Is gorilla trekking ethical or is it bad for the gorillas?
The gorilla trekking experience is an activity that allows tourists trek into jungles where the gorillas live and watch the gorillas in their natural environment. This is done in Uganda, Rwanda and Congo that are home to the mountain gorillas in the Virunga mountain ranges spread across the three countries and Bwindi forest in Uganda, […]
Allocating gorilla groups for the trek: here is how to get your best group
Gorilla trekking in Rwanda and Uganda is done in groups of tourists of not more than 8 people per group. Each group not more than 8 tourists is allocated to one gorilla family that they will track down through the mountains and jungles and on getting to the gorillas the tourists will spend one hour […]
Is the gorilla trek in Bwindi forest the hardest?
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to the biggest population of gorillas in Uganda, and having more than 10 habituated gorilla families is automatically the destination of choice for gorilla trekking tours in Uganda. It is also the only place for the exclusive gorilla habitation trek which provides a chance to spend more time with […]
Did you know these 6 things about Uganda?
Uganda is home to the world’s biggest population of Mountain Gorillas Uganda is home to the biggest population of the endangered mountain gorillas in the world. Uganda has more than 50% of the remaining roughly 1000 mountain gorillas that are left in the world. Perhaps it is known by many people that Uganda has gorillas […]
Did you know these 8 things about Rwanda?
Rwanda has been hailed as one of Africa’s biggest successes but did you know the following things about the country? Rwanda is the safest country in sub Saharan Africa Rwanda is located in the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, a region thought of an unsafe part of Africa due to the constant reports of conflicts and […]
