Gorilla trekking safari experience is one of the most practiced activities in Uganda and for any tourist who could like to go for mountain gorilla trips should chose Uganda because it protects half of the world’s mountain gorillas in two national parks; Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

For a tourist who could wish to go for gorilla tours in Uganda are advised to consider the following; You should use best tour companies for all your bookings such as Nature Adventure Africa Safari Limited, you should pay for the gorilla permits at least three weeks before your tour and permits are paid in advance, you should decide where to carry out your gorilla trips in the two national parks in Uganda which inhabit mountain gorillas though Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is the best national park for gorilla trips due to the large number of mountain gorillas that it protects. It protects over 400 mountain gorillas.

When you land in Uganda, you will be escorted by the company guide of the tour company that you will have used to the lodge where you will spend the night till morning when you will set up to the gorilla national parks in Uganda which are both found in the western parts of Uganda.

The national parks have well facilitated lodges and exclusive camps where you will be living in for the reason of your gorilla trips and these lodges consist of a restaurant which serves you breakfast, lunch and supper plus a swimming pool and a bar for your leisure and luxurious moments.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park consists of lodges such as Buhoma lodge, Buhoma community Banda’s, Silver back lodge, Clouds lodge, Engagi lodge, Buhoma haven lodge, Chameleon hill lodge and many more well as some of the lodges in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park include Mount Gahinga safari lodge, Mucha hotel, Travelers rest hotel, Amajambere Iby’wacu community camp and Kisoro tourist hotel plus many others.

Those are the lodges which you will be setting from to the Parks for gorilla trips and all the lodges are within the Parks because gorilla tracking begins very early in the morning at around 08:00am and a group of eight individuals per day is allowed to carry out the gorilla tracking in both Parks.

For one to carry out gorilla tracking, you are emphasized to be physically fit because the activity is somehow tiresome especially tracking the gorillas in thick forests and you are required to maintain maximum silence and stay calm while tracking the gorillas.

During gorilla tracking, you are not allowed to use flash light cameras for taking photos, you are not allowed to stay with the gorillas for so long and the recommended time is 1 hour, you are not advised to be close to the primates as a way of preventing the easy spread of diseases from humans to the primates and you are subjected to be 5 to 7 meters from the primates and you are not encouraged to litter in the Parks.

During your gorilla tracking, you will be allowed to break and get lunch during lunch time whereby you will have to go back to your lodge and after having your lunch, you will then resume back to the activity.

Thus, you need to visit Uganda for the affordable gorilla trips where you will see a variety of the primates plus many other animals and birds still in those national parks where you carry your gorilla trips from. The gorilla permit costs US$ 600 which will be purchased by the tour company that you will use on your behalf.