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Uganda gorilla trekking are Africa wildlife safari designed for mountain gorilla encounter and conservation.
Gorilla trekking in Uganda is one of the most exceptional out-door activities and one a kind experiences that allows tourists on Uganda safari to encounter a family of mountain gorillas face to face while in their natural habitat.
Gorilla trekking is undoubtedly a bucket-list adventure for most travelers on East African safari holiday.
Gorilla trekking is a means in which trekkers/visitors/tourists on gorilla tour can see gorillas in the wild. It is entirely an on-foot-walk experience taking visitors via lush juggles with park guide on lead and includes use of machetes to create path as you search for a gorilla family.
Gorilla trekking takes time and depending on visitor physical levels, nature of habitat among other factors, this adventure can take 2 to 6 hours.
There are only 2 places to see mountain gorillas in Uganda while on your gorilla safari tour. The 2 magical gorilla trekking spots in Uganda include Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
However, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the most famous gorilla safari park in Uganda due to its huge profusion of gorillas and habituated gorilla families to trek, varied accommodation choices among other factors.
The gorilla safari park a tourist chooses to visit to see mountain gorillas in Uganda all depends on their travel plans or time available. The cost for gorilla permits remains the same in all the 2 Uganda gorilla trekking spots.
Note, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National Park all straddle in the far Southwestern side of Uganda, close to Rwanda border to the South and D.R. Congo to the West.
Uganda gorilla trekking can be conducted as an independent activity or combined with other unique experiences in the savanna parks, other rainforest parks like Kibale National Park for chimpanzee tracking or still, add on various activities within Bwindi or Mgahinga Gorilla Park on your gorilla safari package.
Uganda is an all year-round gorilla trekking destination due to her favorable weather and climatic conditions. But, the dry season is the best period to visit Uganda to enjoy this thrilling experience- either in Bwindi or Mgahinga.
There are 2 drier seasons Uganda experiences each year- the first that begins from June to September/December to February. During then, the tracking trails tend to be dry and passable
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, lying in the extreme Southwestern part of Uganda is without doubt the country’s premier gorilla trekking destination.
The park sits on 331sq.kms of land area, featuring an extensive impenetrable forest and boasts of 20 habituated gorilla groups all set for gorilla trekking. All habituated gorilla group families in Bwindi are accessible from the 4 major regions/trailheads/sectors; Rushaga, Nkuringo, Buhoma and Ruhija.
In every region or sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, each gorilla family has its own story to share and levels of difficulty do vary. Visitors depart a gorilla trekking sector after briefing with maximum of 8 visitors assigned to track only one gorilla family. Normal gorilla trekking begins at 8:00am and visitors are accompanied by an armed park guide.