Key facts
Before you go.
- Starting point
- North-western Rwanda, near Lake KivuGishwati Forest (Wikipedia)
- GPS coordinates
- -1.79079, 29.45424Gishwati Forest (Wikidata Q1465883)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
Four primate species live there: eastern chimpanzee, golden monkey, blue monkey and L’Hoest’s monkey.
Gishwati Forest (Wikipedia)84 bird species have been recorded there.
Gishwati Forest (Wikipedia)Reforestation has brought the remaining native forest to about 10 km²; large tea estates occupy the centre and north.
Gishwati Forest (Wikipedia)
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- Gishwati Forest (Wikipedia)
Gishwati Forest is a forest in the north-western part of Rwanda, not far from Lake Kivu. It is part of Gishwati–Mukura National Park. […] The local chimpanzee population has grown and many research and conservation initiatives have been employed within the reserve. The Gishwati Area Conservation Program began with the hopes that down the road the Rwandan government would take over the area make it a national park. […] The forest was designated part of Gishwati-Mukura National Park in 2015. […] Reforestation efforts in the past few years have increased the remnant native forest to about 2,500 acres (10 km2). Large tea estates occupy the central and northern parts of the reserve. […] Four species of primates are found, the Eastern Chimpanzee […], the golden monkey, the blue monkey, and the L'Hoest's monkey […] 84 species of birds
- Gishwati Forest (Wikidata Q1465883)
coordinate location: -1.79079, 29.45424
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