National park of Low-Casamance

Located close to Oussouye, in the Area of Ziguinchor, the National park of Low-Casamance the is one of the six national parks of the Senegal. It is currently closed.

History

The park was created in 1970.

Characteristics

Its surface is of 5.000 hectares.

Principal the Biotope S is the Guinean forest ( Parinari excelsa , Treculia africana , Pitheceloblum altissimum .) and wooded savanna.

Fauna

One finds there 50 species of mammals (Buffle of forest, Panthère, Cercopithecus campbelli , Galagoïdes demidoff , Colobe bai) like 200 species of birds.

Tourism

The site is with a score of kilometers of the Aéroport of Cape Skirring.

Because of the Conflict in Casamance, the park, perhaps undermined, have been closed with the visitors for several years.

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