Gorilla Trekking Safaris In Uganda

Gorilla Trekking Safaris In Uganda : Gorilla trekking is a top safari activity done on a Uganda safari, this involves the trekkers to hike to the tropical forests of Uganda to see the mountain gorilla in their natural habitats. Various tourists visit Uganda to trek the attractive primates in the country those are the gorillas and these are majorly trekked in the different destinations namely Bwindi impenetrable forest national park and also Mgahinga Gorilla national park, with the different gorilla families where the trekkers can track only one family per day.

Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park being the unique and best destination for gorilla trekking has got many different gorilla families that are over 23 families. Not only the gorillas present in the park, Bwindi impenetrable forest national park has got other attractions that can be spotted during your gorilla trekking that includes the 120 mammals species, 11 primates like the red tailed monkeys, black and white monkeys and among others.

Gorilla trekking in Uganda.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Bwindi impenetrable forest national park alone is a home of the half of world’s remaining mountain gorillas. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi happens and the people are allowed to trek should be in a group of eight members. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park starts where the trekkers go to the park headquarters for a short briefing about the rules and regulations about gorilla trekking. This is where you will meet the local guides and the rangers whom you will participate the activity with and they will give you the information about the gorilla trekking safari.

From the briefing you will hike the forest trails which can be slippery, muddy, or rough while searching for the mountain gorillas in their habitants this takes a period of 1 to 6 hours according to where you meet the gorilla family, and when the group of trekkers finds the gorilla family then the trekkers are given one hour to be with the gorillas while taking pictures with them, watching the ways how they live, watching how they feed among others.

Mgahinga Gorilla national park.

Mgahinga gorilla national park is the right destination where gorilla trekkers do have the best views of these primates. The gorillas are the best exciting primates in Uganda of approximately 300 mountain gorillas that are found in the park although they are free to cross borders between Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. Gorilla trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park also explores the tourists to sight the stunning three extinct volcanoes in the park that includes Mount Muhavura, Mount Gahinga and Mount Sabinyo. Gorilla trekking in Mgahinga gorilla national park is such rewarding and gives the trekkers good gorilla trekking safari experience in the park because there can be fewer crowds in the park.

Visitors are advised to book their gorilla trekking permits in advance from Uganda Wildlife Authority or at the park headquarters in order to carry out a gorgeous gorilla trekking safari in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

Gorilla habituation in Uganda.

Gorilla habituation experience is the experience that gives the trekkers chance with the company of the researchers, trackers, rangers, habituation team to spend good time with the company of the mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. This takes like 2 to 3 years to complete the habituation process. Gorilla habituation in Uganda costs USD 1500 per person.

Gorilla trekking charges in Uganda.

Gorilla trekking permits in Uganda is 800 USD for the foreign non-residents, USD 700 for the foreign residents and 300,000 UGX for the East Africa citizens. The gorilla trekkers are therefore always reminded to book their gorilla trekking permits in advance and the permits can be booked at the Uganda Wildlife Authority at its headquarters or through the trusted tour operators.

Gorilla trekking in Uganda is only recommended to the people who are above 15 years, if an individual is below the age of 15 they cannot be allowed to carry out gorilla trekking safari.

Best time for gorilla trekking in Uganda.

Gorilla trekking in Uganda can be done all the year around, though the best time to go for gorilla trekking  is from June to August and December to February that’s the right time when the forest trails in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park and Mgahinga Gorilla national park can be drier and clear not muddy like in the rainy season, during these months that’s when the gorilla trekkers can easily move in the forest when the vegetation has not yet grown taller hence easy spotting of the gorillas.

Not only the dry season, also some trekkers do like carrying out gorilla trekking during the rainy season reason being the less number of trekkers in the forest, and during that period the vegetation can be grown which makes the gorillas to be everywhere due to the fact that the food can be in plenty unlike during in the dry season where the trekkers go deep in the forests while looking for the gorillas.