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Patrimônios da Humanidade – Parques Nacionais Ruwenzori Mountains e Bwindi Impenetrable.
O Departamento dos Parques Nacionais de Uganda foi estabelecido em 1952; atualmente apresenta 9 Parques e 9 Reservas Nacionais...
No mapa podemos ver a localização da capital Kampala, diversos parques e reservas, ainda os lagos da Nação: lago Alberto (fronteira com o Congo), lagos Kwania e Kioga (no centro do país) e o enorme lago Vitória (fronteira com o Quênia e a Tanzânia)...
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Em Kasese, a 600 km de Kampala (capital de Uganda), há dois grandes parques selvagens nacionais: o Parque Nacional Rainha Elizabeth e o Parque Nacional de Ewerzor...
Divisão administrativa – 38 distritos. Cidades principais – Jinja, Mbale.
Outras cidades – Apac, Arua, Atiak, Bombo, Bundibugyo, Busembatia, Bushenyi, Butiaba, Fort Portal, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Kaabong, Kabale, Kalangala, Kamuli, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mbarara, Mityana, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Namasagali, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pakwach, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Soroti, Tororo.
Outros lugares – Cataratas Bujagali, Canal Kazinga, Tumbas de Kassubi, Monte Elgon, Namugongo.
Localização – centro-leste da África, a oeste do Quênia.
Características – planalto de altitude entre 1.000 m e 2.000 m (maior parte); vale da Grande Fenda (centro); cadeias de montanhas (S); região árida (NE); lagos Mobutu (O), Edward ou Eduardo (SO), Kyoga (centro) e Vitória (S).
Abaixo, uma propaganda dos anos de 1930, sobre o Hotel Lago Vitória, localizado na cidade de Entebbe ou Entebes (onde passa a Linha do Equador e há um Templo Bahai), próxima à capital Campala.
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Houve uma emissão em 1995 (Yvert: 1259/1264), cujos 6 selos mostram paisagens ugandesas e Parques Nacionais. NT
Abaixo, emitido em 18/11/1988, série de 4 selos e um bloco alkusivo aos Parques e Reservas Nacionais de Uganda e a conservação da fauna. O bloco mostra o mapa do país e a localização dos parques... Yvert: 522/525 (n.522). Scott: 637/640, Bloco 82. Michel: 617/620. Stanley: 657/660, Bloco 661.
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Selos emitidos por KUT “Game Lodges of East Africa”.
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1) Parque Nacional do Vale Kidepo / “Kidepo Valley National Park” (selo)
Kidepo is one of the most spectacular parks in Uganda (1,344 sq.km). The Park possesses scenery unsurpassed by any other park in East Africa. In the vast panorama you can watch a constant parade of wildlife: elefante, zebra, búfalo, countless antílopes e mais de 200 espécies de pássaros. As Kidepo Valley is quite remote, it is easily the most tranquil park. Tucked into the corner of Uganda's border with Sudan and Kenya, the Park contains sensational mountain and savannah landscapes.
Two game-viewing loops connect the rest-camp with prime wildlife areas near the Winy River and the rock escarpment to the south-west. On the northern border of the Park are the Kananorok Hot Springs.
The Napore Nyangea Range is located to the west of the camp and the Natera Hills to the east. In the north you can see the 236 meter high peak of Mt. Lotukei.Two game viewing loops connect the Rest Camp with prime wildlife areas near the Winwing River and with the rock escarpment to the Southwest into which Grand Katarum Lodge is being built. Further tracks take you to the Lokadul Palm Tree Forest, at Kananorok Hot Springs on the Park's Northern border with Sudan.
The thrilling wildlife seen in this area (which is part of the Karamoja region) inclui leão, avestruz, guepardo, zebra, kudu e dik-dik.
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2) Parque Nacional Monte Elgon / “Mount Elgon National Park”
Aqui não encontramos girafas... O Mt. Elgon é uma montanha vulcânica que está localizada na fronteira entre o Quênia e Uganda, formed when the earth's crust erupted, creating the Great Rift Valley.
