Bwindi Forest is situated in far south western Uganda at the size of 127.8 mi². The forest is dense, ever green with canopy trees. The forest was gazetted into National Park in 1992. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a hiding out destination for many tourist attractions which attracts filmmakers. Below are some of the attractions in Bwindi which catches the eyes of the filmmakers:
Mountain Gorillas – with largest number of habituated and non habituated gorilla families. The gorilla families are composed of male gorillas, female gorillas, juvenile and young gorillas. Filmmaker get attracted by the gorilla groups to take pictures in motion in Bwindi forest.
Forest mammals like elephants, lions, antelopes, hogs among others. Keen filmmakers are eligible of meeting some of the listed and take photos. Filming forest elephants, lions, antelopes, monkeys and so on.
Birds – Bwindi forest hosts a variety of birds 346 species of birds and contains 90% of all Albertine rift endemics. Experienced birdwatchers can spot 100 species of birds per day. Filmmakers films birds like Handsome Francolin, African Wood Owl
Rwenzori Nightjar, Bar-tailed Trogon, Black Bee-eater, Western Green Tinkerbird
Dwarf Honeyguide, Fine-banded Woodpecker, African Green Broadbill, Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Shelly’s Greenbul and many more.
Unique tree species – Bwindi forest is composed of a variety of tree specie like Newtonia, red stinkwood, East African yellow wood, strombosia scheffleri and symphonia globulifera. Below the forest, there are mainly Neoboutonia, Xymalos, Myrianthus holstii, Monospora and many others. Filming birds requires some techniques because birds fly faster. For that case, the fast cameras with powerful lenses are recommended.
Water sources in Bwindi forest but its the water falls that catches the film makers’ attention faster. Waterfalls include Munyaga River Falls, Kashasha River Trail, Waterfall, Ivy River Trail, Kashasha River Trail, Bwindi Waterfall hiking advice.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a haven of many attractions including insects, reptiles, valleys, hills and so on. For film fixing activities contact us on info@filmfixersuganda.com
