Gorillas, golden monkeys and the forested slopes of the Virunga volcanoes.
Sprawling in southwestern Uganda, Mgahinga National Park is remarkably one of a few special safari destinations. Incredibly, it is a renowned place where gold meets silver. This park covers the lush slopes of the 3 Virunga Mountain ranges with area coverage of about 33.7 square kilometers thus making it the smallest park in Uganda.
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is made up of moderately forested slopes of three extinct volcanoes. From far away, the vast cones of the Virunga volcanoes govern the panorama and manifest as you approach. Once you arrive at the park you can get a considerable synopsis of the vicinity by walking up the standpoint, just 15 minutes from Ntebeko Gate.
The park has an immense environmental value given that during the climatic changes of the Pleistocene ice ages, mountains like the Virunga provided a place of protection for mountain plants and animals that ascended and descended the slopes as climate became warmer or cooler. The Virungas are a habitation to a large diversity of wildlife; including about half the number of the planet’s gravely endangered mountain gorillas.
Remarkably ideal for gorilla safaris, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is lies at a far-flung southwestern Uganda, neighboring Rwanda in the south and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the west, with a geographical coverage of 33 square kilometers.
Mgahinga National Park offers refuge to 76 mammal species including the rare mountain gorillas that make up part of 1004 individuals that still thrive on earth today. Besides, there are also elephants, buffaloes, golden monkeys, spotted hyenas, black fronted duikers, giant fronted hogs, bushbuck and not to forget over 115 bird species.
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