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gorilla tracking uganda | gorilla tracking rwanda | gorilla safari | africa mountain gorilla Rwanda Safaris We offer short Rwanda gorilla safari and wildlife safari holiday from kenya, kampala, kigali. You can combine the gorilla tracking with the wildlife safari in either of these countries. Your gorilla tracking can also be combined with river nile water rafting. The famous animal migration in maasai mara and gorilla tracking can also be combined. Combine your balloon safari and gorilla tracking. The serengeti animal migration can also be combined with the gorilla tracking safari. Let the gorilla tracking expert organize your gorilla safari holiday. Uganda There are two parks in Uganda, the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you are able to go gorilla tracking . The Mgahinga only covers 28 square miles and is situated on the extreme southwest corner of Uganda on the slopes of the Virunga Mountains. Besides gorilla you can also see leopard, buffalo, bushbuck and golden monkeys. Bwindi is in south-western Uganda and is home to about half of all mountain gorilla. The park covers about 200 square miles of extremely dense rainforest and is a proclaimed World Heritage site. Part of the fun of tracking gorilla here is trying to follow them through the dense foliage. You can also get to see chimpanzees as well as some spectacular bird life. Rwanda Democratic Republic of Congo The DRC also has a section of the Virunga Mountains park called the Parc National des Virunga . The DRC gorilla population has been in the news recently (2007) because several gorillas were brutally hacked to death. Tips: Getting to see gorillas is not easy, nor are you guaranteed to see them. The trek to where the gorilla groups live takes you through very dense vegetation, up steep slopes and can last several hours. Gorillas move around so they aren't all that easy to track. The gorillas you'll be meeting are habituated to humans which is why you are able to get quite close to them. Some basic rules of tracking gorillas include:
Gorilla PermitsYou need an official permit handled by each of the national parks to see the gorillas. Usually you have to obtain these several months in advance. If you are going with a tour it will be arranged for you.In Uganda it costs USD 500 per day per person for a gorilla permit. You can get the permits in Kampala (the capital of Uganda) at the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) headquarters. It is possible to make an international booking for permits using email direct with UWA but they do not accept credit cards so it gets a bit complicated. In Rwanda you can get permits through the Rwanda Tourism Board offices (ORTPN) in Kigali or Ruhengeri (near the PNV). You can call (250) 576514 or 573396 or email at reservation@rwandatourism.com. The permits cost USD 500 per person per day The area is well protected and there is no need for concern about personal security. The rangers are very kind There are habituated gorilla families - Amahoro, "Group 13", Sabinyo and Susa - etc each of the groups allows up to 8 people per day. You can track gorilla, or add on climbing the volcanoes the volcanos Muhabura, Karisimbi or Visoke or track the golden monkeys or visit the Karisoke Research Centre, where Dian Fossey grave is located, the author of " gorillas in the mist" or visit local villages. Gorilla Safari (4 days) Track Gorillas Twice/ golden Monkeys Primates Tour Nyungwe Forest (4 days) Rwanda Tour ( 7 days-1) Uganda game viewing and Rwanda Gorillas (7 days-2) This is nice itinerary to combine with Northern Tanzania circuits. Where your ground operator will drop you at Mwanza to catch ferry or the border of Tanzania and Uganda at Mutukula and then we pick you from there to continue to lake Mburo national park. Alternatively you can start from Kigali and we then drop you at Mutukula/ Bukoba where you will proceed to Bukoba port to catch ferry to Mwanza and start your norhern Tanzania safari circuits with your ground operator. In this case day 1 will be left out. Primates & Game ( 8 days) Rwanda Rwanda ( 9 days) Uganda Rwanda (15 days) Day 1:gorilla tracking Uganda | gorilla tracking rwanda
For more details and information on gorilla tracking please contact us FEATHERTRAIL TOURS & TRAVEL LTDCorner House opp Hilton Hotel P.o box 35267 Nairobi KENYA Tel. 00 254 20 2020738 cel. 00 254 721500871 email. info@feathertrailtours.com |
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known as a land a thousand hills where few volcanoes stretch in the horizon..The undulating hills and mountains ever covered by mist every morning form a good scenery - hence "the gorillas in the mist". Rwanda is bisected by the Rift valley forming enclaves and good natural forest habitats for over 600 bird species and the famous mountain gorilla National parks that houses the last surviving gorillas on earth. Akagera National park is set in the east, Nyungwe Forest in the southern part while the Volcanoes National park is in the northern part of the country bordering Uganda and Congo. 
Rwanda has one park in the North of the country encompassing its share of the mountain gorilla population: the Virunga National Park or Parc National des Volcans (PNV) . The park covers an area of about 46 square miles and encompasses six volcanoes. Despite the terrible genocide in the early 1990's the country is fairly stable and the park permit system is running smoothly. The PNV was where Dian Fossey set up her base and research center. Tracking gorillas in the PNV is slightly less strenuous than at Bwindi since the gorillas move around a little less. The more open terrain also allows more light for better photo opportunities than in Bwindi. 
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