Camp071- Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Camp071 - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park - home of the Mountain Gorilla!
Bwindi Impenetrable national park is located in South Western Uganda and occupies an area of 331 sq km. It lies on the edge of the Western Rift valley (Albertine rift) shared by Kanungu, Kabale and Kisoro districts. The park occupies different vegetation zones but it is predominantly a tropical rain forest. This ancient rainforest is one of the few remaining forests in Africa to have flourished throughout the last Ice Age. Bwindi Impenetrable national park is a home to roughly half of the world's mountain gorillas (326 gorillas). In the World today, it is estimated that there are only 700 remaining mountain gorillas.
Apart from the rare mountain gorillas, the park also has over 120 other mammalian species including 11 primates, 200 species of butterflies and about 324 different tree species. These primates include the black-and-white colobus, with its lovely flowing white tail, L’hoest Monkey, Red Tailed monkeys among others. The forest is also rich in birdlife (360 species) with 23 highly localized Albertine Rift endemics being present in the park. Among the notable bird species include the Short-tailed Warbler, Gruer's Rush Warbler, Bar-tailed Trogon, Yellow-eyed black Fly-catcher, Dusky Crimson Wing, White-tailed Blue Monarch, Wilcock's Honey-guide, Rusty-faced woodland Warbler Kivu Ground Thrush, among others. These birds cannot be easily cited anywhere in East Africa.
Between Rukungiri and Bwindi, Ihimbo hot springs is another tourist attraction. This was discovered by the Bakiga settlers in the 1950s, the boiling water that bubbled from the spring rapidly acquired national fame for its therapeutic powers. One legend tells of a flat chested girl who bathed there and after her bath she had developed breasts, another man who lost his leg in accident and regained it after swimming in the hot water. At its peak of popularity, Ihimbo attracted up to 1000 individuals annually from all around the country.
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