You will be met and transferred to the Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest headquarters for registration and joining others for a gorilla trekking briefing about the do's and the don’ts during your Gorilla Trekking experience. Once this is done, you will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you from half an hour to three quarters of a day and includes a packed picnic lunch en-route.

ABOUT THE GORILLAS

Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), unlike lowland gorillas, are only found in the Virunga Mountain region straddling the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda borders, as well as the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The mountain gorilla parks include; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Western Uganda, Mgahinga National Park, in South-West Uganda, Park Nationale de Volcanoes, in North-West Rwanda, and Virungas in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Uganda alone has a population of 400 gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, roughly half of the world’s population with several habituated groups.

Gorillas do not produce a great many offspring, since the females do not begin reproducing until age 9 or 10 and infants are dependent upon their mothers for up to five years. Gorillas typically live in family groups, consisting of several adult females and their offspring. The groups are led and protected by a dominant male known as a “silverback.”

Gorillas genetic composition is 98.6% of humans therefore are susceptible to human diseases and infections. For this reason prevention measures have to be taken before they catch any disease. They also get stressed if too many visitors arrive or approach too closely hence the need for some rules.