Maramagambo Forest

Maramagambo Forest is located in Bushenyi, Uganda. It adjoins the Queen Elizabeth National Park to the north. It is jointly managed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority and the National Forestry Authority.^[1] It is infamously associated with its bat cave where a tourist from the Netherlands was exposed to Marburg virus present in the bats that live in the volcanic tube cave and developed Marburg virus disease.^[2] Following this outbreak, the cave was closed until the construction of a viewing platform with support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The forest is bordered by two crater lakes named Lake Kyasanduka and Lake Nyamasingiri. Many chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys and Bates's pygmy antelopes can be found here.^[3]

References[]

^ Uganda Wildlife Authority: Planning Unit (26 July 2012). Buhanga, Edgar; Namara, Justine (eds.). Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kyambura Wildlife Reserve, Kigezi Wildlife Reserve-General Management Plan (2011 - 2021) (Report). Uganda Wildlife Authority. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Imported Case of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever". MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 58: 1377–81. December 2009. PMID 20019654.
^ "guide2uganda". Guide2TheWorld. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

Coordinates: 0°33′S 29°53′E / 0.550°S 29.883°E / -0.550; 29.883

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[1] Uganda Wildlife Authority: Planning Unit (26 July 2012). Buhanga, Edgar; Namara, Justine (eds.). Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kyambura Wildlife Reserve, Kigezi Wildlife Reserve-General Management Plan (2011 - 2021) (Report). Uganda Wildlife Authority. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[2] "Imported Case of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever". MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 58: 1377–81. December 2009. PMID 20019654.

[3] "guide2uganda". Guide2TheWorld. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

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