Nyungwe Forest National Park is located in the southwestern part of Rwanda in central eastern Africa, also known as the “Land of a Thousand Hills.”
The forest is the largest tropical Afro-montane rain-forest conserved in Africa and is fed by the Congo River.
Nyungwe Forest was declared a forest reserve by the colonial government in Rwanda in 1903.
However, the park suffered from poaching and fire outbreaks between the 1950s and 1990s.
Restoration work began after the Rwandan genocide, and it was officially declared a Rwandan national park in 2004.
The park covers an area of 1,020 square kilometers, making it one of the world’s oldest forests that survived the ice age period.
The forest is characterized by rainforests, swamps, bogs, and grasslands.
This park boasts 1,068 plant species, 38 species of reptiles, 120 species of butterflies, 32 species of amphibians, and much more.
