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The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and is situated along the Democratic Republic of Congo border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the western Rift Valley. It comprises 331 square kilometers of jungle forests and contains both montane and lowland forest. The Bwindi Forest is also a sanctuary for colobus monkeys, chimpanzees and many birds. Accessible only on foot, the area is also known as the Impenetrable Forest.
The Bwindi park is perhaps most notable for supporting over 300 Mountain Gorillas, half the world's population of the critically endangered species. There are three habituated Mountain Gorilla groups, 'Mubare' and 'Katendegyere'and Rushegura. The Mubare group is fully habituated.
The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of 788 properties now inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The area around Buhoma is ideal for watching primates and birds, including hornbills and turacos. The forest is one of the richest ecosystems in Africa, providing habitat for some 120 species of mammals, 346 species of birds, 202 species of butterflies, 163 species of trees, 100 species of ferns, 202 butterflies, 27 species of frogs, chameleons, geckos and many endangered species. In particular the area shares in the high levels of endemesim of the Albertine Rift.
