The legendary Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is situated in south-western Uganda, along the Democratic Republic of Congo boarder, next to Virunga National Park, on the edge of the Albertine rift. The eminent park stands out as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is part of the massive Bwindi Impenetrable forest, a vast mass of montane and lowland forest dating back to over 25000 years of existence.

The park is a dominant tourist attraction with over 120 mammal species, 348 bird species, 220 species of butterflies, 163 tree species and 104 species of ferns. The other wildlife to encounter include; several frog species, geckos, chameleons, and more than 1000 flowering plant species. Besides the numerous wildlife found in the park, the resident mountain gorillas are Bwindi’s main highlight. The park has over 400 individual mountain gorillas found in its four major regions – Ruhija, Nkuringo, Rushaga and Buhoma. This number is almost half of the world’s population of the endangered mountain gorillas.