THE NSHONGI and MISHAYA MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
Gorilla tourism started at Rushaga some 17 km from our Nkuringo Gorilla Camp in April 2009. The habituation of the group had started only 2 years earlier where very quickly this the largest group ever habituated by Uganda Wildlife Authority and led by the alpha male Nshongi provided opportunity for the first tourist visits in April 2009. The official opening of the group was celebrated in September 2009 with an all star list of celebrity visitors and festivities in the locality of Rushaga and at UWA headquarters in Kampala. Visitors to these groups are welcomed at the Rushaga visitors centre within the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest where they report on the morning of tracking for breifing before being guided into the forest by professional trackers and guide.
The Nshongi group split in 2010 where the sub-ordinate silverback Mishaya seperated taking females and infants to establish his own group of 13 gorillas. The Nshongi group currently includes 24 animals led by the alpha male Nshongi:
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Nshongi- Silverback - Alpha Male
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Bwiruka - Adult Female
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Mishaya Silverback
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Mize - Juvenile
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Kakono - Silverback
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Ntinditine - Juvenile
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Bweza - Blackback
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Mahoro - Juvenille
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Matama - Blackback
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Mureba - Juvenille
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Busasi - Blackback
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Ruheruka - Juvenille |
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Bwire - Blackback
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Munzunguzi - Juvenille |
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Bunwa - Blackback
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Rutaro - Juvenille |
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Kutu - Blackback
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Kazani - Infant
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Tifayo - Blackback
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Katono - Infant - Mother Shidah
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Bankuzi - Adult Female
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Mukiza - Infant
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Mwiza - Adult Female
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Nsiima - Infant
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Kuheire - Adult Female
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Mpororo |
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Munini - Adult Female
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Fortunate |
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Shidah - Adult Female
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Baby 1 |
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Bukozo - Adult Female
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Baby 2 |
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Nyampundu - Adult Female
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Bakunda - Orphan |
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