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Virunga mountain11/30/2023 ![]() Virunga National Park is located in Eastern DR Congo. The Virunga is still rated a strong ecological pillar for the entire east and central African ecosystem. In 1994, the Virunga conservancy was declared World Heritage in Danger and later became a Ramsar site of international importance in 1996. The 1990’s war period in the Rwanda was so challenging to the Virunga because of high influx of refugees into the Virunga conservancy who encroached on wildlife resources. In 1979, the Virunga was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of her ecological importance though political upheavals have had negative implications on the conservancy. The vestiges of Virunga’s rich diverse ecosystem that includes block mountain, volcanic mountains, the Albertine rift, craters and crater lakes, rainforests, woodlands, open grasslands, swamp and wetland vegetation amongst others extend into Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable, Queen Elizabeth, Semliki, Ruwenzori and Mgahinga National Park as well as Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. The Virunga wildlife conservancy is the joint where the West African rainforests meet with the East African savanna grasslands and runs more than 300 km (190 mi) along the Albertine rift that splits the African continent from north to south. Virunga is the oldest wildlife protected area on the African soil created in 1925 by Frankfurt Zoological to protect and conserve the unique wildlife species therein, for science and research purposes and protecting an indigenous threatened fruit-gathering community the Twa. ![]() Virunga National Park was formerly Albert National Park covers approximately 8,090 km 2 (3,120 sq mi) geographic area. ![]() Virunga National Park rises 680 m (2,230 ft) in the Semliki valley to 5,109 m (16,762 ft) at Mt Stanley on the summit of the Ruwenzori Mountains East of Democratic Republic of Congo. Virunga National Park (Parc National des Virunga Fr) is the dream destination for the adventure traveler with high expectations of travel to a destination that is packed with exciting sightings and less congested. ![]()
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