What Gorillas Eat?

What Gorillas Eat? : Gorillas are among the most sought after tourism attractions in Africa because of a number of activities that can be seen when you participate in gorilla trekking in Africa. While visiting Africa, you will get the chance to watch a number of rewarding gorilla species like the mountain gorillas, the which are quite different and rewarding to watch when you visit the different gorilla destinations in Africa for an amazing experience in the countries. Gorilla trekking in Africa involves travellers hiking through the vegetation to access the different gorilla species. when you make your way to the habituated gorilla families, you will spend one hour with the primates observing their behaviour in the wild for an amazing experience. Among the different features that you will get to observe a number of is the gorillas diet, you will get to understand what gorillas eat which is quite fascinating for the species because of how they are built.

What do gorillas eat

On first encounter you will get to watch how strong the gorillas are and one might think they eat flesh but interesting about the gorillas in the fact that they depend mainly on plant material and this includes stems, bamboo shoots and seasons where fruit is readily available they can be seen eating more fruit than the other edible plants like wild celery, in the wild and interesting about the gorillas in the wild is the fact that they can be seen eating a number of invertebrates like the termites, centipedes, millipedes, larvae and so on but this is on a rare occasion and comprises about 0.3% of their  overall diet. It should be noted that gorillas can travel to up-to 500 metres away from their nests in search for food and there have been recording of clashes between the gorilla families in times of food scarcity where they can fight for food although it is quite rare but in situations where the food is scarce they can be seen fighting for food.

Gorilla trekking in Uganda

Gorilla trekking in Uganda will give you the double gorilla trekking experience watching the gorillas in the wild. For the gorilla trekking experience in Uganda you can take part in gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park where you will get to access the habituated gorilla families in the four sectors like Buhoma, Nkuringo, Rushaga and Buhoma and for gorilla trekking in Mgahinga national park you will get to watch the habituated gorilla families along the slopes of the Virunga mountains in Uganda that is mount Gahinga, mount Muhabura and Mount Sabyinyo which will give you the chance to observe the behaviour of the primates in the wild like how they co-exist with one another,  you will get to observe the dominant silver back who has all the mating rights with the females in the group which will make the activity quite rewarding.

Interesting about the gorilla trekking experience in Uganda is the fact that you will also get the chance to take part in gorilla habituation in Uganda which is among the most fulfilling primate activity which will give you authentic reactions of the primates as they get accustomed to human presence with the different trainings before they are introduced to the tourists. Interesting about gorilla habituation in Bwindi impenetrable national park is the fact that you will spend four hours with the gorillas than the one hour you spend with gorilla during gorilla trekking

Gorilla trekking in Rwanda

For the most rewarding gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda, you will have the chance to access the habituated gorilla families in Rwanda by hiking the Virunga mountains in Rwanda that is mount gahinga, mount muhabura, mount sabyinyo, mount karisimbi and mount Bisoke which will give you the opportunity to spend one hour with the gorillas to understand a number of rewarding features of the primates.

Gorilla trekking in Congo

For gorilla trekking in Congo, you will get to see the mountain gorillas by participating in gorilla trekking in Virunga national park and the eastern lowland gorillas in Africa by taking part in gorilla trekking in kahuzi biega national park for an amazing experience in the wild which will give you the chance to observe the behaviour of the eastern lowland gorillas in the wild which will also give you the most rewarding gorilla safaris in Africa. In Congo, you can also visit the Senkwenkwe gorilla orphanage where you will get to volunteer to take care of the orphaned gorillas in the wild by cleaning their sleeping area, you will get to bottle feed the primates for an amazing experience in the wild.