Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

National Park · Uganda

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Where the Virunga volcanic chain rises in southwestern Uganda, montane forest cloaks three dormant peaks in an emerald embrace. The park's steep ravines and ridges create a dramatic mosaic of vegetation zones, from dense bamboo thickets at mid-elevation to afromontane forest thick with moss and lichen. This compressed landscape—less than 35 square kilometers—concentrates extraordinary biodiversity within a few hundred meters of vertical relief, with mineral-rich volcanic soils supporting a flora found nowhere else on the continent.

Mountain gorillas define the visitor experience here, with habituated groups offering unparalleled encounters in their natural realm. Yet the park rewards the patient naturalist equally with over 300 bird species, including Rwenzori turaco and Dusky turtle-dove, while morning light filters through the canopy in cathedral shafts. December through February and June through August offer the clearest skies and most stable mountain weather. Access via the nearby Uganda-Rwanda border makes Mgahinga an intimate alternative to larger gorilla reserves, where small group sizes and expert guides transform each trek into a profound wilderness immersion.

Website mgahinganationalpark.com

Experiences

Photography WorkshopEasy

Binary Safari Adventures

3-Days Gorilla Trekking Safari in Uganda

3 Days 6 EN

Nectarinia kilimensis

Suimanga Bronceado

Baglafecht Weaver

Ploceus baglafecht

Tejedor Baglafecht

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

Amaranta Senegalesa

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Monarca Africano

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

Pájaro ratón común

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha niveicapilla

Cosifa coroninívea

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

Suimanga Variable

Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

Grulla coronada cuelligrís

Pied Kingfisher

Martín pescador pío

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea

Batis carunculado gorjipardo

Red-chested Sunbird

Cinnyris erythrocercus

Suimanga Pechirrojo

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Garza Cabecinegra

African Blue Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda

African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

Aguilucho caricalvo común

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

Águila crestilarga

Slender-billed Weaver

Ploceus pelzelni

Tejedor de Pelzeln

Green-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

Camaróptera baladora

White-necked Raven

Corvus albicollis

Cuervo Cuelliblanco

Streptopelia semitorquata

Tórtola ojirroja

White-headed Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus bollei

Abubilla arbórea cabeciblanca

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

Grey-throated Barbet

Gymnobucco bonapartei

Barbudo gorjigrís

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Cormorán grande

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

Barbudito Culigualdo

Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis

Cubla del Gambia

Rwenzori Apalis

Oreolais ruwenzorii

Apalis del Ruwenzori

Black-billed Turaco

Tauraco schuettii

Turaco Piquinegro

African Olive Pigeon

Columba arquatrix

Paloma Ojigualda

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Cinnyris chloropygius

Suimanga Ventrioliva

Bar-tailed Trogon

Apaloderma vittatum

Trogón montano

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Handsome Spurfowl

Pternistis nobilis

Francolín noble

Little Greenbul

Eurillas virens

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Bycanistes subcylindricus

Cálao carigrís

Speckled Pigeon

Paloma de Guinea

Grey-capped Warbler

Estrilda astrild

Estrilda común

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Serín frentiamarillo

Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris stuhlmanni

Suimanga de Stuhlmann

Cinnamon Bracken Warbler

Bradypterus cinnamomeus

zarzalero canela

Yellow-billed Duck

Ánade picolimón

Dusky Turtle Dove

Streptopelia lugens

Tórtola oscura

Chestnut-throated Apalis

Apalis porphyrolaema

Apalis gorjicastaño

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

Suimanga Pechiescarlata

Carruthers's Cisticola

Cisticola carruthersi

Cistícola de Carruthers

Large Rock Martin

Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Avión isabel meridional

Ploceus alienus

Tejedor extraño

White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher

Melaenornis fischeri

Papamoscas de Fischer

Streaky Seedeater

Crithagra striolata

Serín estriado

Mackinnon's Shrike

Lanius mackinnoni

Alcaudón de Mackinnon

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris reichenowi

Suimanga de Preuss

Busardo augur oriental

African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Tarabilla común

Green White-eye

Zosterops stuhlmanni

Anteojitos Verde

Pale-throated Greenbul

Atimastillas flavigula

Bulbul Gorjiclaro

Ploceus cucullatus

Tropical Boubou

Laniarius major

Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara

Lavandera Clara

Hirundo angolensis

Golondrina angoleña

Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa aquatica

Papamoscas Palustre

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Merops oreobates

Abejaruco Montano

