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Ultimate Gorilla Tracking Safaris in Uganda and Rwanda

Looking for that ultimate gorilla tracking safaris in Uganda and Rwanda here are some of the things you can do to have an amzing experience on your visit to see the beautiful endangered creatures that call the Virunga mountains their home.

Gorilla tracking is undoubtedly one of the most done wildlife activity in Africa however, they have a restricted area where one could trek on foot to see them in their natural habitat. Africa is so huge with it’s thick green rain forest that inhabits these beautiful creatures and the area is called the Virunga Massif.

Where do mountain gorillas live? Ultimate gorilla tracking safaris in Uganda and Rwanda

On earth gorilla tracking can only be done in only three countries of Uganda, Rwanda and Congo in East Africa. Mountain gorillas being a high altitude residents, it is without doubt why they chose to leave in the Virunga mountains. If anyone would want to experience this life changing adventure, they will have to visit one of those three countries mentioned above.

Ultimate gorilla tracking safaris in Rwanda

Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is one of the most visited for a gorilla tracking trip in East Africa, seeing gorillas from here is almost guaranteed though it’s not as you would expect it to be easy somehow. Visitors here have to first immerse themselves into the thick green covers of alpine vegetations to meet the gentle giants in their natural habitats. A permit to see gorillas in Rwanda is a bit expensive compared to Uganda and Congo but it’s worth it. It goes for US$1500 Per permit, per person and it lasts for a single trek.

Ultimate gorilla tracking safaris in Uganda

The highlight for every traveler visiting Uganda is to see gorillas in their natural habitat. The country is so gifted with two different destinations where you can see these great apes unlike Rwanda or Congo.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to almost half the number of the remaining mountain gorilla population on Earth and that only gives you a hint that to see gorillas from here is almost a guarantee.

A permit to see them here goes for US$700 Per permit per person and it lasts for a trek. Incase of tracking to see them again, one has to pay the extra amount of US$700.

In Uganda gorillas can also be seen in Mgahinga gorilla National Park however from here it’s not always a guarantee to see them because the park only has one habituated gorilla family.

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