A Montanha Elgon têm 4.321 metros de altitude. Seu parque possui 104 (ou 169) quilômetros quadrados e é administrado pelo Kenya Wildlife Services (do lado queniano).
The National park is one of Kenya's most beautiful, still wild and intact, with vast areas of untouched forest. A major attraction is a series of four caves, Kitum, Makingeni, Chepnyalil e Ngwarisha, all accessible.
Kitum is the largest, extending horizontally for 200m into the heart of the mountain. In Maasai, its name means “Place of Ceremonies”. The caves are favourite gathering places for elephants. Every night long convoys venture deep into the caves to feed off the salt rich deposits. This nightly phenomenon has earned them the title “cave elephants”.
The highest peak on the Kenya side is Koitobos (4,200m). It is reached across beautiful moorlands and the hot springs can be visited on the way. The park is criss-crossed by three rivers leading to Lake Turkana: Suam, Kerio and Turkwell, with the Nzoia River feeding Lake Victoria. Sport fishing is available in the Suam River.
Acomodação: Não há lodges dentro deste parque, mas 3 campsites. Three short nature trails lead to Kitum Cave, Makingeni Cave and the Elephant Bluff. Accommodation is available at the Mount Elgon lodge near the main entrance. Special and Public campsites; Bandas e Mt. Elgon Lodge.
Do lado da Uganda...
In every region the colourful dances, dress and handicrafts of the people are well worth seeing. The village markets bustle with life, and local craftsmen work as they have done for generations. In this area visitors can discover the infinite variety our lifestyles and heritage which make Uganda so special.
In the easternmost region of Uganda, along the border with Kenya, towers the dramatic mass if that is Mount Elgon.
Although Mt. Elgon was well known to Arab traders passing along old slaving routes to the East (Kenya), explorer Henry Morton Stanley was the first to write about Mt. Elgon when he presumably saw it while circumnavigating Lake Victoria in 1875.
Joseph Thomson, a British explorer and geographer was the first European to visit Mt. Elgon in 1883. Thomson referred to the mountain as “Masawa” ou “Elgon” and generated curiosity among other explorers.
In 1890, with a 400 men caravan, Fredrick Jackson of the Imperial British Exploration Association was the first European to visit the caldera and to climb any of the major peaks. Ironically, Jackson climbed Sudek Peak from the south and probably never even saw Masaba Peak, which was later named Jackson’s Summit after him.
Mt. Elgon has been called a “Mountain of Illusion” partly because of the number of hiking parties lost on its slopes in the past and also because no one could determine its highest point. Sudek and Koitobos Peaks (Kenya) were both proclaimed “the top of Elgon” at different times. Wagagai, the highest peak (4321m), does not protrude markedly above the caldera rim and conceals its height well. In fact, Wagagai Peak was overlooked by explorers until the early 20th century.
Abaixo, localização do Monte Elgon em mapa do Quênia, na fronteira com Uganda.
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3) Parque Nacional das Cataratas Murchison / “Murchison Falls National Park”
Pequena população de girafas da subespécie rothschildi que está tendo problemas de pele, talvez por causa da procriação dentro do mesmo grupo... (Estudo em 2002...)
This is the largest game park in the country (3,840 sq.km.) and has the most intense concentration of animals along the river. Here is the awe-inspiring Murchison Falls, where the River Nile hurls itself in appalling convulsions through a narrow crevice and then plunges 40 metres in one breathtaking leap.
Before the Murchison Falls themselves, in the eastern sector of the Park, are the Karuma Falls where the Nile cascades over 23 kilometres of rapids in a breathtaking sight. This is some of the most exciting white water in Africa.
The Murchison Falls National Park, with its variety of vegetation ranging from riparian forests and swamp lands to broad Savannah, provides the opportunity of seeing many of the animals found in Uganda.
