Bwindi National Park is located in South Western Uganda on the edge of the western rift valley also commonly known as the Albertine rift. The forest protects almost half of the remaining endangered Mountain Gorillas in the whole world.
In terms of size it is 331 kms. It is a genuine tropical rainforest with wide spread series of steepish ridges and valleys. Bwindi is also one of the most biologically diverse woodlands in Africa and its name Bwindi in the local language means a Dark Place.
The Park is well known for Gorilla tracking activity and there are nearly 9 habituated Gorilla groups in the Park found in 4 different sections of Nshongi/Rushaga, Nkuringo, Ruhija and Buhoma.
Habituated gorilla families in the Bwindi Impenetrable national park and open for tourism are: Mubare which is the 1st habituated gorilla family and the oldest, Habinyanja, Rushegura, Nkuringo, Bitukura, Nshongi, Kahungye, Oruzogo and Mishaya. There is also another Gorilla group habituated but not yet open for Tourism.
Besides Mountain Gorillas, there are other primate species in the Park and these are Chimpanzees, Monkeys like Hoest’s, red-tailed and blue monkey, black and white colobus, and olive baboon and so on. There are also a lot of bird species in the Park and bird watching in Mubwindi, Munyaga, Ruhija, Buhoma is also a commonly carried out activity within the Park
Other tourism activities in the Park are forest walks to the waterfalls and the local community walks especially the Batwa trail.