygmies, are an endangered group of people around Echuya Forest Reserve in Kisoro and Kabale Districts of South-Western Uganda. Batwa pygmies lived in harmony with wild animals in the jungle for thousands of years. These people would make small huts made of leaves and tree branches where they would stay comfortably.
Batwa pygmies did not do farming but lived a happy life in the forest. Batwa live in small communities and they will welcome you in their homes sharing with you detailed information regarding their traditional forest life. Batwa are believed to have loved the forest like themselves and they knew well that God gifted them the forest as their own.
