Bwindi Hosts Half The World's Mountain Gorillas

Bwindi holds half the mountain gorillas.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park lies in southwestern Uganda.

The park covers 321 square kilometres of dense forest.

Bwindi’s 459 mountain gorillas live in 36 social groups.

Bwindi National Park borders Congo’s Virunga National Park.

The forest hosts more than 1,000 flowering plant species total.

Bwindi shelters over 350 bird species and more than 200 butterflies.

Bwindi has over 200 tree species, the richest in East Africa.

The park’s elevation ranges from 1,190 to 2,607 metres high.

Bwindi’s forest feeds many rivers flowing into lakes nearby.

Gorilla tracking began in 1993 in Bwindi National Park.

Local communities benefit from ecotourism around Bwindi National Park.

Bwindi has almost half the world's mountain gorillas.