Lesser Striped Swallow

Cecropis abyssinica

Golondrina Abisinia

Pycnonotus barbatus

Bulbul Naranjero

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Coccopygia quartinia

Estrilda ventrigualda oriental

African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta

Papamoscas sombrío

Golden-breasted Bunting

Emberiza flaviventris

Escribano Pechidorado

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

Martín pescador malaquita

Chubb's Cisticola

Cisticola chubbi

Cistícola de Chubb

Lühder's Bushshrike

Laniarius luehderi

Bubú de Lühder

Psalidoprocne pristoptera

Golondrina Negra

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Eurillas latirostris

Black-billed Weaver

Ploceus melanogaster

Tejedor Piquinegro

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

Lavandera Africana

Pin-tailed Whydah

Viuda Colicinta

Scopus umbretta

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

Cosifa de Heuglin

Cinnyris regius

Mountain Masked Apalis

Apalis personata

Apalis Carinegro

White-starred Robin

Pogonocichla stellata

Ruiseñor estrellado

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher

Elminia albicauda

Elminia Blanquiazul

Bostrychia hagedash

Black-crowned Waxbill

Estrilda nonnula

Estrilda Monjita

Crithagra frontalis

Serín cejigualdo

Black-necked Weaver

Ploceus nigricollis

Tejedor Cuellinegro

Zorzal Africano

Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus insignis

Tejedor Insigne

Petit's Cuckooshrike

Campephaga petiti

Oruguero de Petit

Black-headed Weaver

Ploceus melanocephalus

Tejedor Cabecinegro

Green-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra verticalis

Suimanga Cabeciverde

Motacilla capensis

Lavandera de El Cabo

Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul

Arizelocichla kikuyuensis

Bulbul del Kikuyo

Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis ardesiacus

Papamoscas de Berlioz

Northern Fiscal

Lanius humeralis

Alcaudón fiscal norteño

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Capuchino Bronceado

Red-tailed Greenbul

Criniger calurus

Bulbul Colirrojo

Abyssinian Thrush

Turdus abyssinicus

Zorzal Abisinio

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

Suimanga Acollarado

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

Bradornis comitatus

Papamoscas Pizarroso

Black Bee-eater

Abejaruco Negro

Euplectes capensis

Obispo Culigualdo

Yellow-crowned Canary

Serinus flavivertex

Serín coronigualdo

Mountain Oriole

Oriolus percivali

Oropéndola montana

Red-faced Woodland Warbler

Phylloscopus laetus

Mosquitero Carirrojo

Slender-billed Greenbul

Stelgidillas gracilirostris

Bulbul Picofino

Brimstone Canary

Crithagra sulphurata

Serín azufrado

Kandt's Waxbill

Estrilda kandti

Estrilda de Kandt

Black-throated Apalis

Apalis jacksoni

Apalis Gorjinegro

White-chinned Prinia

Schistolais leucopogon

Prinia Gorjiblanca

Grauer's Broadbill

Pseudocalyptomena graueri

Eurilaimo de Grauer

Holub's Golden Weaver

Ploceus xanthops

Tejedor Azafranado

Thick-billed Seedeater

Crithagra burtoni

Serín de Burton

Red-throated Rock Martin

Ptyonoprogne rufigula

African Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis melanocrissus

Golondrina Dáurica Africana

Batis del Ruwenzori

Stripe-breasted Tit

Melaniparus fasciiventer

Carbonero del Ruwenzori

Grey-headed Nigrita

Nigrita canicapillus

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer

Black-and-white Mannikin

Spermestes bicolor

Capuchino Bicolor

Blue-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra alinae

Suimanga Cabeciazul

Grey Cuckooshrike

Ceblepyris caesius

White-breasted Nigrita

Nigrita fusconotus

Negrita Pechiblanca

Mountain Buzzard

Buteo oreophilus

Busardo montañés

Mountain Yellow Warbler

Zarcero Montano

Red-tailed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius

Cercopiteco de cola roja

Mountain Gorilla

Gorilla beringei beringei

Gorila de Montaña

L'Hoest's Monkey

Allochrocebus lhoesti

Cercopiteco de L'Hoest

Colobus guereza

Papión de Anubis

Red-legged Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus rufobrachium

Ardilla Solar Patirroja

Syncerus caffer

Syncerus caffer caffer

Forest Giant Squirrel

Protoxerus stangeri

Protoxerus stangeri

Civettictis civetta

Civeta africana

Cebra de Sabana

Spotted-necked Otter

Hydrictis maculicollis

Nutria de Cuello Manchado

Carruther's Mountain Squirrel

Funisciurus carruthersi

Funisciurus carruthersi

Boehm's Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus boehmi

Paraxerus boehmi

Cercopithecus mitis

Cercopiteco de diadema

Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus ruwenzorii

Heliosciurus ruwenzorii

Pan troglodytes

Chimpancé común

Cephalophorus kivuensis

Duiker del Lago Kivu

Southern Tree Hyrax

Dendrohyrax arboreus

Damán Arborícola Austral

Cephalophorus weynsi

Duiker de Weyns

Northern Bushbuck

Tragelaphus scriptus

Spectacled Lesser Galago

Galago matschiei

Gálago de anteojos

African Forest Elephant

Loxodonta cyclotis

Elefante africano de bosque

White-bellied Pangolin

Phataginus tricuspis

pangolín arborícola

Southern Bushbuck

Tragelaphus sylvaticus

Antílope del Cabo

Alexander's Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus alexandri

Paraxerus alexandri

Aepyceros melampus

Tragelaphus spekii

Yellow-backed Duiker

Cephalophus silvicultor

Duiquero De Lomo Amarillo

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