Gorilla Safari: Best Parks for Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
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Introduction to Gorilla Safari: Amazing Parks in Uganda for Gorilla Trekking

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Have you ever wondered why many people flock to Uganda for Gorilla Safari than its neighboring Countries of Rwanda and Congo, it is because Gorilla Safari in Uganda allows many people to track the mountain Gorillas at the same time interval.

Uganda is a landlocked country with the best Gorilla destination across the World. When you hear the word Bwindi of recent, everyone will think about mountain gorillas. Hewith the best Gorilla destination across there in Uganda, we have over 60% of the world’s remaining mountain Gorillas.

They have been able to survive due to the strong conservation efforts by the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities.

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3 Days Gorilla Habituation Safari

These 3 days Gorilla Habituation Safari takes you to one of Uganda’s most visited National Parks which crowns itself as Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

The  Habituation Experience gives you the chance to spend 4 hours in the company of the Mountain Gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

You’ll trek into the forest alongside park rangers blazing a trail through the wilder sides of the forest in search for  families. Habituation experience in Uganda requires you to have a valid permit which costs (1,500$ per person per trek).

The trek last for 4 hours where by a degree of fitness is required and strong boots to ease your movement.

This Safari will start from Kampala where by you will have a stopover at the Equator for the photography and refreshment and later proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

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The numbers in Gorillas have increased to more than 400 mountain Gorillas. Most of them are located in the western part of the country Uganda and have been able to survive due to the tropical climate and the hill areas dotted with fertile soils which have grown vegetation acting as food for the mountain Gorillas.

In our article today, we are going to be looking at the detailed areas in which you can find the endangered mountain Gorillas in Uganda today.

Uganda boosts only two destinations which are perfect for the tracking of the mountain Gorillas.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the biggest Gorilla Park where clients do the activity of tracking down the mountain Gorillas.

What makes Bwindi unique is the fact that it has been divided into four trail heads which reduces the carrying capacity and allows clients t track mountain Gorillas from the different parts of Bwindi National Parks. Note that a gorilla permit costs 800$USD per person per trek.

The habituation experience costs shillings1,500 USD$ per person per trek for Foreignnon-residentss.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park situated in the southwestern of Uganda is a natural will store and is listed as a world heritage site.

Spanning a scoring 331 sq km this is one of the oldest rainforests in Africa and it is BIO LOGICALLY DIVERSE with many varieties of trees, plants, and animals.

It is most well known for being habitat to over 50% of the world’s’ remaining mountain gorillas for Gorilla Safari.

It is rather fascinating to be able to observe these giant animals in their habitat in which people travel from all over the world to hike through waterfalls for the opportunity to observe them.

Because of the many factors elaborated below, it becomes relatively very difficult to explore the park for Gorilla Safari. The beautiful undergrowth of the park, the number of hills, and the numerous and beautiful streams and rivers also pose as a challenge to those exploring the park.

Besides mountain gorillas and Gorilla Safari, other primates found in Bwindi are chimpanzees, black and white colobus, and L’Hoest’s monkeys.

First of all, Bird watchers and lovers can see more than 350 bird species that include 23 bird species that are threatened endemic to the Albertine Rift.

There are basic of trees that are found in this park, over two hundred tree species, ferns and shrubsb,s and flowering plants varieties are also many. Besides, one who goes for a walk in the forest Cano see and hear birds and other primates and even movements of butterflies in the forest.

This social responsibility helps to define the manner in which Bwindi a forms its conservation policies because these have to include the members of this community.

Tourism and Gorilla Safari at this levelinvolves the local people in cultural troupes that include dances, songs, carvings, and other arts.

These interactions assist the visitors inn gaini enhanced understanding of the cultural context within which they are in the park at the same time; the park’s economic stability is fostered hence developing an ownership mentality within the locals.

Such solutions as the Batwa Experience prove the presence of indigenous people known as Batwa pygmies in the Congo, their experience, and their courageous spirit linked to the forests.

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

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Mgahinga National Park is a very unique and a relatively new park in Uganda located in the extreme part of the South Western Uganda.

This 33. It is a 7 square kilometer park which is a subset of the much broader Virunga Conservation Area hosting some of the fascinating biomes and views.

This park has three tremendous volcanoes; Muhavura, Gahinga and Sabinyo, therefore is has a perfect view for any holiday.

The volcanoes in the highlands that are shown as steep, forested slopes capped with an indication of mist, offer the best hiking for the soar dust since they afford a bird’s view of the eastern parts of the area.

Among them it is possible to point a great number of the tourists’ main targets, for instance, such animals as the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas that are on the list of the endangered species.

They are wonderful animals, which one can only manage to view while trekking and only in a number of parks in the whole world and Mgahinga is among them.

Watching the gorilla family and just seeing them being their normal self and going through their daily activities is something unforgettable.

It also has the privileging golden monkey, which is as interesting and another reason why wildlife enthusiasts should visit for.

Even though Mgahinga National Park is also a reserve of wildlife, it is also a cultural reserve to the people. Because the indigenous people of Bwindi are the Batwa, the tourists get the chance to make a guided tour to comprehend the life of pygmies.

It gives an account of the Batwa, how they managed and their tremendous harmonious interaction with the forest.

Beneficial though, the interaction transforms the whole process as such a visit to the park becomes informative and entertaining.

The birder will be delighted and there are more than 180 bird species reported in Mgahinga.

The habitat of birds as well as the climatic conditions together with different vegetation types like the bamboo forests, montane, and alpine help many birds to breed as well as exist including those that are considered endangered as well as those that are endemic to this region.

This diversity makes the park to receive a lot of attention especially from the ornithologists and other nature lovers.

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