Best Travel Guide To Gorilla Trek In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda Tours

Best Travel Guide To Gorilla Trek In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda Tours

The highlight of a visit to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a magical hour in the company of a family of mountain gorillas.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in western Uganda is the perfect gift for mountaineers, photographers, explorers, and wildlife lovers notably those interested in mountain gorillas. In a 331 square kilometer section of Afro-mountain Forest the Park protects the world's biggest population of mountain gorillas.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is Uganda’s number one gorilla trekking destination. Most people come to Uganda to see mountain gorillas and Bwindi is the most accessible place to do so.

With around 17 gorilla groups habituated for tourism – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is the world’s primary mountain gorilla trekking destination. The extensive and pristine rainforest has four different trailheads, acting as different tourist centers from which gorillas can be tracked.

Mountain gorillas are large with darker black coats. The Mountain gorillas are the uncommon primates in the entire world with less than 800 surviving in the African wilderness. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest has a 17-gorilla group making it the best place or Park where you can see the gorillas in the wild.

The various trekking groups include the Ruhija Trek with gorilla families, Mukiza, Oruzogo, Bitukura, and Kyaguliro, Buhoma Trek with Habinyanja, Katwe, Mubare, Rushegura, Nkuringo Trek with gorilla Christmas, Nkuringo, Bushaho, and Rushaga Trek with Kutu, Bikini, Mishaya, Bushigye, Kahungye, Rwigi, Bweza, Nshongi, Mucunguzi

With 60% of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park having an elevation of over 6,600ft, it has steep slopes in some areas. The gorilla trekking experience takes between 2 to 6 hours depending on the gorilla family. Tracking the gorillas can also last from hours to a full day depending on how far the group has moved since it was observed nesting up the previous evening. On the day of the trek, visitors are expected to be at the briefing point by 7:30 a.m. After which, tourists will be allocated different tracking routes, each 8 tourists. Head to the forest accompanied by guides and rangers as you begin your search for gorillas.

Contact time with the gorillas is restricted to one hour and participants must be aged 15 years or over.

There is also much more to Bwindi than mountain gorillas trekking. The Forest trails lead to scenic waterfalls and rift valley viewpoints, while community walks through local villages provide insight into the lives of Bakiga and Batwa (pygmy) tribes living beside the Forest.

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