Bwindi National Park
Uganda as a country is endowed with great wildlife safari tour attractions. It has over 10 national parks with different safari attractions. Among these is Bwindi national park which unlike the other national parks has only one major tour attraction, the mountain gorillas. These gentle primates which are among the largest in the world are an endangered species of primates and only found in the three great lakes regions of Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
There are only about 720 mountain gorillas left in the wild half of which are found in the Bwindi impenetrable national park in Uganda. Mountain gorilla trekking in Uganda has become such a leading tour attraction in Uganda fetching the country millions of dollars in foreign exchange. The popularity of mountain gorilla tours is largely due to the popularization by International conservation bodies and the governments of the three respective Great Lakes region Countries. In Uganda the body mandated with this task is the Uganda Wildlife Authority, a Statutory body that is entrusted with the protection and conservation of wildlife in the country.
Mountain gorilla tours is done with the aid of park rangers who are equipped with communication gadgets to track the movement of the mountain gorillas through the thick rain forests of Bwindi. Mountain gorillas live in families and the tracking of gorillas can only be done in the with those families that have been habituated to humans. A familiy consists of a silver back (a alpha male gorilla) together with a few other males and group of female gorillas and their young.
For one to track gorillas it is mandatory to have a gorilla trekking permit which is only issued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority in Kampala. A gorilla trekking permit goes for 500 US Dollars and these have to be booked well in advance if you are to stand any chance of seeing these wonderful creatures. It is not uncommon to find people booking for gorilla trekking permits years in advance. So you might ask the question "how do i get a gorilla trekking permit?". This depends on where one is located at the moment, however, it is much simpler if you use a Uganda safari company (Uganda tour operator). There are a number of them online, just do a Google search for "gorilla tour" and a list of tour operators in Uganda as well as International ones will come up. If you want a luxury safari or budget safari package you can ask them to reserve one for you or ask for a scheduled gorilla group safari which is much cheaper and less costly. Mountain gorilla tracking is one of the best African safari package besides the wildebeest migration fo choosing a African safari kenya
There are only about 720 mountain gorillas left in the wild half of which are found in the Bwindi impenetrable national park in Uganda. Mountain gorilla trekking in Uganda has become such a leading tour attraction in Uganda fetching the country millions of dollars in foreign exchange. The popularity of mountain gorilla tours is largely due to the popularization by International conservation bodies and the governments of the three respective Great Lakes region Countries. In Uganda the body mandated with this task is the Uganda Wildlife Authority, a Statutory body that is entrusted with the protection and conservation of wildlife in the country.
Mountain gorilla tours is done with the aid of park rangers who are equipped with communication gadgets to track the movement of the mountain gorillas through the thick rain forests of Bwindi. Mountain gorillas live in families and the tracking of gorillas can only be done in the with those families that have been habituated to humans. A familiy consists of a silver back (a alpha male gorilla) together with a few other males and group of female gorillas and their young.
For one to track gorillas it is mandatory to have a gorilla trekking permit which is only issued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority in Kampala. A gorilla trekking permit goes for 500 US Dollars and these have to be booked well in advance if you are to stand any chance of seeing these wonderful creatures. It is not uncommon to find people booking for gorilla trekking permits years in advance. So you might ask the question "how do i get a gorilla trekking permit?". This depends on where one is located at the moment, however, it is much simpler if you use a Uganda safari company (Uganda tour operator). There are a number of them online, just do a Google search for "gorilla tour" and a list of tour operators in Uganda as well as International ones will come up. If you want a luxury safari or budget safari package you can ask them to reserve one for you or ask for a scheduled gorilla group safari which is much cheaper and less costly. Mountain gorilla tracking is one of the best African safari package besides the wildebeest migration fo choosing a African safari kenya
