Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
The Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, gazetted in 1991, covers an area of 33.7 km 2. It is found in the extreme south west corner of Uganda which borders with Zaire and Rwanda. It includes parts of Mahavura, Mgahinga and Sabino Volcanic Mountains. The summit of Muhavura has a small crater lake and forms the highest point(4127m) in the park. The summit areas are dominated by wort and dwarf heath vegetation. This emerges into bamboo and broad leaved montane forest, down the mountains. The lower slopes have high altitude savannah woodland with lots of lichens and mosses.
Best time to visit
As a rainforest, the park is always wet, even more so during the rains April-May and October-November.
Wildlife
This park is the second home of the rare Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei,) in Uganda. Other animals in the area include golden monkey, leopard, giant forest hog, bushbuck and buffalo.
Birdlife
There is a wealth of birdlife.
Access
The park can be reached by road through Kabale and Kisoro, 510 kms from Kampala.
Accommodation
Visitors to this park can be accomodated in hotels at Kisoro and Kabale.
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