Rwenzori mountains national park “mountains of the moon” the third highest mountain in Africa with six glacial peaks namely Mount speke, Mount Emin Pasha, Mount Baker, Mount Luigi da savoia, Mount Stanley and Mount Gessi. It’s a block mountain formed as a result of faulting. It lies in southwestern Uganda along Uganda-Congo border. The park is 996 square kilometers and stretches 120 km long the Congo boarder. It was gazzeted in 1991, recognized as a World heritage site in 1994 and Ramsar site in 2008. Its highest point is 5,109m above sea level on Mt Stanley Margherita peak.
It has about 217 bird species