Located near Oussouye

Oussouye Department

' is one of the departments of Senegal, located in the Ziguinchor Region....

 in Ziguinchor

Ziguinchor Region

Ziguinchor is a region of Senegal . The region is also referred to historically and popularly as Basse Casamance.-Departments:Ziguinchor region is divided into 3 departments:*Bignona...

, Basse Casamance National Park is one of six national parks in Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

. It is currently closed.

Characteristics

It encompasses an area of 5000 hectares.

The main biotope

Biotope

Biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of plants and animals. Biotope is almost synonymous with the term habitat, but while the subject of a habitat is a species or a population, the subject of a biotope is a biological community.It...

s are Guinean forests

Guinean Forests of West Africa

The Guinean forests of West Africa is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International, which includes the belt of tropical moist broadleaf forests along the coast of West Africa, running from Sierra Leone and Guinea in the west to the Sanaga River of Cameroon in the east...

 and savannah woodlands.

Fauna

There are 200 species of birds and 50 species of mammals, including African Forest Buffalo

African Forest Buffalo

The African Forest Buffalo is smaller than the Cape Buffalo, with horns that curves out backwards and upwards. Usually weighing , they are reddish brown in color. Its native habitat is the equatorial forest found in central and western Africa, and its diet consists primarily of grasses, twigs, and...

, leopard

Leopard

The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

, Campbell's Mona Monkey

Campbell's Mona Monkey

Campbell's mona monkey , also known as Campbell's guenon and Campbell's monkey, is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family...

, Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby

Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby

Prince Demidoff's bushbaby , also known as Prince Demidoff's Galago, is a species of primate in the Galagidae Family...

, and Western Red Colobus

Western Red Colobus

The western red colobus is a species of Old World monkey found in West African forests from Senegal to Ghana. All other species of red colobuses have formerly been considered subspecies of P. badius. It is often hunted by the common chimpanzee...

.

Tourism

The site is located 20 kilometers from Cap Skirring Airport

Cap Skirring Airport

Cap Skirring Airport is an airport serving Cap Skirring , a town in the Ziguinchor region of Senegal.-Airlines and destinations:...

.

Because of the Casamance Conflict

Casamance Conflict

The Casamance Conflict is a low-level civil war that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance since 1982 over the question of independence for the Casamance region....

, the park, possibly mined

Land mine

A land mine is usually a weight-triggered explosive device which is intended to damage a target—either human or inanimate—by means of a blast and/or fragment impact....

, has been closed to visitors for several years.

See also

• List of national parks and nature reserves of Senegal
• Tourism in Senegal
  Tourism in Senegal
  Tourism in Senegal is a vital part of this West African nation's economy.-Scale:From a relatively small industry at the introduction of the first Club Med resort in the 1970s, Tourism has grown to be an important part of the Senegales economy...
  
  
• Environment of Senegal

External links

Protected Areas and World Heritage Programme Parks and reserves