Gorilla trekking and Wildlife Experience In Africa

Gorilla tracking although known for being a great African Safari you must be very keen with all the requirements for it to be successful. Gorilla tracking can only be possible if you book a gorilla permit. What is surprising is that although  gorilla tracking is highly demanded, only 8 gorilla permits are released to be booked each day each family. Uganda has only about 10 gorilla families open for tourism while Rwanda has also most the same number and also issues 8 gorilla permits per group per day. CONTACT US

Accommodation to stay at while on a gorilla trekking safari is determined by the area where the gorilla permit is booked. Many travellers who book gorilla safaris on their own have fallen victim of missing out on this great experience as they discover that where they spent the night is fur away from the area where their gorilla tracking permit was booked. You must be very informed about Bwindi area and where the gorilla families are. You need to know that gorilla trekking starts as early as 8.30am on a normal day and you must be briefed at the ranger station with other trackers to avoid missing out on the very important details of the jungle.

After gorilla tracking, in Uganda you may also head for a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. This drive is between 5 to 6 hours on a scenic road where you may get the chance of meeting animals like the lions, leopards, water bucks, bush bucks, elephants, Uganda kobs, buffaloes and so many others.

During the launch cruise on the Kazinga channel, you have the chance of seeing other animals that move to the shore to quench their thirst and wallow in the mud. Birds like great and lesser flamingos, cattle egrets, Egyptian geese, shoe bill, marabou stalk keep flocking the shore. Schools of hippopotamus, crocodiles also make this trip very interesting. Watch the Rwenzori ranges that stand erected as you sail on the channel. On a clear day, you may have the chance of seeing the snow cap on the Rwenzori. 

In case you also have the opportunity of sloping down the Kyambura gorge to meet the chimpanzees that live freely in the forest. This trek to see the chimpanzees requires you to be quite fit because you have to trek to see them at the bottom of the gorge. During the dry season, they move closer to the river to cool off the day’s heat so you must be ready to find them.