Gorilla Trekking Holidays will take you to only three countries in the world where gorilla trekking experience is done from and that is: Rwanda (volcanoes National Park), Uganda (Bwindi impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park), and Democratic Republic of Congo (Virunga National Park). Mountain Gorillas are one of the world’s most endangered species of apes. It is estimated that there are currently less than 900 individuals left throughout the world.

Nearly half of these can be found in Uganda, but significant populations can also be found in Democratic Republic of Congo and the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Most of our gorilla trekking tours in Rwanda, DRC Congo and Uganda, starts from Kigali, a clean, safe or Entebbe and with lots of friendly people. You can use self drive car rental in Kigali to get around the city.

Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre was riveting, touching and powerful. Good food and friendly people. One of the few places I have been are amazing about the scene that took place in Rwanda and there are much more interesting cultural places like the Caplaki that offers the African souvenirs.

Gorilla trekking safaris in all three countries, cooperate with the conservation efforts and devote those high fees, in principle, to monitoring and protecting the species made famous by Dian Fossey’s ‘’ Gorillas in the Mist, and movies like King Kong.

These species are the most attracting animals which visitors always want to view on their gorilla safaris in Africa. The revenues collected from the tours from the gorilla experiences have greatly helped in developing the gorilla tourism sector within the country. They are interesting to the safari tourists who visit them regularly. Gorilla trekking in Uganda is mostly done in Bwindi impenetrable National park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, and then in Rwanda you can experience it in Volcanoes National Park and then the Democratic Republic of Congo the experience is done in Virunga National Park.

While this activity is being carried out, tourists are normally given one hour to interact with the primates and if you want to visit these primates in details you can do double gorilla trek in Volcanoes, gorilla habituation experience or triple gorilla safari in all the 3 countries. You have to see how they eat, play, communicate, walk, and other daily activities that they engage in.

Out of the 15 gorilla groups in Rwanda, 10 are habituated to humans and so can be visited by tourists. All gorilla groups are accessed from the different location as like in Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. You cannot reserve a specific group in advance but they are allocated depending on your physical fitness.

It is 08 travelers per day accompanied by park rangers are permitted to hike in search of each gorilla family habituated to human observers. Rwanda offers the most permits; with up to ten gorilla families allocated for tourism, at most 80 permits would be given out each day.

The number of families accessible to travelers changes each year depending on how governments balance the need for tourist income and need for research. To reduce the chance of gorilla catching human disease, clients are advised to come when disease free and the DRC are sometimes limits the size of trekking groups to six people and now all the 3 countries advise clients to take the yellow fever vaccination.

Gorillas are followed on a daily basis, a sighting in all the location is virtually guaranteed. You need to be fit, because your path may take you up muddy, steep mountain slopes for several hours. Sometimes gorillas feed on lower slopes, or even raid farmer’s fields outside park boundaries, you might encounter them.

As I did in both in the DRC and the Bwindi, on flat ground within 45 minutes of the trail head. Once gorillas are located, travelers are limited to one hour of observation and photography, and they must try to keep at least 7 meters feet from each animal.