Bwindi Impenetrable National Park & Volcanoes National Park.
The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is roughly 321 square kilometers and sits between 1,170 and 2,807 meters above sea level. The park was designated a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site in 1994 after being gazetted in 1991.
Buhoma, Rushaga, Ruhija, and Nkuringo are the four gorilla trekking sectors in the park. All four include gorilla-habituated families, and the Mubare gorilla group was the only one initially accessible to tourists in Uganda in 1993; it began as a study family.
The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is situated on the rift valley’s edge in southwest Uganda. The oldest biologically varied rainforest is located on a mist-covered hillside in the park. With more than 400 plant species, it has been Uganda’s oldest national park for more than 25,000 years.
More than 480 mountain gorillas, or almost half of all the world’s population, live in the park. The other three national parks are Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and Mgahinga National Park in Uganda.
More than 130 mammal species, including chimpanzees, baboons, and antelopes, as well as 340 bird species, including 23 endemic to the Albertine Rift, can be found in the park.
According to this article on “Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Volcanoes National Park,” Volcanoes National Park is situated in Rwanda’s northwest.
Volcanoes National Park, also called “Parc National Des Volcans” in French and “Pariki Y’igihugu Y’Ibirunga” in Kinyarwanda, is located in Northwestern Rwanda and shares borders with Mgahinga National Park in Uganda and Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The national park is home to five mountains: Muhabura, Bisoke, Gahinga, Karisimbi, and Sabyinyo. It is also a sanctuary for golden monkeys and mountain gorillas.
The park, which is 160 km long and covered in bamboo and rainforest, serves as Dian Fossey’s base. To prevent poaching of the mountain gorillas, it was enclosed by Bisoke, Mikeno, and Karisimbi and gazetted in 1925.
The first African park to be established was Virunga National Park in 1929. Its limits extend into Rwanda and the Belgian Congo, making it part of the vast Albert National Park, which spans 8090 km².
Dian Fossey conducted study on mountain gorillas at the Virunga National Park. Located between Visoke and Karisimbi, the facility was known as the Karisoke Research Center. But eventually, in 1985, she was killed at her house by unidentified assassins. In the park near the research center and the mountain gorillas she defended, she was laid to rest.
The park headquarters was invaded in 1992, and Volcanoes National Park served as a battlefield during the Rwandan Civil War. The center was then abandoned, and all operations ceased until 1999, when the Rwanda Development Board declared the location secure. A lower montane forest makes up the vegetation.
In addition to mammal species like buffaloes, spotted hyenas, bushbucks, golden monkeys, and black duiker, the park is home to mountain gorillas. There are an estimated 1760–7050 bushbucks in the park, and although they are occasionally hard to observe, elephants are also common. The Virunga Rwenzori mountains are home to 180 different species of birds, including 15 unique species and 17 subspecies.
