Gorilla trek in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is located in the Virunga Mountains and encompasses three inactive volcanoes, namely Mount Muhabura, Mount Gahinga, and Mount Sabinyo. In altitude the national park ranges from 2,227 to 4,127 m (7,306 to 13,540 ft) and is part of the Nile River watershed area. It is contiguous with Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and the southern sector of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The volcanoes’ slopes contain various ecosystems and are biologically diverse, and their peaks provide a striking backdrop to this gorgeous scenery.
Sabinyo Gorge in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorilla Highlands)
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Hiking Mount sabyinyo in Mgahinga gorilla national park
Kisoro
Mgahinga - Mount Sabyinyo Gorge Hike Uganda VLOG 2019
Straddling the borders of DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, lies Mgahinga Gorilla National Park a piece of gold and silver that forms part of the greater Virunga Conservation Area: one of Africa’s last remaining true wild places.
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In Mgahinga Gorilla National park. Ug
Hiking the sabinyo gorge
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorilla Highlands)
For more please see the Gorilla Highlands Video Map (
Mgahinga Gorilla National park
Found in the south west, bordering Rwanda and Congo. Mgahinga comprises 3 extinct volcanoes and 3 extensive swamps. At 33.7km2, it is Uganda’s smallest National Park. It is situated in Kisoro in south western Uganda about 540 km from Kampala (Uganda’s capital city) .
Mgahinga is one of two locations in Uganda in which mountain gorillas can be found; the other being Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The park takes its name from “Gahinga” – the local word for the piles of volcanic stones cleared from farmland at the foot of the volcanoes.
The park has one habituated gorilla group, although this group sometimes crosses the border into Rwanda, which means Mgahinga is not a reliable spot for viewing gorillas.
There are 76 mammal species recorded, including buffaloes, elephants, bushbucks, golden monkeys. 115 bird species have been recorded, including Rwenzori turaco, crowned hornbill, yellow-billed kite and grey crowned crane. Mgahinga hosts a population of golden monkeys and a few families of mountains gorillas.
This park was once a home to the mountain gorillas but then they migrated to Rwanda in the Volcanoes.
As well as being important for wildlife, the park also has a huge cultural significance, in particular for the indigenous Batwa pygmies. This tribe of hunter-gatherers was the forest’s “first people”.
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, is part of the part of the bigger Virunga Conservation Area, now jointly protected area with Congo and Rwanda.
The national park also covers three of the eight Virunga volcanoes: Mount Muhabura, Mount Gahinga and Mount Sabyinyo, all of which lie on the Uganda/Rwanda border. Any of these can be climbed in one day from the park headquarters.
It is an 8 hour drive via Kabale. For those without private transport, there are daily bus transport services, which set off at 0700 hours. Once in Kisoro town, tourists can hike or take a special hire vehicle to the park gate. It is also possible to fly to Kisoro. Flights can be arranged with Eagle Air, which has flights on Mondays and Fridays from Entebbe to Kisoro.
Volcano Climbing in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorilla Highlands)
For more please see the Gorilla Highlands Video Map (
Mgahinga National Park-Uganda
A short clip from my 3 day visit in Dec 2009.
Mount Gahinga Lodge | Mgahinga National Park | Uganda
Summit of Mt Sabinyo in the Mgahinga NP
Over a year in Africa -
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OUGANDA 2012 (9) Kisoro, Mgahinga Park, Lake Bunyonni
OUGANDA 2012 (9) Kisoro, Mgahinga Park, Lake Bunyonni
Sabyinyo Exploration
They say Sabyinyo Volcano, where Rwanda, DRCongo, and Uganda meet, has never been climbed from the Rwandan side as it is too steep and dangerous. A Frenchman fell to his death in 1982 trying to reach the first peak from Rurambo Ridge. After 4 days of blazing trails, trying different routes, some rappelling (abseiling) climbing and rope ascending but mostly scrambling, 4 of us reached the highest of the 3 prominent peaks of Sabyinyo; myself, my son Daniel, and 2 Rwandan colleagues, Kambogo and Emmanuel. Keep your eye on the Volcanos Park website for when this gem will be open for tourists to climb it for the most beautiful climb in East Africa. or
Ascending Mt Sabinyo, 3,645m, from Uganda side.
