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Gorilla Groups in Uganda: Uganda hosts a big percentage of the surviving mountain gorillas in Uganda, it is confirmed about 70% of the mountain gorillas are found in Bwindi forest national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park, southwest of Uganda. Bwindi forest national park alone has over 400 mountain gorillas including habituated, semi habituated and...Read More

How to Book a Gorilla Permit, for a successful full gorilla trekking experience, you need to acquire a gorilla permit to track Gorillas in any of the Gorilla parks in both Uganda and Rwanda. Gorilla permits so often sell out so you need to reserve your permit in advance to go gorilla trekking at least...Read More

Gorilla Tracking Packing List as an activity is not for wearing so smart, however, the activity needs comfortable clothing to enable you to hike comfortably. It is an experience where you hike from muddy, steep terrain, sometimes you have to hold on to the ground for support. It is also important while planning for a...Read More

Accommodation in Bwindi National Park, Bwindi forest national park is a large protected area divided into four tracking sectors Buhoma, Ruhija, Nkuringo, and Rushaga to the south of the park, and each tracking sector has its own allocated habituated gorilla families for tracking. The habituated gorilla families to track differ depending on the part of...Read More

Gorilla Tracking Rules in both countries is a daily activity that exposes gorillas to different humans, mountain gorillas had faced extinction in the past years to habitat loss, diseases among others. Mountain gorilla’s population has increased to over 1000 in the whole world because of improved conservation among them include the gorilla tracking rules and regulations. Mountain...Read More

History of Mountain, Gorillas are the largest species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of East and Central Africa. The DNA of gorillas is highly similar to that of humans, about 95–99% depending on what is counted, and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after the...Read More

Facts about Rwanda, According to local belief, Tutsi cattle breeders began arriving in Rwanda from the Horn of Africa (Somalia) in the 15th century and gradually subjugated the Hutu inhabitants. The Tutsis established a monarchy headed by a mwami (king) and a feudal hierarchy of Tutsi nobles and gentry. Through a contract known as ubuhake,...Read More

Tourists Security in Rwanda, Despite the 1994 Hutu-Tutsi war genocide that created tension all over the world leaving a permanent mark in history, Rwanda has so far since then been a peace full, safe and secure country. There are currently no tourist security threats within Rwanda however much the country is close to the Democratic Republic which...Read More

Mountain Gorilla Parks in Uganda, Both National parks lie in southwestern Uganda across the steep ridges of the Albertine rift valley. The gorilla parks are managed and protected by wildlife antiquities in Uganda under the management of the Uganda wildlife authority. There are more than 1000 mountain gorillas surviving in the whole world and only...Read More

Gorilla Habituation in Bwindi Experience was introduced in 2015 in the Rushaga tracking sector the southern part of the park. The experience was basically introduced as a way of creating awareness and behind the scene of what it takes to have a fully habituated gorilla family open for gorilla tracking activity. Bwindi impenetrable forest national...Read More