Where to go for gorilla trekking in Uganda

Where to go for gorilla trekking in Uganda : Thinking of Where to go for gorilla trekking in Uganda? Gorilla trekking is one of the most sought activities to do while planning on a Ugandan safari, the memories of tracking mountain gorillas are everlasting, Uganda’s mountain gorillas live in high elevated areas of southwestern Uganda, and they are characterized by their gentle fur bodies, social intelligent behavior and their herbivorous nature feeding on plants, fruits, leaves, roots, dead tree backs, fungi and mushrooms, gorillas depend so much on the forest, they are less territorial members but roam the forest at large spending most of the day eating, the apes are largest in the primate species exhibiting a lot of human character, they tend to mimic man and according to science, it has been proven that the gorilla shares 98% of the human DNA. Gorillas just like humans love to build places to stay they nest every day and young baby gorillas share the same nest as the mother for protection, the male leader silverback guards the whole family at large. The nest building is one way a gorilla tracker can tell how many family members belong to the group although it is not as perfect as when you physically observe the team.

Where to go for gorilla trekking in Uganda

Uganda as a destination boasts the highest population of mountain gorillas, they are distributed in only two eco-systems including the Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga national park. The pearl of Africa is known for the Mountain gorillas a subspecies of the eastern gorilla, primates on a Ugandan safari are the primary goal despite having many more wildlife species and natural factors, combined together to give magnificent views of the animals in the wilderness. The forest creatures live together with other species in harmony. The Mountain gorilla doesn’t survive in captivity this implies that they roam freely in the forest area.  Present gorillas are subdivided into categories, the Wild gorilla, the research gorilla, and the tourist gorilla respectively. The research and touristy gorilla have been habituated to contain human presence and others still undergoing the habituation process which takes even up to five years to be ready for tracking. Both Bwindi National Park and Mgahinga are managed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority.

The Bwindi impenetrable national park is home to most of the world ever living remaining mountain gorillas, it is situated in the southwestern corner of Uganda bisected into four sectors Buhoma, Nkuringo, Ruhija, Rushaga.  Each of which contains gorilla families for a client visit, this famous home for the gorilla is composed of a rich ecosystem with food and a climate condition that favors the primates, Bwindi was gazetted as a national conservation area in 1991 and later declared a UNESCO world heritage site.

There might not be a guarantee of seeing mountain gorillas but the ones of Bwindi give 99% chance of seeing them, the forest is a calm place for them, gorillas are mostly on the ground and solemnly climb trees, and the young black backs playfully wrestle on the ground, rolling their fur bodies in the most eye-catching manner, the ancient forest gives a chance to not only met gorillas but also other primates like the Black and white colobus monkeys, L’hoest monkey, olive baboons, and many bird species some of which are endemic to the destination, the route trails of Bwindi will lead you through some of the most angelic points of the earth, waterfalls like the “Bajenda” falls inside the forest is refreshing.

Mgahinga national park is an extension of the great series of the Virunga volcanic region, it is home to one big gorilla family known as the Nyakagezi gorilla family, trekking begins in the morning with a briefing from the Uganda wildlife authority team, finding gorillas depends on how far they have moved in the forest, this is one of Uganda’s smallest conservation areas, it prides its self with a number of animal species including the Golden Monkey, it has mountain features like mount Mugahinga, mountain Sabinyo, and mountain Muhavura, the park has present wild animals like forest elephants, giant forest hogs although these are rare to see.

Reaching gorilla destinations takes approximately 489 kilometers from Kampala to Mgahinga national park and 512 kilometers from Kampala to Bwindi impenetrable national park via the Kampala-Masaka Highway, stopovers en-route for lunch are possible on a gorilla trip, Charter flights can be booked through Aero link Uganda to Kisoro or Kihihi.