In the southern section of the park is the beautiful Rabongo Forest, home to several families of chimpanzees and other primates. Make sure you have plenty of film for your camera, although they are difficult to spot in the thick canopy above.
This is the biggest National Park in Uganda with an area of 3840km2. The River Nile divides the park into the north and south sectors and forms falls where it flows over the western rift valley escarpment. Here, the river is forced through a 3 meters gap in the rocks and cascades into a boiling pot 30 meters below.
A boat cruise upstream to the falls provides an unforgettable experience. The falls can also be viewed from the top which gives a completely different impression.
Girafa, Girafa Aardvark, elefante, gnu, búfalo, hipopótamo, leopardo, leão, chipanzé, pangolim, hiena, crocodilos, várias espécies de antílopes, macacos e pássaros (incluindo o raro Shoebill stork). No setor sul do parque, está a floresta Rabongo Forest, a casa dos chipamzés.
4) Parque Nacional do Lago Mburo / “Lake Mburo National Park”
Two brothers, Kigarama and Mburo lived in a large valley. One night, Kigarama dreamt that they were in danger. When he awoke the next morning, he told his younger brother Mburo of his dream and said they should move. Mburo ignored this advice, but Kigarama wisely moved up into the hills. The valley flooded and a lake was formed, drowning Mburo. Today the lake is named after him, and the hills are called Kigarama after his brother.
The word mburo is similar to the “mboro”, the Runyankole name of the cassine tree which has a powerful aphrodisiac effect. One such tree, showing signs of bark and branch removal, may be seen close to the Kigambira Loop crossroads.
Situated between Masaka and Mbarara in Western Uganda, it is the only park to contain an entire lake. Beautiful and tranquil Lake Mburo National Park is situated in rolling hills and open grassy valleys. This lovely landscape also consists of four other smaller lakes where you'll see impala, eland, waterbuck, klipspringer, zebra and buffalo.
The Park has Aardvark, Hyrax, Porcupine, Hippopotamus, Zebra, Pangolin, Warthog, Hyena, Leopard, Buffalo, Civet, Genet, Topi, Eland, Klipspringer, Oribi, Sitatunga, Impala, eland and crocodile There is an excellent variety of water and acacia savannah bird species (357 bird species) like crested crane, the rare shoebill stork, marabou stork and bronze-tailed starling, bee eaters and even more exotic birds like Blue Naped Coucal, Bare-faced Go-Away Bird, Nubian Woodpecker and swamp flycatcher.
Hippos and crocodiles can be seen grazing on cool mornings. The surrounding papyrus swamps hide the beautiful sitatunga, a very special antelope with narrow, elongated hooves which allow them to move freely on marshy land.
Exotic sights you may enjoy are male impala characteristically looking over their territory from the top of a large anthill, an exquisite panoramic view of the lake land expanse from a hilltop vantage point, or the sight of locally ranched long-horned ankole cattle grazing with wild impala and zebra. Don't forget to take a wooden Ssese canoe trip on the lake to see kingfishers, herons and other water birds, your guide will keep you a safe distance from the hippos and crocodiles!
The attractive acacia-dotted savannah (256 sq. km) is home to huge herds of impala, as well as uncommon topi, eland, klipspringer and other antelope. Zebra and buffalo also graze these peaceful acres. For those interested in wild life, see details about the extent of wild life in this rather unique environment.
5) Paque Nacional Rainha Elizabete / “QENP – Queen Elizabeth National Park”
The Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) is Uganda's most-visited game reserve. It lies in the west of the nation and occupies 2,000 square miles from Lake George to Lake Edward around the Kazinga Channel connecting them. The park is named after Queen Elizabeth II and was established in 1954. The park is known for its wildlife, although many animals were killed in the Uganda-Tanzania War. Many species have recovered, including hippopotamuses, elephants, leopards, lions and chimpanzees; it is now home to 95 species of mammal and over 500 species of birds. The national park includes the Maramagambo Forest and borders the Kigezi and Kyamburu Game Reserves, Kibale National Park, and the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kasese lies on the north western edge of the park.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_National_Park
É o segundo maior parque do país, com 1.978 quilômetros quadrados e lies norte e sul do Equador, no sudoeste de Uganda.
