MGAHINGA Gorilla National Park in south western Uganda has won the global award “The greatest wildlife encounter award for 2010” from the Lonely Planet magazine.
According to the UK-based publication, Mgahinga was nominated by a community of travellers in the UK, who use their website, the lonely planet magazine and buy guide books.
Joanna Gilmour, the marketing manager for the magazine, said Mgahinga was voted as our consumers greatest wildlife encounter in our 2010 awards.
The award comes with a certificate in a heavy glass frame accompanied with a copy of the magazine, where the full details of the full magazine results have been printed.
Asked how Mgahinga was voted as the greatest wildlife encounters, Gilmour said: “We gave voters a shortlist of 10 experiences to choose from.”
Lonely Planet, according to the BBC is the largest travel guide book and digital media publisher in the world.
“We are excited about the award,” said Lillian Nsubuga, the spoksperson of the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
“Mgahinga has been popularised because it has the only area (peak of Sabinyo), where you can be in three countries (Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo) at the same time.”
She said at the peak of Sabinyo it is possible to stretch the hand into the DR Congo, raise the leg into Rwanda and the rest of the body in Uganda.
Mgahinga covering 33.7 square kilometres is the smallest park in the country and lies in the Virunga ranges. It also has groups of the endangered mountain gorillas with the habituated group known as Nyakagezi
According to the UK-based publication, Mgahinga was nominated by a community of travellers in the UK, who use their website, the lonely planet magazine and buy guide books.
Joanna Gilmour, the marketing manager for the magazine, said Mgahinga was voted as our consumers greatest wildlife encounter in our 2010 awards.
The award comes with a certificate in a heavy glass frame accompanied with a copy of the magazine, where the full details of the full magazine results have been printed.
Asked how Mgahinga was voted as the greatest wildlife encounters, Gilmour said: “We gave voters a shortlist of 10 experiences to choose from.”
Lonely Planet, according to the BBC is the largest travel guide book and digital media publisher in the world.
“We are excited about the award,” said Lillian Nsubuga, the spoksperson of the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
“Mgahinga has been popularised because it has the only area (peak of Sabinyo), where you can be in three countries (Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo) at the same time.”
She said at the peak of Sabinyo it is possible to stretch the hand into the DR Congo, raise the leg into Rwanda and the rest of the body in Uganda.
Mgahinga covering 33.7 square kilometres is the smallest park in the country and lies in the Virunga ranges. It also has groups of the endangered mountain gorillas with the habituated group known as Nyakagezi
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