Where To Stay during Gorilla Tracking Safari In Uganda

Accommodation is readily available for your stay during a gorilla trekking experience however this is very much dependent on your budget. Super Luxury facilities are available  and majority have full board basis, luxury accommodations are also available but with full board meal basis and specious well aerated rooms, Midrange accommodation during gorilla tracking are also available and majority offer full board meal plan and budget facilities are also available however majority have shared facilities but well kept.CONTACT US

Gorilla Trekking Safari

7 Day Gorilla Trekking And Wildlife safari Itinerary with accommodation

Day 1: Drive To Bwindi forest National park

Rise up early in the morning for breakfast and your guide driver will pick you from your overnight hotel and take you to Bwindi forest National Park. This road trip is about 8 to 9 hours but very scenic. Make a stopover at the equator for picturesque experience as you stand on both sides of the earth at the same time. Perform the water experiment and carry on passing through the rolling green covered hills of Kigezi.

Arrive in the evening ready for dinner and overnight at

Accommodation: Clouds lodge/ Gorilla Forest Camp/ Engage Lodge/Ruhija Gorilla Lodge/ Bwindi View Bandas

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking

Rise up early in the morning for breakfast and head to the ranger station for briefing. Learn how you must behave to succeed in your gorilla trekking safari experience. You must be free of any communicable disease like a cold because the gorillas are susceptible to human illnesses like this.

In the company of an armed ranger guide, start trekking to find the mountain gorillas. They are well versed with all corners of the forest so you will follow the trail where they were seen the previous day. Avoid making noise while trekking because the mountain gorillas are agitated and scared of noise.

Other primates like enchanting monkeys, olive baboons, black and white  colobus, vervet monkeys, grey cheecked mangabey to mention but a few. Birding is awesome here. You do not have to look for the birds there show is readily available for you to watch there day drama of building nests, pecking the wood and picking fruits from different trees.

Finally when you get to spot the gorillas, you may hear them murmur as if warning each others of your presence. Even if ones of them move close to touching your camera, you just need to relax and avoid touching it because these are wild animals whose mood swings are uncontrollable. Photographs which you will remind you of the moments with the mountain gorillas and after an hour return to the lodge and relax.

Day 3 Drive to Queen Elizabeth National park

This is drive may go through Ishasha sector the home of the renowned tree climbing lions but going through this side of the pack depends on the condition of the bridge over Ishasha river. During this game drive, you may have the chance of meeting herds of buffaloes, elephants, lions, warthogs and so much more.  Check in to your lodge waiting for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge/ Jacana lodge/ Ishasha Wilderness Lodge/ Simba safari Lodge

Day 4: Game Drive And Launch Cruise

Get up early in the morning for game drive in the Northern crater lakes area of the park. You may have the chance of meeting the early risers get out of there night hide outs, to day hangout places. Carry on to the pavilion where you will take photographs of the incredible crater lakes display.

You may have the chance of seeing animals like the lions, elephants, buffaloes, bush bucks, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, and numerous birds are residents of this park.

Having enjoyed the great views of the park, carry on to the pier to enjoy a launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel. The banks of this channel are so dramatic always decorated with animals that quench there thirst from its waters. This is home to countless birds that are residents of this park and flock the channel banks regularly. Hippos and crocodiles are very many in this channel and the vegetation around is so spectacular. Return to your lodge and relax

Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge

Rise up early and get ready to meet human closest cousins in the animals kingdom. This hike to Kyambura gorge to meet the chimpanzees is very interesting. You may get to meet them at the bottom of the gorge. So interesting to be close to these great apes whose life is very dependent on foliage and to some extreme moments they get to feed on the monkeys incase there is limited resources to feed on in the forest. Return to the lodge and relax

Day 6: Drive back to the airport

Having enjoyed your time in the wilderness and experiencing the service of the lodges, return to Entebbe Airport to catch up with the flight back home.

Pros And Cons Of Gorilla trekking

Volunteer to stay behind in case you have a communicable disease because mountain gorillas area highly susceptible to human disease which may cause them to die.

Mountain gorillas fear lightening so you need to carry a flashless camera to take pictures.