It is contiguous with Kibale National Park and Uganda Parc Nationale des Virunga, na República Democrática do Congo.
Esse parque é reserva mundial da biosfera (UNESCO, 1979?) includes a RAMSAR wetland site and is a classified Important Bird Area (IBA) by Birdlife International. QENP has 568 of Uganda’s 1017 espécies de pássaros (over a quarter of Africa’s bird species), more than any other park in Africa.
No Paque Nacional Rainha Elizabete você talvez veja crater lakes filled with huge flocks de flamingos. You will spot eagles soaring and vultures perching.
You will view lions relaxing and elephants ambling and giant forest hog snuffling. And, in its lakes you'll see hippos swimming and kingfishers darting. Any visitor to this park cannot fail to be amazed by the enormous diversity in each kingdom of creation. It's simply a visual feast. Take a boat trip, a game drive, a woodland walk or simply enjoy any of the myriad stunning views.
6) Parque Nacional dos Montes Rwenzori / “Ruwenzori Mountains National Park”
Parque Nacional Montanhas Ruwen Zori ou Rwenzori é sítio natural, considerado Patrimônio Mundial, tambado pela UNESCO, em 1994.
UGANDA 1996 – Yvert: Bloco n.252. Cinquentenário da UNESCO. Parque Nacional de Monts Rwenzori, com valor facial de 500s. NT
Nota: Tenho um aerograma privado East Afrika Greetings do Hotel Ruwenzori, parece que está localizado em Fort-Portal, Uganda... decorado na frente e internamente co girafas... (Cezar, em 10/04/08)
7) Parque Nacional Bosque Impenetrável de Bwindi / “Bwindi Impenetrable National Park”
Parque Nacional Bwindi Impenetrable é sítio natural, considerado Patrimônio Mundial, tambado pela UNESCO, em 1994. Localizado a sudoeste do país, cobre parte dos distritos de Rukungiri, Kisoro e Kabale. It was gazetted em 1991 com uma área de 331 km2.
It is so called because of the dense undergrowth, vines and other vegetation make it almost 'impenetrable'. It's mysterious and awesome. The lowland rainforest and montane forest vegetation constantly struggles to reach heights that will allow it to receive more light. Huge trees are festooned with creepers and parasitic plants such as mistletoe and orchids. Giant thickets of bamboo thrive in the humid atmosphere and, where sunlight breaks though, the elegant heliconia, or lobster claw, spreads its colourful petals.
Amongst the dense vegetation the Columbus Monkey jumps from branch to branch, chattering its warning to its fellows hidden by the foliage. Chimpanzees, in families of 20 or 30, make the rounds, searching for fruit and edible plants. It is situated in a hilly country-side that, together with some remnant lowland forest outside the boundary, constitute an important water catchments area for many rivers, supplying the agricultural land of the surrounding region.
O mapa mostra o nome de 4 parques dentro de uma grande área de conservação entre 3 países: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (Uganda), Parc National des Volcans (Ruanda), Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Uganda e Ruanda) e Parc National Virunga (Congo).
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Tumbas dos Reis de Buganda, em Kasubi, é sítio cultural, considerado Patrimônio Mundial, tambado pela UNESCO, em 2001.
Referências que comprovam girafas neste país:
Davies, G. and Vanden Berghe, E. (1994)
Check-list of the mammals of East Africa.
East Africa Natural History Society – Nairobi
My Uganda (info@myuganda.co.ug) – http://www.myuganda.co.ug/
Visit Uganda – http://www.visituganda.com/
Uganda Wildlife Authority (uwa@uwa.or.ug) – http://www.uwa.or.ug
Plot 7 Kira Road, Kamwokya
PO BOX 3530 – Kampala, Uganda
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Última atualização: 11/10/2008. |
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