Imaramagambo Forest is found in the district of Bushenyi in Uganda. It is part of Queen Elizabeth National Park and one of the largest forests in East Africa. The forest starts from an escapement in Kichwamba all the way to Lake Edward.
The name “Imaramagambo” originates from a story about a group of young people who got lost in the forest for several days. By the time they found their way back to the village, they had grown so worn out and traumatized that they couldn’t speak for long. Maramagambo, therefore, refers to someone who is speechless or more specifically “can’t speak”. Maramagambo Forest is home to chimpanzees, elephants, bush pigs, pythons, bats and the rare Bates’s pygmy antelope. The forest brings rains to surrounding human communities while its rivers provide water and domestic water. The locals living near the forest also get firewood, fruits, traditional medicine, timber and poles for constructing their huts.
Imaramagambo Forest is home to Vervet monkeys, Colobus Monkeys, L’Hoest’s Monkeys, Blue Monkeys, Baboons, Red-Tailed Monkeys, and Chimpanzees. Nocturnal primates like Bushbabies and Pottos can also be sighed during night walks. The chimpanzees in the Maramagambo Forest are not open to tourism because they are not habituated.
The key attractions in Maramagambo Forest are the Rwenzori Turaco, Forest Flycatchers, and White Naped Pigeons. Other species include the African green pigeon, bat hawk, black-headed batis, dark-caped yellow warbler, fawn-breasted wax-bill, red-tailed bristle bill, Ross’s turaco, sulfur-breasted bush shrike and white-naped pigeons. There are several caves within the Maramagambo Forest that are home to millions of bats.
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