Another gorilla born in Bwindi

WILDLIFE|BIF|BABY GORILLA

"There is no stopping us" goes a lyric of a popular Break Dance song which seems to be referring to the rate at which gorillas are reproducing since the Lockdown was imposed in March.

"We have another gorilla baby Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (BIF) fold!" revealed Gessa Simplicious. 

"The good news happened January 4th, to the Nkuringo family where an adult female called Nderema gave birth. This brings the number of newly born little ones to 12 members."

The new birthmarks Nderema's second baby following her first birth in 2018. Unfortunately, the first baby died after 15 days.

"You should have seen the mood among the group members when the baby passed on," recounts Gessa. "They declined to eat and the forest lacked the hoots and banging of tree barks as it is usually."

Fortunately, gorilla trackers are slowly trickling back to BIF and are expected to increase given the prevailing discounts.

"Uganda is globally the cheapest place one can track these endangered Mountain Gorillas found only in Rwanda, DR of Congo and Uganda," noted Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) executive director Sam Mwandha. 

"Given the peace, cultural diversity, birds, mammals and reptiles - it is irresistible." 

The Minister of State for Tourism, Geoffrey Kiwanda sums up saying after having BIF connected to social media, BIF is every tourist's dream destination. 

"There are bonuses like meeting the Batwa, seeing more than 250 mountain birds, organic fruits and lots of food to whet any appetite," stressed Kiwanda. 

He added, "There is no need to see guests off with a "Come Again" farewell because they have to come back for some more."