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 Zaire border next to the Parc National des Virungas and on the edge of the western Rift Valley. It comprises 331 sqare kilometers of jungle forests and contains both montane and lowland forest. The park is perhaps most notable for supporting over 300 Mountain Gorillas, half the world's population of the critically endangered species.
The area around Buhoma is ideal for watching primates and birds, including chimpanzees or 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, and 163 species of trees. In particular the area shares in the high levels of endemesim of the Albertine Rift . There are two habituated Mountain Gorilla groups, 'Mubare' and 'Katendegyere'. The Mubare group is fully habituated.
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