From trekking gorillas to hiking mountains, bird watching, nature walks and Batwa community trail, there is plenty of what to do in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. The park provides endless experiences for visitors searching for what to do within this pristine destination.
While in the park there is one group that is tracked which is the Nyakagezi gorilla group. Basing on exhilarating rewarding experience it consists of the partly forested slopes of three extinct volcanoes with huge cones of the virunga volcanoes dominate the landscape. It has a stunning view which can be viewed from Ntebeko Entrance Gate.
Mgahinga Park is of a great biodiversity importance due to its fertile land which provide a refuge for mountain plants and animals that moved up or down the slopes as climate became warmer or cooler throughout the climatic changes.
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is one of the only two national parks in Uganda that are habitant for over half of the world’s imperial mountain gorillas. This makes Uganda a top tour and safari destination in the world especially for tourist who are interested in gorilla habituation and tracking and this is mile stone where you will not be in hurry to forget. This is the most breathtaking activity that can take a full day in the park, during this tour.
Mountain gorillas are critically endangered, and the African Wildlife Foundation estimates that there are less than 900 mountain gorillas remaining in the wild. These small populations of gorillas reside in four national parks spanning three countries: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
