Mgahinga National Park Vs Bwindi Impenetrable National Park  : While visiting Uganda to participate in your wildlife safaris, you will be led to a number of national parks that will lead you to a number of attractions that will make your Uganda wildlife safari experience quite memorable. While you visit the different national parks in the country, Mgahinga national park and Bwindi impenetrable national park are among the notable parks that you should not miss out on visiting for a memorable experience this is because of the different Uganda national parks that can be seen in the country and for travellers interested in either of the [parks in this article, we are going t help you understand the different attractions that can be seen in both the parks that will make your decision making process of visiting the park quite easy.

3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Safari from Kigali

More endangered species

Between Bwindi impenetrable national p[ark and Mgahinga national park, it should be noted that you will have more chance to watch more endangered primate species in Mgahinga national park his is because of the fact that you can watch both the mountain gorillas that you will get to watch during your gorilla trekking experience in Uganda and the golden monkeys can be seen when you participate in golden monkey trekking in Uganda which will give you the chance to understand the different primate species in the wild as you get to watch their behaviour in n the wild. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park is carried out n the four sectors of the park that will lead you to the gorilla families the different sectors include Buhoma, Nkuringo, Ruhija and Rushaga.

Mgahinga National Park Vs Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Gorilla trekking in Uganda

For your gorilla safaris in Mgahinga national park, you will hike the Virunga Mountains in Uganda that will lead you to the habituated families for rewarding Uganda safari.

More gorilla families

Although both the national park will give you the chances to watch the mountain gorillas in Africa, it should be noted that Bwindi impenetrable national park has many gorilla families as compared to Mgahinga national park which gives travellers interested in participating in the gorilla safaris ion Uganda which will give you the opportunity to have more chances to participate in the activity as compared to Mgahinga national park.

 It should also be noted that in Bwindi impenetrable national there are a number of other gorilla groups that are still undergoing the gorilla habituation which is also increasing more chance for travellers interested in gorilla trekking. Therefore while choosing to take part in either gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park or gorilla trekking in Mgahinga national park, you should book in advance to avoid missing out on the activity in the wild.

Gorilla habituation

Although you can get to access to the mountain gorillas in Mgahinga national park, travellers interested in gorilla habituation in Uganda which involves visiting the gorilla families that are undergoing the habituation process which involves training the gorillas to get accustomed to human presence. Interesting about gorilla habituation is the fact that you can also participate in training the gorillas to get accustomed t6o human presence which is quite rewarding because you will get the opportunity to watch how the species get accustomed to human presence and also get the opportunity to watch their authentic reactions during the different training sessions for a memorable experience, Mgahinga National Park Vs Bwindi Impenetrable National Park .

Mgahinga National Park Vs Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Gorilla Habituation in Uganda

Distance from Kampala                                                                

Although both national parks are found a many kilometres away from Kampala city, it should be noted that from Kampala city the distance to Bwindi impenetrable national park, is about 500.5 ki8lomjetres which will take about 9 hours  and 30 minutes to get to the park premises while using road transport. The distance from Kampala to Mgahinga national park is 496.7 kilometres which will take you about 9 hours to reach the park and although both the parks are far from Kampala city the capital of Uganda, you will reach Mgahinga national park before making your way to Bwindi impenetrable National Park.

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