Enjoy gorilla trekking experiences in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park a Uganda’s smallest but scenic national park. The park is found in Kisoro district in the South-western corner of Uganda bordering Congo and Rwanda. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is known as one of the only four places in the world where gorilla trekking tours can be done. The scenery in and around the park is stunning
Gorilla Trekking Safaris & Tours In Africa Africa is one of the seven Continents of the world. It has several destinations to go for an adventure and explore multiple appealing allures. Among the draws found in Africa there is Wildlife primates like gorillas, Wildebeests, African Big Fives, Tree Climbing Lions, Chimpanzees, Golden Monkeys, Zebras, Giraffe & different bird species, Cultural sites and Tribes and other
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
Virunga National Park counted six mountain gorilla families open for the trekking before it was closed in 2012 for insecurity in the area. Kabirizi Family The family is composed of 34 Gorillas including 2 Silver backs. The group is found in Bukima sector which is close to Goma and the group is led by Kabirizi Silver back. The group derived its name from an ICCN
Bwindi forest is home to more than half of the entire world’s mountain gorilla population and as such, mountain gorilla tours Uganda is the specialty of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. This was one of the inspirational activities we were to perform here but on addition, we added other extra six activities that made our safari an amazing one. On our first day we arrived
Mountain gorillas are noted to be the descendants of the ancestral monkeys which are known to have lived in Africa and Arabia at the beginning of the Oligocene epoch about 34 – 24 million years ago. Despite the poor record of their evolutionary history, it is believed that the primate group which evolved into gorillas separated from the common ancestor along with the chimpanzees and
Gorilla trekking is a most popular and wanted activity done in Africa which involves visiting the Shy endangered Mountain Gorillas in the Mist and share with them. It is mostly known that mighty Gorillas are only found in the Eastern part of African continent in countries named, Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo with Uganda hosting the most part of World’s Gorilla Population. If you are
Besides the known instabilities that happened in the ancient years in DR.Congo, the country have rejuvenated its wildlife including the primates in a way of conserving the natural resources and also curbing out poaching of primates by the natives in the national park and also practicing community development programs and sensitization. In this process, DR.Congo has got numerous primates including the endangered mountain gorillas, Rembrandt's
This expedition offers exceptional photo opportunities for Mountain Gorillas. On day one, we will drive to Gisenyi, where after we will cross the international border into the Democratic Republic of Congo and the lakeside city of Goma (Goma is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu). Thereafter, we transfer (a drive of around 50km) to our accommodations at Mikeno Lodge, a beautiful thatch roofed
There are two populations of the mountain gorillas. One is found in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The other is found in the Virunga volcanic mountain range of Central Africa: Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, Mgahinga National Park in Uganda and Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mountain gorillas are descendants of ancestral monkeys and apes found in Africa and Arabia some
