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Following your Kenya Safari, book flights to
Entebbe Airport for gorilla trekking in Uganda Bwindi Forest National Park. You
may immediately connect with a domestic scheduled afternoon flight. Hire a transfer
vehicle because the planes land at Kihihi airstrip which is about an hour from
Bwindi forest National Park. CONTACT FOR MORE DETAIL
Charter
flights are also available for exclusive gorilla trekking experience that will
give you privacy and carry your baggage without many limitations. You have 3
nights for gorilla tracking experience and 3 days
You also
have the option of a road trip where your guide driver will pick you from the
airport and transport you to Bwindi forest National Park. This drive is about 8
to 9 hours but with spot overs along the way.
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| Gorilla Trekking Safari Tour In Uganda |
Four Day Gorilla Tracking in Uganda and Wild life Tour
Gorilla
trekking in Uganda for 4 day is a chance for you to meet the mountain gorillas
and the great zebras that are residents of Lake Mburo National Park. Equipping
yourself with the right gorilla trekking gears will make this 4 day African
holiday a success and memorable too.
Day 1 Drive to Bwindi Forest National
Park
Following
your breakfast, get into the car and drive to Bwind Forest national park. This national
park is located in south Western part of Uganda. It is a thick natural forest
with great canopy that you can ably see as you hike. As you drive to Bwindi forest
through the Kigezi area, get shots of the green vegetation that covers the
slopes of the highlands. Arrive in the evening and check-in to your lodge.
Accommodation: Gorilla Forest Camp/ Engage
Lodge/ Wag tail Lodge
Day Two Gorilla trekking
Take early
morning breakfast and carry your gorilla trekking gears and packed lunch, to
the ranger station to join other trekkers. After briefing, you will be divided
into groups of 8 trekkers and a ranger guide will lead you into the jungle. Enjoy
the whistling birds, vervet monkeys, black and white colobus, grey tailed
mangabey to mention but a few. When you finally get to meet them you are
allowed to take there photos, but stand at a distance of 7 meters from there
presence. Enjoy them playing and interacting with others. Return to the lodge
and relax.
Day 3 Drive to Lake Mburo National
Park
Having taken
your breakfast, drive to Lake Mburo National Park. This is the only park in Uganda
with a fresh water lake in its center, it is home to the black stripped zebras,
warthogs, statungas, kobs, bush bucks, water bucks, elands the list is endless.
Check into your lodge.
Accommodation: Mihingo Lodge/ Uganda Wildlife
Authority Hostels
Day4 Game drive, Entebbe or Kampala
Get up early
for breakfast and head for a game drive, enjoy the incredible varieties of
animals, visit the animal salt liking area, head to Lake Mburo the only fresh
water lake within the park. Finally get out of the jungle to return to Entebbe
or Kampala.
What To Pack For Gorilla Trekking In
Africa
A rain coat
or Poncho is super nice for this trip as it rains in this area without warning.
Garden
gloves will protect your fingers from piercing surfaces or in case you fall you
can keep them clean.
Long
trousers and a long sleeved shirt will protect your skin from any biting
nettles that may try to harm you.
Tracking
boots are incredible for your feet. When tacked in well, they can protect you
from damaging your feet
A camera
will keep your Africa gorilla trekking memories alive with photographs.
When you
pack extra batteries, you will have no regrets about the incredible moments in
the jungle.
A warm
sweater will keep you warm while in the jungle because it is always cold and
misty at times throughout the day.
Insect repellants will keep biting nettles
away from getting close to you.
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.
How Much is Gorilla Tracking In
Africa
A gorilla
trekking permit costs $600 in Uganda while in Rwanda a gorilla tracking permits
costs $1500 while discounted gorilla permits cost $1050 during the low seasons. This also has terms
and conditions where you must have booked a Rwanda safari to either Nyungwe
national park and Akagera national park.
A 4x4 safari car with
a pop up roof is incredible for this African trip. For more detail send us your
inquiry and our safari team will get back to you with details.
A knowledgeable guide will make your tour experience
excellent. The price for a guide is per days basing on the experience that one
has in the wilderness.
Fuels or Gas also makes up the cost price for gorilla
trekking safari in Africa. Whether you are flying to see the mountain gorillas
or travelling by road to the gorilla tracking destinations, you need to
consider gas or fuel. You need a transfer vehicle from the airstrip to the
lodge or from the lodge in Kampala to Bwindi Forest National Park
Carry some hard cash because credit cards are not normally
used in Africa because of the details behind them.
How long Is Gorilla
Trekking
Mountain gorillas area very mobile wild animals. On the day
of trekking, you follow the path where the mountain gorillas were seen the
previous day. The time to take to see the gorillas varies
from about one hour to at times three quarters of the day.
It is very rare to miss out on seeing the mountain gorillas.
In case they move so fast, at a certain time. You may be diverted to see
another gorilla family. There is no chance of not seeing the mountain gorillas.
What is the age limit
for gorilla trekking
Gorilla trekking is quite tedious at times and involves
hiking at some point which requires someone with a mature age and its only 15
years and above for one to trek mountain gorillas. This is to reduce on the
chances of getting frightened while in the presence of the mountain gorillas.
When mountain gorillas see you frightened, they get agitated and may run into
hiding or rage disrupting the entire experience of being with the mountain
gorillas for an hour.
