July 2020

Pygmies in Uganda especially in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, has attracted the attention of the ministry of tourism wildlife and Antiquities to launch the new tourism product Bwindi National Park known as the Batwa Bwindi Forest / Pygmies in Uganda Experience in 2019 to appreciate the culture of  Batwa people who happen to the first inhibitors of the forest before even it was turned into a national Park in 1991.

When we talk of the forest walk in Bwindi National Park, we don't necessarily mean that nature its self does the walking but it is instead the tourist/ the traveler who does the nature walk. This touristic activity has been Bwindi National park as many years as the genesis of the park, however, this was not first known as a very interesting activity of interest to travelers in the park

Are you wondering how to access Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking and other activities such as birding, nature walk, batwa trail, biking among others? The Bwindi impenetrable national park is only Park that houses half of the Gorilla total population (1062) in their natural habitat without captivity which has made to be the most adored park in the country. International visitors have to book an air ticket from

Eco tourism in Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park: When we think of enjoyments involved in adventure and leisure activities, we usually visualize the good best moments and travelers to different magnificent destinations that provide environments for better sites for photographs, the exceptional menu usually different from those we enjoy at home and contacts with much people whose culture is different from that we are costumed to at our residents. Thus, eco

Habituated Gorilla family inside Buhoma sector in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park approximately has over 450 gorillas residing in the park and this makes the park with a half population of the gorillas in the whole world and this offered it with an opportunity to be recognized by  UNESCO's world heritage site citing it as one of the known tourism destinations in Africa. Mountain gorillas

Gorilla families in Ruhija sector: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is an habitat for half of the world's mountain gorilla population which is around 612. Over the years the park has seen an increase in the gorilla trekking activities by the tourists due to the habituation process which is being done to enable gorillas to get accustomed to human beings. Bwindi has 19 families of gorillas that already and are spread

People always ask themselves whether why chimpanzees are not habituated in all sectors of Bwindi National park and yet the park provides better conditions for both of these giant primates in Uganda to thrive in.  Although the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park habits both, most of the travelers tend to think of gorillas when they hear of Bwindi National Park and this can be attributed to little documentation about chimpanzees which

Are there Ecotourism principles that have been applied in Bwindi forest park? Where gorilla trekking takes place in East Africa, the wildlife conservation agencies in all countries that share the gorilla such as  Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo,basing on the Dian Fossey’s research and the world wildlife fund (WWF) have decided to launch stringent rules and regulations limiting tourists contact with mountain gorillas as a conservation strategy.  The

Bitukura gorilla family is located in Ruhija sector in Bwindi impenetrable national park. This family was named after the river Bitukura in Bwindi where this group was cited first and where it is still living as of now, further is regarded to be one of the friendliest groups of gorillas with four male silverbacks staying together in the same family. The dominant silverback among these include Ndahura who is a

Why COVID -19 made Uganda to temporarily shut its primate tourism: Up now the world is still struggling with the outbreak of novel COVID -19  which started in chine’s city of Wuhan in December 2019 and has blowout to various countries across the world.With the increased number of cases, death as well as recoveries announced daily, many deaths have been caused by this virus surpassing that one of the previous