TIPS FOR A PERFECT GORILLA SAFARI TO MGAHINGA – UGANDA GORILLA NEWS

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Before taking on your gorilla safari tour in Uganda, we invite you to get briefed more about these amazing creatures with their interesting facts.

Gorilla trekking in Uganda is considered to be one the most satisfying activities done by tourists in Mgahinga national park. This park has only one habituated gorilla family known as “Nyakagezi” originally consisting of 9 family members, 2 silver backs, 3 female adults, 2 infants and 2 juveniles.

Gorilla trekking in Uganda can some if the times be tiring and occasionally cover the whole day as the guide takes you through this amazing world and also giving you information on their ecology and wild behavior. There is a good chance of spotting these gorillas of Mgahinga national park however success is never guaranteed as these creatures are wild animals, never fixed in their daily routine and finding them requires a guide with extra skill, experience as well as luck.

For the travelers on Gorilla Safari in Uganda, before setting of for the actual gorilla trekking activity, the guide will always suggest how long this activity may take. However while moving do not hesitate to ask the guides to slow down their pace in case they are moving so fast or if you need to rest. This guide will not leave you behind.

The daily routine of a mountain gorillas in Uganda includes foraging early in the morning and have a rest during the late morning and midday. In the late afternoon they forage before they rest at night. The mountain gorillas leave their sleeping nests at 6am in the morning except when it’s too cold, that’s when they stay up their nests.

Uganda Gorillas don’t have discrete territories and instead they roam in home ranges. When the sources of food are sparse, the ranges between groups also become larger and when there is abidance of food the distance between home ranges become shorter.

Gorillas get infected with most of the diseases suffered by human beings as well. It is for this reason that Uganda safarivisitors to these gorillas are advised to keep a distance. Respiratory diseases suffered more especially pneumonia are the most frequently causes of deaths of most mountain gorillas.

The gorillas basically live on ground and almost 20%of their day time in trees. They climb trees either to play or harvest fruits and rarely jump from branch to branch due to their weight.

Gorilla trekking in Uganda can be physically demanding, so be prepared well enough. These Gorilla facts prepare you for this safari activity and give you guidance on conservation of the Mountain Gorillas in Mgahinga national park. Please read these Gorilla facts before your tour to Uganda.

7 Days Cultural encounters, Gorilla and Chimpanzee tracking in Rwanda

Among the various itineraries undertaken while on Africa Safari tours is the famous 7 day Gorilla Safari in Rwanda. This will expose you to Volcanoes National Park Rwanda to enjoy the best of Africa’s gorilla tracking experiences, you will also visit Nyungwe Forest National Park for an ultimate chimpanzee tracking in Rwanda experience too.

To further boost up the adrenaline, the tour will also incorporate the genocide memorial site, Dian fossey, and not forgetting Nyanze palace tour.

To summarize this Rwanda Gorilla Safari tour, unless otherwise, it will most probably run like below: –

Day 1: Will include the Arrival in Rwanda, most probably through the main Airport, or through the neighbouring countries. Later, there will be a transfer to Volcanoes National Park Rwanda. You will have your dinner and overnight at your lodge.  

Day 2: This will be the big day for the Rwanda Gorilla tracking Safari experience. The Day will start as you have breakfast and then head to the park headquarters to have briefing about gorilla tracking. You will go to the forest to look out for the gorillas with the help of the park rangers who will be scaring away the wild animals and pave way for you. You will spend one hour with the gorillas as you observe their behaviors, how they play, feed and have their photo shoots. You will have dinner and overnight at the lodge of your choice.

Day 3: On the Third day, you will have breakfast and then transfer to the musanze caves where you will have a unique experience. You will see different bats and enjoy views of the twin lakes, and different wildlife attractions. You will have lunch and then embark on your journey to Dian fossey where you will see the graves of gorillas that were conserved by Dian Fossey and her own grave. You will hike the area and surely enjoy the experience. You will have your dinner and overnight at the lodge of your choice.

Day 4: This day will combine the Genocide memorial site and then to Nyanza palace. You will have your breakfast and then transfer to Genocide Memorial Site a place where thousands of innocent people in Rwanda lost their lives. You will hear very many touching stories and experiences that people had during that period. You will have lunch and then transfer to the Nyanza palace. You will have your dinner and overnight at the lodge.

 

 

Day 5: You will have your breakfast and then transfer to Nyungwe Forest National Park. The journey is 225 km and takes around 6 and ½ hours. You will have lunch en route and then can relax as you reach the lodge. You will have your dinner and overnight at the same lodge.

Day 6: This is also the day that will include more Apes. This time, it will be Chimp tracking in Rwanda. You will have breakfast and then transfer to the park headquarters to have briefing about the activity. You will get to the forest with the game rangers and look out for the primates. You will spend time with the primates as you have their photo shoots and also see how they behave. You will have your dinner and overnight at the same lodge.

Day 7: Departure: – You will have breakfast and then drive back to Kigali to catch up with your flight. You will have lunch en route.

NB: This tour can also be combined with Uganda Gorilla Safaris, or even Congo Gorilla Safaris. Self Drive car hire rentals Uganda are also available in these countries for travelers who wish to partake a more private-customized tour .