Gorilla trekking in Uganda 2021
GORILLA TREKKING IN UGANDA 2021
Gorilla trekking in Uganda is one of the top activities in Uganda that tourists look forward to participate in because of the rewarding features that they get to see of the endangered mountain gorillas in the country. it should be noted that Uganda is among the top ten tourist destinations in east Africa where you will get to participate in a number of activities including gorilla trekking which is among the most famous tourism activities in Uganda given the fact that the country is home to half of the world’s mountain gorilla remaining population which can be seen in Bwindi impenetrable national park with over twenty two gorilla families and Mgahinga national park with 3 gorilla families which has enabled gorilla trekking in Uganda to be carried out.
Mount gorillas in Africa can be found in Virunga national park in the democratic republic of Congo, volcanoes national park in Rwanda but among the different national parks, gorilla trekking in Uganda is quite unmatched because of the fact there is easy access to the park, the activity can be carried out in two national parks as opposed to Rwanda where you can only take part in gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park Rwanda making the number of gorilla trekking permits in Rwanda and gorilla trekking permits in Congo quite limited and many other factors that have made gorilla trekking in Uganda 2021 quite memorable.
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable
While you visit Bwindi impenetrable national park in order to take part in gorilla trekking in Uganda, you will have the most rewarding experiences because of the added benefits you will get to see and participate after your gorilla trekking experience in Bwindi impenetrable national park. Bwindi impenetrable national park is among the largest national parks in Uganda and because of this, tourists should put into consideration the sector they are going to carry out the activity in so that they make the necessary hotel booking near the sector they are to track from because poor planning can lead you to miss out on the opportunity and in some cases refunds are not guaranteed. Gorilla trekking in the park is carried out in four sectors Ruhija, Rushaga, Nkuringo and Buhoma where you will find the habituated Uganda gorilla families that you will spend one hour with observing their rewarding features in the wild like their feeding habits where you will get to see what the diet comprises of for instance caterpillars and other invertebrates, wild celery, bamboo shoots, you will get to see their social structure for instance you will get to see the dominant male the silver back whose story on how they get to power is quite interesting for instance an adult male or the dominant male can get challenged into a battle for the leadership which is usually the fittest is the winner of the group and once the adult or dominant silverback is defeated he is advised to step down and chased away from the group and in case where he defeats the challenger, the challenger is forced to leave the group and in some cases they give him a few juvenile females for him to start his own group which is quite interesting behavior of the primates that you will; enjoy more when you participate in gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park. other activities that you will find memorable in the park include gorilla habituation in Uganda, cultural encounters around Bwindi impenetrable national park where you will visit and participate in the Batwa trail expedition which will help you understand more about the formerly forest people that depended on forest products for survival as they co- existed with the wild animals in the park.
Gorilla trekking in mgahinga national park
Gorilla trekking in Mgahinga national park is quite similar to gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park because you will get to see the same features of the gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable national park in gorillas in Mgahinga national park because they are quite the same. But to differ from gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park where tourists will have to hike through the forests in order to access the families, in Mgahinga national park, they will have to hike the Virunga mountains in Uganda that is mount Muhabura, mount Gahinga and mount sabyinyo in order to access the habituated Uganda gorilla families that you will also spend one hour with. Other activities in Mgahinga national park that you can take part in while you visit the park include; birding, hiking the Virunga mountains that will give you exceptional views of other Virunga mountains in the world, you will have the chance to participate in golden monkey trekking which will help you understand more about the endangered monkey species in the country among other interesting features of the primates while on Uganda Gorilla Safaris.
Important to note about gorilla trekking in Uganda 2021 is the fact that the activity is quite safe for tourists because of a number of covid-19 safety measures that have been out in place by the ministry of health in partnership with a number of tourism destinations in Uganda to make sure that tourists are safe from contracting the virus and also spreading it in case they are exposed to infected persons which has made Uganda among the top 5 tourism destinations in east Africa 2021 and gorilla trekking in Uganda among the top 5 tourism activities in Uganda 2021.
