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Bugoma Forest Reserve
Wild Place of Chimpanzees
Bugoma Forest officially known as Bugoma Central Forest Reserve is one of Uganda’s prominent tropical rainforests situated in Hoima District along the eastern edge of the Albertine Rift Valley close to Lake Albert. The forest covers an area of about 401–411 square kilometers stretching approximately 40 kms across the terrain landscape.
It was gazetted as a protected forest reserve in 1932 and currently managed by the National Forestry Authority. Bugoma Forest is connected to the Congo Basin lying East of Lake Albert along the Albertine Rift Valley. The Forest lies at a medium altitude with a humid tropical climate facing the Albertine Rift hence offering you stunning views of terrain landscapes and ecological diversity. The Forest is known as a semi-deciduous tropical rainforest including dense vegetation and layered canopy systems.
The forests include; canopy heights of 20–40 meters in undisturbed areas, Dominance of ironwood (Cynometra alexandri) and hardwood species such as Khaya, Albizia, and Ficus. In the forest are more than 220–260 species of trees and shrubs, making it one of the most botanically rich forests in Uganda.
Bugoma Forest lies at an elevation ranging from about 990 to 1,300 meters above sea level with rainfall between 1,250 mm and 1,625 mm annually. The Forest is known as a medium-altitude, semi-deciduous tropical rainforest with a dense canopy reaching 20–40 meters high.
The vegetation around the forest includes; diverse plant communities like Dominant ironwood species (Cynometra alexandri), Valuable hardwoods like Khaya and Entandrophragma, Mixed tropical species such as Celtis, Albizia, and Ficus. Bugoma Forest inhabits 20 amphibian species, many reptiles and over 290 butterfly/ moth species. The mammals you watch include; 580 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), many black and white colobus (Colubus Guereza), Ugandan mangabey (Lophocebus Ugandae), red tailed monkeys, blue monkeys. The Ugandan mangabey that is only present in Bugoma.
The Forest also inhabits other animals like bush elephants, golden cats, side-striped jackals (Canis Adustus). The bird species you can watch in the forest include; the Little greenbul, Green hylia, Yellow billed barbet, Yellow –whiskered greenbul, Western Nicator, Buff-throated apalis, Yellow-throated Tinkerbird, Rufous flycatcher thrush, Olive sunbird, White-thighed hornbill, Black and white Casqued Hornbill, Black-billed Turaco, speckled Tinkerbird. There are also amphibians, reptiles and many insects, butterflies and moths.
Bugoma Forest Reserve in Uganda is a birding destination with over 221 to 260 recorded bird species.
Monkey trekking in Bugoma Forest is exceptional to do in Uganda as you follow trails watching monkeys.
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