uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari

Uganda Gorilla trekking safari tours are taken on from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in southwestern Uganda. Bwindi has half the number of mountain gorillas remaining in the whole world. Bwindi is the only national park in the world where chimps co-exist with mountain Gorillas. To visit Uganda gorillas, one needs a gorilla permit that costs USD700.00 per trek.

Mgahinga National Park is the other Park where uganda gorillas are found. It is one of the parks in the Virunga ranges shared between Uganda, Rwanda, and DRC.

Gorilla tracking is a captivating and unforgettable experience that more than repays the effort needed to reach Bwindi and trek through the forest. Bwindi has thirteen habituated gorilla groups that are tracked by tourists. Three of these are in the vicinity of Buhoma and one at Nkuringo. Uganda gorillas can also be visited in Ruhija and Rushaga regions of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

The gorilla habituation experience is another way of spending more time with Uganda gorillas. Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is an initiative aimed at giving more time with gorillas to those who can afford it. Gorilla habituation experience permits cost USD1500.00 per trek in the southern part of Bwind Impenetrable National Park and each gorilla family under habituation is visited by a maximum number of 4 people. Contact Ikiya primate safaris about gorilla habituation experience safaris to visit Uganda gorillas

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

The Impenetrable Forest Reserve was gazetted in 1942, upgraded to the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in 1992 and recognized as a World Heritage Site in 1994. In the local Rukiga language, Bwindi actually means ‘Impenetrable.’ This double warning is apt, for Bwindi is all but impenetrable; 327km2 of tangled vegetation draped over a deeply fissured landscape of steep, slippery valleys and high, draughty ridges. But if the terrain is far from easy to negotiate, it is well worth the effort. Atrek through this, one of Africa’s most ancient rainforests, in search of the endangered Mountain Gorillas, ranks among the world’s premier wildlife encounters.

Bwindi can be cold especially in the morning and at night, the annual average temperature range is 70C-200C with the coldest period being June and July. Warm clothing is required plus wet weather gear since Bwindi receives up to 2390mm of rain/per year. This is concentrated during two wet seasons, short rains in March-May and heavy rains in September-November. Instead of short tropical deluges, rain in Bwindi often falls as long hours of soft drizzle.

For those who are planning to do a gorilla trekking safari in Uganda, the following information would apply (as set out in the printed leaflet by the Uganda Wildlife Authority ‘Gorilla Rules’).

Before Departing for Gorilla Trekking Safari

In Uganda, a maximum of 8 tourists may visit a group of habituated mountain gorillas in a day. This is done to ensure minimal behavioural disturbance to the gorillas and the risk of their exposure to human-borne diseases.
Make sure that you wash your hands before your tracking exercise