Bwindi impenetrable forest national park found in the south western part of Uganda is one of the places where you can trek the endangered mountain gorillas from. Mountain gorillas are an endangered species of apes that almost became extinct in 1990s but due to conservation efforts numbers have slowly increased in the recent years.
Bwindi impenetrable forest national park boasts with half population of gorillas with the rest of the population living in the Virunga range volcanoes straddling across Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The park is also home to over 350 species of birds, 13 primate species, 120 species of mammals and so much more.
Mishaya mountain gorilla family was formed when the silverback Mishaya challenged the leadership of the dominating silverback in Nshongi family. Mishaya broke away with ten members to form his own gorilla family.
Mishaya was a very ambitious silverback fond of fighting other gorilla families in order to grab some females to add to his own family. Its said that one time Mishaya got into a fight with a wild mountain gorilla family and this led to severe injuries that were treated by veterinary doctors in Bwindi though he lost one of his group members during the fight.
The famous silverback died in February 2014 and a silverback known as Mwiine is now dominating the group and can be trekked from Rushaga sector of Bwindi impenetrable forest national park. Mishaya was found dead one early morning and its not clear why he died up to date.
