The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) is in south-western 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 331 square kilometres (128 sq mi) of both montane and lowland forest, it is accessible only on foot. BINP is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-designated World Heritage Site. HISTORY Mountain Gorillas are the main tourist’s attraction in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park that is drawing many travelers both local and international to undertake gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National park. The park is inhabited by an estimated population of about 400 individual mountain gorillas, which makes up almost half of all the remaining mountain gorillas in the world living in the wild. The other half of the mountain gorilla population is housed in the nearby Virunga Mountains covering three national parks of Mgahinga Gorilla Park in Uganda, Volcanoes in Rwanda and Virunga national park in Congo. A 2011 census of the mountain gorilla population in the park showed that its numbers had increased greatly from an approximated 300 individuals in 1997 to 320 individuals in 2002 to 340 individuals in 2006 to 400 in 2011. Currently Bwindi has 11 habituated gorilla families and one group that is only available for research and the other ten can visited by visitors on gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda. These habituated groups include Mubare gorilla group, Habinyanja Gorilla troop, Rushegura gorilla group, Bitukura, Oruzogo, Nshongi, Nkuringo, Bweza, Mishaya, Kahungye, Busingye .
The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) is in south-western 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 331 square kilometres (128 sq mi) of both montane and lowland forest, it is accessible only on foot. BINP is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-designated World Heritage Site.
HISTORY
Mountain Gorillas are the main tourist’s attraction in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park that is drawing many travelers both local and international to undertake gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National park. The park is inhabited by an estimated population of about 400 individual mountain gorillas, which makes up almost half of all the remaining mountain gorillas in the world living in the wild. The other half of the mountain gorilla population is housed in the nearby Virunga Mountains covering three national parks of Mgahinga Gorilla Park in Uganda, Volcanoes in Rwanda and Virunga national park in Congo. A 2011 census of the mountain gorilla population in the park showed that its numbers had increased greatly from an approximated 300 individuals in 1997 to 320 individuals in 2002 to 340 individuals in 2006 to 400 in 2011.
Currently Bwindi has 11 habituated gorilla families and one group that is only available for research and the other ten can visited by visitors on gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda. These habituated groups include Mubare gorilla group, Habinyanja Gorilla troop, Rushegura gorilla group, Bitukura, Oruzogo, Nshongi, Nkuringo, Bweza, Mishaya, Kahungye, Busingye .
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