On the final ascent of Mount Sabinyo's third peak, the fragile peat and vegetation is protected by walk-ways - nothing unusual in that, except here, the slopes are so steep, the walkways are effectively ladders made of giant heath branches nailed together and hammered into the turf. We climbed carefully, clinging on in hail and freezing rain, without slipping or leaning outwards, while the thunder rolled around us - leaving me to wonder whether this was the best place to be carrying a metal panga...!
Sabinyo (or Sabyinyo or Sabinio) means 'Old Man's Teeth' and this is on the third and highest 'tooth', 3,645m above sea level - though the T-shirts sold in the Mgahinga National Park shop (and lots of travel brochures) claim it is 3,669m.
Golden Monkey and Mountain Gorilla
The best place to track Golden Monkey and Mountain Gorilla and Golden monkey is Mgahinga Gorilla National Park,
The Batwa Tribe of Mgahinga dancing for guests at Mount Gahinga Lodge, Uganda
The Batwa Tribe of Mgahinga. Traditional dancing display for guests at Volcanoes Safaris Mount Gahinga Lodge, Uganda.
Gorilla Tracking in Volcanoes National Park (Parc National des Volcans), Rwanda
Tracking the highly endangered Mountain Gorillas is one of the most exhilarating wildlife encounters one can have. Only an estimated 750 mountain gorillas are left in the wild, and can be found in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Currently it is safe to trek in Bwindi, Mgahinga (both in Uganda), and in Parc National des Volcans (Volcanoes National Park) in Rwanda. Watching these gentle giants in their natural habitat is beyond comparison. If you wish to track gorillas, call your safari expert, toll-free 1-877-GO-ON-SAFARI (1-877-466-6723), and let us plan YOUR amazing safari to see the mountain gorillas. (It also combines easily as a three- to four day add-on excursion to any safari in Kenya or Tanzania.) - Video clip/pictures shot by Christine Eichin, Your Safari Expert, Above and Beyond Africa, in the Virunga mountains, while visiting the Sousa and the Hirwa gorilla groups mid January 2009 (Olympus SP550-UZ camera). Music: 'Twararutashye' (coming home) by Jean Paul Samputu, Album: Testimony from Rwanda.
Exploring Uganda: Lake Bunyonyi, Mount Sabinyo, Queen Elizabeth NP & Moroto
Travelling through Uganda. Visiting Lake Bunyonyi, Mount Sabinyo, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Arua and Moroto.
Music: Years Around the Sun - Miles Away (Kiso Remix)
Atta Webinar: Updates on Volcanoes Safaris Mount Gahinga Lodge
Praveen Moman, the founder of Volcanoes Safaris, first went walking near Gahinga in 1966 aged twelve with his father Kuldip Rai Moman.
Over thirty years later, in 1997 he returned to the region to help rebuild gorilla tourism and the following year started to build Mount Gahinga Lodge, the first Volcanoes Safaris lodge.
Today Mount Gahinga Lodge is a much loved jewel and symbolises the connection of Volcanoes lodges with communities and conservation. It is the perfect base to go gorilla tracking, track the rare golden monkey, climb a volcano, walk through local villages and most of all to share the culture of the Batwa.
In May 2018 the VSPT launched the Gahinga Batwa Village, a permanent settlement for over 100 members of the Gahinga Batwa community. Going forwards the lodge will have a direct private footpath to the entrance of the Mgahinga National Park.
In August a Deluxe Banda was launched to mark the centenary of Praveen’s father Kuldip Rai Moman's birth in 1918.
This webinar is presented by Eloisa Barberis Canonico.