Discover and Explore Uganda

Pure Breaks offer a range of wildlife and activity adventures in some of Uganda’s most pristine natural landscapes and primate habitats. The Mountain Gorillas predominate in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) and in Mgahinga National Park which is set in volcanic hills, home to approximately half of the world’s Mountain Gorillas.

Forests cannot be understated in their beauty or in their importance on this planet, and protecting these marvels of nature is one of the first steps needing to be taken to combat climate change. Yet their protection is still not being taken seriously. Uganda has one of the highest rates of forest loss globally, leaving local Ugandans and global forest lovers wishing that Bwindi Impenetrable Forest could indeed be impenetrable.

Let’s take a step back and try to understand how we’ve arrived where we are. There is no ‘start date’ for deforestation, it has been happening almost as long as modern humans have existed. Between the 17th and mid 19th century in North America, ‘about half of the forests in the eastern part of the continent were cut down’ for agricultural use and timber. Countless forests have been cut down for farming, livestock, mining, palm oil production, and logging operations to name a few more ‘reasons’.