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The Best Attractions In Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

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The Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is in the Kisoro District of far south-western Uganda.
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The Best Attractions In Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

  • 1. Lake Mutanda Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
    Lake Mutanda is a small freshwater lake in Uganda.
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  • 2. Mount Sabinyo Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
    Mount Sabyinyo is an extinct volcano in eastern Africa in the Virunga Mountains. It is north-east of Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, and west of Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda. The summit of the mountain, at 3,669 metres , marks the intersection of the borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Rwanda, and Uganda. It also is within the adjoining national parks established by these countries: Virunga National Park in the DRC, the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda. The slopes of Mt. Sabyinyo are a habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla. The mountain carries the local nickname Old Man's Teeth because its serrated summit resembles worn teeth in a gum line .
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  • 3. Mount Gahinga Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
    Mount Gahinga is a dormant/extinct volcano in the Virunga Mountains on the border between Rwanda and Uganda. Gahinga lies between Muhabura and Sabyinyo, but is the smallest of these three. Mount Gahinga, also known in the local Kinyarwanda/Rufumbira dialect as a small pile of stones, has a swampy caldera on its peak. The caldera is believed to be about 180 meters wide. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park also got its name from this volcano. Mount Gahinga, whose elevation is 3,474 meters, is part of a chain of 8 volcanic mountains of the Mufumbiro ranges. The volcano chain spans across Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The vegetation across the mountain can be described as afro-montane with bamboo composing the main vegetation. Like Muhabura and Sabyinyo, the bamboo forests on...
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  • 5. Mount Muhavura Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
    Mount Muhabura, also known as Mount Muhavura, is an extinct volcano in the Virunga Mountains on the border between Rwanda and Uganda. At 4,127 metres Muhabura is the third highest of the eight major mountains of the mountain range, which is a part of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Muhabura is partly in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda and partly in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda. The name Muhabura means The Guide in the local language, Kinyarwanda.It can be seen from many parts of Uganda and Rwanda because of its slope.
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  • 7. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Kisoro
    The Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is in the Kisoro District of far south-western Uganda.
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