Monday, November 12, 2018

Bwindi impenetrable forest flora and fauna



Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park has varied altitude that  supports different types of habitat ranging from wet tropical forest (ever green most forest) on the Kigezi highland plateau, swampy low lands  with ever permanent rivers flowing. Bwindi forest topography altitude ranges from 1447 to 2600m above sea level.  This forest date back 25000 years ago. It is believed  that Bwindi forest survived the last ice age when many forests and vegetation disappeared on earth due an favourable arid conditions then.   Bwindi being one of the highest tourist attraction for Uganda safaris  and one of the world’s remarkable wildlife to encounter mountain gorillas.  Bwindi national park has over 400 mountain gorillas as per last census of 2016.
Bwindi has an impressive list of 350 bird species. Bwindi is a prime destination for birders. Its 350 bird species include seven which are IUCN red data listed and 90% of all Albertine  rift endemics species which are difficult or impossible to see in other part of East Africa. An experienced bird watcher can easily identify up to 100 species in single day. 


Bwindi supports lots of species of trees , over 200 trees of species of rain forest are found in this forest. 51 reptiles are found here, 88months, 120 mammals including several primates of baboons and monkeys of different species – black and white Colobus monkeys, blue monkeys,  . this park also has chimpanzees but are rarely seen and are not habituated for viewing.
The star attraction being mountain gorillas has been habituated for human interaction . over 10 mountain gorilla families have been habituated  and they include: mubare group being the 1st group to be habituated in 1993. Others include Habiyanja, Rushegura, Bitukura, Oruzogo, Nkuringo, Mishaya, Kahunge, Bweza, Busigye, Nyakagezi, and the research group of Kyaguriro. These gorilla families form  a major gorilla safaris gist of Uganda safaris.  Today in over 80 people track mountain gorillas daily inside Bwindi impenetrable forest national park.

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