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Bwindi Eco Tourism Center will connect visitors with nature

Eco tourism promotes a better understanding and appreciation of nature and society through which it adds to the personal experiences of the tourists as well as the hosts and makes them more aware of the environment around them. Eco tourism in an effective way that conserves and enhances bio cultural diversity. It also benefits the local community by the employment it generates by providing jobs which in turn are a good source of income for the local inhabitants. The Bwindi Eco-Tourism center is one of the richest preservation areas designed for Uganda.

Bwindi Eco-Tourism Center

This UNESCO World Heritage Site attracts tourists around the globe because of the significant presence of more than a third of the world’s population of mountain gorillas which are all different subspecies. Before planning the center this site was initially cleared off to uphold various activities in and around the park. Bwindi is known for its steep hills and narrow valleys, the rain gardens and amphitheater gush down the hill which is significant of its resourceful cultivation.

Its lush green trees reach out and meet the footpaths that go over the site and give it a magnificent look giving way to a tree canopy walk. The buildings are huddled together to make the center of the site to give more indoor and outdoor space which is interconnected with the main landscape that in turn helps to make easy the first and last stages of gorilla trekking. These buildings are made from local materials and are in light, open and simple formations that eases the access to fresh air, clean and pure drinking water and natural light. In addition to this they will also produce their own energy using renewable sources.

This site is well planned to act as a communication link between the local community and the infinite visitors who visit this place every year. This project was funded by USAID Global Sustainable Tourism Alliance in coordination with US Forest Service and Solimar International.

Via: Istudioarchitects

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