Meet the Gorillas of Mgahinga National Park

Gorilla tracking is the number one adventure that tourists take while in Uganda. Given its popularity most tourists visit Uganda for gorilla trekking in either Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga National Park. There are many tour operators who offer gorilla safaris that range from cheap to luxury gorilla tours. On one of our recent fascinating journeys to the gorillas, we managed to visit one of the gorilla families in Mgahinga National Park. Meet the gorillas of Mgahinga National Park;

BUGINGO GORILLA- MGAHINGA NATIONAL PARK- UGANDA GORILLA –GORILLA TREK AFRICA

Nyakagezi gorilla group is the only one found in Mgahainga forest National Park. The park is located at the edge of Uganda –Rwanda boarder and the Democratic republic of Congo. Currently, Nyakagezi gorilla family consists of more than 10 individual members who are all in good condition. The group is led by the dominant silverback by the name; BUGINGO and father to most of the group members- Like human beings, the husband heads the family and together with his wife, they give birth to new off springs- most of the children in a particular home are fathered by the husband. Fortunately, Bugingo’s has sons like Mark and Marfia, Rukundo and Ndungutse, who love to pose and play/ swing in trees. The two daughters; Nshuti and Nyiramwiza are now adults and have managed to give birth to Bugingo’ grand children namely Furraha and Nkanda. Although gorilla tracking in Mgainga Gorilla National Park can take an entire day it is generally less physically demanding than that at Bwindi National Park. Being with one Gorilla group, Mgahinga game rangers can easily predict where the group slept basing on the it’s previous locality.

While in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, visitors can as well have a clear view of the mighty virunga ranges- this is fabulous point for excellent photography. Virunga Mountains like Muhavura (4,127m) , Sabinyo (3,645m) and Gahinga (3,474m), dominate the landscape here at Uganda’s smallest national park- Mgahinga.

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