Tag: Bwindi Impenetrable NP /Uganda/
area: 331 km2/128 mi2
Bwindi is Uganda’s most popular gorilla tracking destination. The steep valleys and high ridges of Africa’s oldest rainforest can be reached through several gates.
For our main Gorilla National Parks page with travel advice please click here.
Our Stories:
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Missing Hippos
Out of the blue, three hippos appeared. They became the talk of Lake Bunyonyi, the lake so casually described as super-safe for swimming, with no bilharzia (more about that here), no crocodiles … and no hippos. Well, in 2013 they were very much there. For several days, until locals got tired of hippos eating their…
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30,000 Reached, 10,000 Video Plays: What Next?
The success of the Video Map took our global team by surprise. We knew we had something special but we didn’t expect such huge, immediate Facebook effect. Our post reached 18,942 people because we paid Mr Zuckerberg $7 (yes, seven dollars) but the rest has all been “organic”; friends sharing with friends. We also prepared a…
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Gorilla Trek Ends with … Of Course!
Like so many hikers before them, East African Playgrounds volunteers felt they wanted to stay at Mutanda Island Lodge on Gahiza Island for another day… Yet their program was tight. On Sunday, following four days of trekking that would warm them up at Lake Bunyonyi then lead them from Bunyonyi to Lakes Kayumbu and Mutanda and finally to the edge…
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