Bwindi Forest

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is home to a population of somewhat 340 Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei); roughly half of the remaining estimated 720 Mountain Gorilla in the world. Bwindi is the only forest in Africa to have Chimpanzees and Mountain Gorillas co-existing.

Bwindi is home to a number of other primate species, including the chimpanzee, black-and-white colobus monkey, L’Hoest’s monkey, red-tailed monkey, blue monkey, vervet monkey and baboon. It is the only park where you find Gorillas and chimpanzees living together. The park is known to be home to 79 mammal species including the Elephant, duiker, bushbuck and the giant forest hog. Approximately 350 species of birds have also been recorded with some being endemic to Bwindi Forest.