Bwindi Trip To Gorilla , Information and Safari Tracking Uganda Gorillas
BWINDI IMPENETRABLE GORILLA FOREST- ATTRACTIONS AND SAFARI ACTIVITIES Chimpanzee Trekking and Gorilla Safari
Bwindi National Park a home to tremendous biodiversity because of two factors. First of all, its slopes stretch over a broad altitudinal
range of 1447 meter to create habitats roaming from lowland forest at 1160m to unique Afromontane vegetation above 2600m.
Second, it is extremely old. since most of Africa’s forests were destroyed during the arid conditions of the final ice age
(12,000-18,000 years ago), Bwindi was among a few ‘refugia’ that remained.
As a result, as most of nowadays forests are not further than 12,000 years old, Bwindi’s vegetation has been weaving itself
into tangles over 25,000 years, in the process accumulating an extensive species list. This consist of 310 species of
butterfly, 200 trees, 88 moths,51 reptiles, and a tremendous 120 varieties of mammal including 10 primates. The latter are
red tailed, chimpanzee, L’Hoest’s and blue monkey, black & white colobus, baboon, as well as Bwindi’s most famous resident,
the mountain gorilla.
Bwindi is a prime location for birdwatchers. Its 350 bird species including 7 which are IUCN red data listed & 90% of all
Albertine rift endemics species that are hard or impossible to see in some other part of East Africa. A more experienced bird
watcher can simply identify up to 100 species in a single day!
Local people
The local people near the park are mos’ and Bafumbira. Minor Batwa communities are(Pygmy!) also present. The Bwindi area
holds up one of the rural population densities in Uganda with a number of 350 people
