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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

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tracking, volcano hiking, nature walks including to the gorge platform, bird watching and meeting the Batwa community. Tourists visiting Mgahinga Gorilla National Park make a 9 hours drive from Kampala to reach the park. The park is also connected by daily domestic flights from Entebbe International
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park was established in 1991 in an area that used to be a game reserve between the 1930s and 1950, but was partly converted to crop fields in lower altitudes. Biological surveys were initiated in 1989, wire traps destroyed, rangers trained and trees planted. Settlers were
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The area experiences two wet rainy seasons: February to May; and September to December. The average monthly rainfall varies from 250 mm (9.8 in) in October to 10 mm (0.39 in) in July.
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is Uganda's smallest national park, receiving one of the fewest annual visitor numbers of any national park in Uganda. Popular tourist activities include
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Owiunji, I.; Nkuutu, D.; Kujirakwinja, D.; Liengola, I.; Plumptre, A.; Nsanzurwimo, A.; Fawcett, K.; Gray, M. & McNeilage, A. (2005).
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Twinomugisha, D.; Basuta, G.I. & Chapman, C.A. (2003). "Status and ecology of the golden monkey (
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relocated to areas outside the national park's borders in the early 1990s.
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The park is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) by road south of the town of
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and approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) by road west of
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Fauna photographed in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
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Mgahinga National Park
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Map showing the location of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Kisoro District
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01°22′10″S 29°38′25″E / 1.36944°S 29.64028°E / -1.36944; 29.64028
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Uganda
Virunga Mountains
Mount Muhabura
Mount Gahinga
Mount Sabyinyo
Nile River
Volcanoes National Park
Virunga National Park
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kisoro
Kabale

mountain gorilla

western tinkerbird
bamboo
Albertine Rift montane forests

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