The Cable News Network (CNN) has named Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest as the most beautiful place around the world on their list of 25.
According to the American news-based pay television channel writer Joe Minhane, the forest situated on a a series of steep ridges and valleys in the south western part of Uganda has a biodiversity that extends far beyond its most famous inhabitants.
“Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is one of the last reboudts of the mountain Gorilla. Over 400 call this UNESCO-protected national park home with the chance for visitors do mountain Gorilla trekking and meet habituated groups.. It biodiversity extends far beyond its most famous inhabitants” Joe Minhane wrote.
Joe’s list of the world’s spectacular places was based on the world full of hidden and overt beauty in every corner and it was part of celebrating of Earth day, rounding up the best from African forests to vast Latin American deserts, watery Balkan paradises to ancient middle East cities.
“Beauty is also suspective. It would be possible to get a unanimous decision on the most beautiful places around the world but we think this list is a good start to plan your travel” He added.
Brief Insight on Bwindi Forest
The famous Bwindi Forest National Park is home to more than half of the world’s remaining population of mountain Gorillas offering a number of Uganda Safari adventures including Gorilla Tracking, Gorilla habituation, bird watching, hiking, nature walks and cultural tours among others.
The park is estimated to inhabit over 500 individuals of these endangered creatures with about 19 gorilla families divided into four tracking sectors; Rushaga, Ruhija, Buhoma and Nkuringo.
The biologically diverse nature of Bwindi Forest also provides a number of other attractions to see including over 10 species of other primates like chimpanzees, Hoest’s, red-tailed and blue monkey, black and white Columbus, olive baboon, 310 butterflies’ species, 88 moths, 200 trees, 357 bird species, 51 reptiles and 120 types of mammals among others.
Other Places on the List
Other places that were mentioned are Samburu in Kenya, Morocco’s Mount Toubkal, Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, Phillipines’ El Nido, New Zealand’s Rotorua, Australia’s Kata Tjuta, The Maldives among others.