Feeding the mountain gorillas is forbidden because they are wild animals that need to search for there own food.

When you dump anything in the forest, you spoil nature yet mountain gorillas entirely depend on foliage   for survival.

While you trek to see the mountain gorillas, do not forget to stay quiet or speak with a low tone so that you do not scare the mountain gorillas. They get frighten by noise.

Do stand at a distance of about 7 meters from the mountain gorillas when in there presence.

 In case the gorilla gets close to your camera, it is best not to touch them so that they do not get to transfer any contagious disease to you from the wild or you transmitting any communicable disease. It is the best way to conserve the mountain gorillas.

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How To Package Gorilla Trekking And Chimpanzees Tracking

Gorilla Tracking In Uganda Africa

Gorilla Tracking Permit

Gorilla trekking requires you to have a permit card in Uganda the gorilla trekking permit costs $ 700 and in Rwanda the gorilla tracking permit costs $1500. You have to present some details like your names on the passport, age, validity of passport, country of origin so that you can secure a gorilla permit.

Chimpanzee trekking permit

A chimpanzee trekking permit in Uganda costs $200 and in Kibale Forest National park you can take part of this experience. Chimpanzees live in communities under a democratically chosen alpha male. His powers are always checked by the community members as he is responsible for defending them and finding new feeding grounds for the community. His failure may cause another alpha male to take over but this is very rare.

Hire a driver guide

An experienced driver guide will make your travel experience on a gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking safari. He will assist you in discovering the best spots for photographing, touring some additional sites enroute, and he will keep you updated on the safari activities and itinerary.

Gas/ fuel

Gas is very vital during your gorilla and chimpanzee trekking experience as there are no gas stations in the Park or few can be accessed in the countryside. You have to fill full tank that will sustain you throughout your stay in the wilderness.

Accommodation to book during gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking

Several accommodations according to your budget are available for you to book. What is unique about gorilla tracking accommodation is you need to book a lodge closer or within the area where your gorilla permit was booked.

Luxury accommodations are available for up market travellers who would like exclusive attention, there is a variety of accommodation to select from. Most of them have well aerated spacious rooms with windows overlooking the Bwindi forest and occasionally visited by numerous birds. Several luxury accommodations also offer full board facilities but drinks are normally limited. Luxury accommodations have mainly Twin or double rooms but in case you wish to have a single supplement, there is a small additional fee for more comfort.

Midrange accommodations are also available for you to book, you can contact us to select the best lodge to fit your budget.  This will be confortable all the nights you will spend in the wilderness. They provide full board meal plan but you can make your preferred meal order.

Budget accommodations are also many providing varying services for you to choose. Majority of them however have shared facilities but regularly cleaned to keep them well maintained. Most of them are on bed and breakfast meal basis but have restaurants available for you to order meals.

What happens During Gorilla And chimpanzee trekking

 Early in the morning you have to report at the ranger guide station for briefing. No one is allowed to move into the forest without being briefed. This is to ensure that the rules of the forest are followed.

Later an armed range guide escorts you into the forest to start searching for the mountain gorillas or the chimpanzees. He is normally armed for your safety in case there is anything that attacks you there is ready defense. But the forest is safe enough for you as it is regularly supervised to ensure the safety of tourists.

The ranger guide follows the pace of the slowest tourists so that no one is forgotten in the wilderness.

 During gorilla trekking a team of ranger guards is always in communication with the ranger guide on tour so that your movements are regularly checked and the tourists are safe.

What happens during Game drives

Uganda is endowed with numerous wildlife parks where game drives take place that is to say Murchison Falls National park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Mburo National park and others

 Most tourists rise up early in the morning for game drives where they have a chance to meet animals like the pride of lions, elephants, water bucks, zebras, leopards, giraffes, buffaloes to mention but a few however, you must know that your safety is paramount. During the game drives, you are given a ranger guide to assist you go through the park.

At some point, you may be allowed to get out of the car to take better pictures of sceneries and selfies in the wilderness. No matter how calm the animal is, you are not allowed to touch it or feed it because it is a wild animal that may charge at you any time.

Enjoy and tour you wish to have in Africa Uganda but enjoy it safely.