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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

The smallest of Uganda’s national parks (34 sq-km), Mgahinga Gorilla National Park sits high in the clouds, at an altitude of between 2,272m and 4,127m. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is Afromontane tropical rainforest, with a montane forest belt, a bamboo forest zone and an alpine zone.

The park is nestled in the corner of south-western Uganda within the Kisoro District, approximately 10 km south of Kisoro town. It is bordered by the Republic of Rwanda to the south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the west.

Mgahinga National Park forms an integral part of the proposed transboundary protected area known as the Virunga Conservation Area – a collaborative effort that involves neighboring Parc National des Virunga in the DR Congo and Parc National des Volcans in Rwanda, collectively safeguarding the rich biodiversity of the region.

For a park of its size, it really has got more than enough to offer – from Gorilla tracking/trekking, golden monkey tracking, volcano climbing/hiking, birding the Albertine endemics and meeting the Batwa pygmies.

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How To Get To Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Visitors can reach Mgahinga Gorilla National Park by road or air. By road, it’s a 10-hour drive from Kampala via Mbarara and Kabale, with an overnight stay in Kisoro town, where visitors can then take a short drive to the park. Alternatively, there are daily flights from Entebbe to Kisoro, followed by a 1-hour road transfer. From Rwanda, travelers can take a shorter 4-hour route from Kigali, crossing into Uganda via the Katuna or Cyanika border for quicker access to the park.

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