Mgahinga national Park is the second home of Uganda’s Mountain Gorillas after Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Its situated in the far south western Uganda and 8-9hours drive from Entebbe International Airport, 3-4hours drive from Kigali International Airport. Just like Kidepo Valley National Park, Mgahinga National Park is another isolated park as far as distance from Kampala city is concerned.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Mgahinga national Park is the Uganda’s smallest park covering just 38 square Kilometers and its part of Virunga ranges bordering Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As an experience Uganda Tour operator, I do recommend travelers to visit Mgahinga National Park basing on the following reasons:
- Strategic Location – Mgahinga National Park is strategically located in Virunga region where you can easily connect to Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In other words, you can easily draft a connect trip of Uganda- Rwanda and DR. Congo. For more information, you can fly to Kigali Airport (3-4hrs drive), Entebbe Airport (8-9hrs drive) and still connect to Mgahinga National Park.
- The amazing relief – Mgahinga National Park is situated in Mountainous region acting as a plat form or a view point to other areas in Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo at one point. If you are a serious Mountain climber, Gorilla trekking in Mgahinga enables you to use one stone to kill two birds at ago. In the process of looking for mountain Gorillas, you enjoy the hike hence exercising, gain hiking skills and above all experience. Being part of Virunga ranges, Mgahinga National Park consists of Mt. Muhabura, Mt. Gahinga and Mt. Sabinyo.
- The only Nyakagezi Gorilla family – Hosting one group of Gorillas makes it easy for rangers to focus on it to ensure better health condition, monitoring and above all easy trek. The rangers easily identify the location of Nyakagezi Gorilla Family to reduce on the hustle trekkers go through while searching for Mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat. Therefore, weak, aged and sick people hoping to encounter Mountain Gorillas, Mgahinga National Park is the best choice.
- Small size – Mgahinga National Park is the smallest in Uganda covering only 38 square kilometers making it easy to explore. Visitors can spend few days exploring the park by climbing Mountains, Gorilla trekking, birding and Golden Monkey trekking among others.
- Accessibility – You can reach Mgahinga National park from Entebbe International Airport or Kigali International Airport. It’s the traveler to decide whether to endure 9 hours’ drive from Entebbe or 4 hours drive from Kigali. You can also board chartered flight from Entebbe to Kisoro Airstrip to save time.