bwindi park uganda
Bwindi national park
Gorilla Safari Uganda
The Impenetrable Forest Reserve was gazetted in 1942, and in upgraded National park in 1992 the word in the local Rukiga language means ‘Impenetrable.’ The park is about 327km2 of tangled vegetation draped over a deeply fissured landscape of steep, slippery valleys and high, draughty ridges. During trekking its easy to negotiate through this steep hills, in search of the endangered Mountain Gorillas.
The temperatures range between 70ºC-200ºC with the coldest period being June and July. Warm clothing is required plus wet weather gear as this place receives up to 2390mm of rain/year. Standing on the altitude of between 1,160 to 2,607m, Uganda Wildlife Authority has opened different groups to eased the problem of Visit who go and adventure packed Gorilla trekking and the groups one can choose include: The Mubare group (‘M’ group) opened in 1993 and consists of 6 members with one sliverback, The Habinyanja group (‘H’ group) opened in 1998 and is composed of 18 individuals with 2 silverbacks, The Rushegura group (‘R’ group) opened in 2002 and composed of 19, The Nkuringo group (‘N’ group) opened in 2004 and is composed of 19 members and one silverback, The Nshongi group opened in September 2009 and composed of 36 individuals with 3 silverbacks, Bitukura group (‘B’ group) opened in December 2008 and is composed of 13 individual, Kyaguriro group (‘K’ group) composed of 17 members.




