Flora and fauna of Mpanga Forest
Mpanga Forest holds up to 500 species of trees and shrubs, 97 butterfly species, 113 months, 300 birds and 3 monkey species including the red-tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, bush babies, pottos, black and white colobus monkeys.
Mpanga EcoTourism Site
Mpanga Forest Reserve is a compact natural equatorial forest reserve in Uganda and its land area measures up to only 453ha, about 4.53sq.kms. Mpanga Forest is located in Mpigi District, Mawokota about 37kms Southwest of Kampala along Masaka highway. From Kampala city center, Mpanga is accessible within an hour’s drive.
Mpanga Forest Reserve is one of the oldest natural rainforest reserves in Uganda, gazetted in 1950. In 1953, the Ugandan government set it as a scientific research site and it stands out as the nearest rainforest from Kampala capital city center. In the surrounding side of Mpanga Forest, there is a community of traditional drum makers/Royal Drum Makers.
This forest has connection to the Ffumbe Clan, where Ffumbe in Luganda is translated as Civet Cat. The local residents often visit the well inside the forest especially during cultural festivities or fetch water. It is also believed that Mpanga Forest Reserve has a special tree which was cut down by a power saw, but it didn’t fall, instead, it regenerated.
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