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The Great Apes

The Great Apes

The Great Apes

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The Mysterious Beauty of the Great Apes! The gorilla is the largest of the great apes family and can be divided into four subspecies. Western lowland Gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla), these type of gorilla are mostly seen in zoos. As of 2008, there were an estimated 125,000 western lowland gorillas living in Africa. Cross River

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Murchison falls national park – Uganda

Murchison falls national park – Uganda

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Murchison Falls Conservation Area ( MFCA ) comprises of Murchison Falls National Park, Bugungu and Karuma Falls Wildlife Reserves. This is where the Nile explodes through a narrow gorge and cascades down to become a placid river whose banks are thronged with hippos and crocodiles, waterbucks and buffaloes. The vegetation is characterized by savannah, riverine

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Top Uganda Safari Parks and What Makes Them Unique

Top Uganda Safari Parks and What Makes Them Unique

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Many decades had gone by and still, Sir Winston Churchill’s words about Uganda – “The Pearl of Africa” – lives on. Indeed, its natural beauty has hardly escaped notice. Yes, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by its 10 national parks and its fascinating geographic location which links western and eastern Africa together. So without further

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Kibale Forest National Park

Kibale Forest National Park

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Kibale Forest National Park is a primate Park which has got the richest ecosystems within the whole of African continent, measuring about 795 square kilometres with diverse array of landscapes. Kibale National Park is located in south-western Uganda, spanning Kibale and Kabarole Districts. It was gazetted in 1932 and given its status in 1993 to protect a

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Gorillas

Gorillas

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In Rwanda, you may only track gorilla within Volcanoes National Park, a section of the bigger Virunga mountains. Approximately 480 mountain gorillas live in the Virunga complex and reside on the altitude range of 2,300 to 4,500 meters in the southern area of Virunga National Park (in the DRC), as well as the Volcanoes National

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Bwindi impenetrable national park

Bwindi impenetrable national park

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The impenetrable forest has in the past been commonly known as “Bwindi-Kay onza” which implies to a place of darkness which one meets when he enters this enchanting vegetation. Bwindi was first gazetted to a status of a forest reserve in 1932 and again as an animal sanctuary in 1961. Since 1961, the Forest department

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Africa’s Best Birding Spot-Destination

Africa’s Best Birding Spot-Destination

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Uganda is undeniably a birding paradise every adventurous birder should include it on their bucket list. Currently, Uganda’s checklist stands at 1065 bird species, which is about half of Africa’s bird list, and close to 11% of the global birds. The enormous diverse habitats compare to no other. Uganda actually shares all of Africa’s ecological

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Wildlife

Wildlife

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Uganda boosts over 500 species of wildlife including mammals and with the opening of the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, the big five are all here again. Uganda is also home to more than half the world’s mountain gorillas, and viewing them in their natural environment is one of the main attractions for visitors. On top of