BEST TIME TO SEE THE GORILLAS IN RWANDA
Best time to see the Gorillas in Rwanda : Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is among the most rewarding tourism activities and the most rewarding tourism activities in Rwanda that you can visit to have an amazing experience during your Rwanda safari. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda will give you the chance to spend one hour with the mountain gorillas in the wild observing their features. Gorilla trekking in Rwanda involves travellers hiking the Virunga mountains in Rwanda that is mount gahinga, mount muhabura, mount sabyinyo, mount bisoke, mount karisimbi and mount sabyinyo where you will get to access the habituated gorilla families in Rwanda but one of the main factors that you should put into consideration when you choose Rwanda as the best destination for gorilla trekking in Africa is the best time to see the gorillas in Rwanda and when to travel to volcanoes national parks to participate in the gorilla safaris in Rwanda.
For tourists interested in visiting Rwanda on a budget and are interested in taking part in gorilla trekking, they should consider visiting Rwanda during the low season in the rainy months which will give you the opportunity to save some money because accommodation facilities like the hotel rooms are discounted, the gorilla permits in Rwanda are also discounted because of the low turn up of travellers that visit Rwanda to take part in the primate safaris in Rwanda. the rainy months in Rwanda include march, April may which are longest rainy months were
It should be noted that gorilla trekking in Rwanda can be carried out all year throughout but depending on your preference you can either participate in gorilla trekking during the dry or the wet season. It should be noted that during the wet season in the months of march April and May, food is readily available which limits the movements of the gorillas and will help you to easily access the gorillas because of the availabity of food which is quite different when it comes to the dry season food is scarce which makes the gorillas to move long distances looking for food which can make the activity quite hectic accessing the gorilla families this is because they can move up-to 500 metres searching for food which makes it easy.
It should also be noted that during the rainy season the trails along the Virunga mountains, tend to be slippery during the rainy season which makes hiking along the Virunga mountains quite difficult therefore the perfect hiking shoes should be which is not the case during the dry season where you can easily hike along the trails without getting worried about the slippery trails in the park making it the best time to see gorillas in Rwanda.
While visiting Rwanda you can take part in a number of other activities in like golden monkey trekking which will help you understand another interesting endangered primate species that can be seen while you hike the Virunga mountains in Rwanda and are endemic to the Albertine rift and can be seen in volcanoes national park Rwanda, Mgahinga national park in Uganda and Virunga national park in the democratic republic of Congo.
Participate in the Rwanda genocide and get to see how the country has progressed from the time 1994 Rwanda genocide as you learn more about the events that led to the dark period of time and how the people of Rwanda have made peace with it and moved on making Rwanda one of the safest countries to visit in Africa. For travellers interested in knowing more about the culture of the people of Rwanda, they can take part in the cultural tours in Rwanda and understand more about the different cultures of the people of Rwanda by visiting a number of cultural villages like the Humure refugee village, the iby’iwacu cultural village and so on.
Still in Rwanda you can take part in a number of adventure activities like mountain Kigali hike which will introduce a new side to Rwanda watching the 1000 hills from an aerial view, you can also participate in visiting lake kivu, the twin lakes in Rwanda Lake Burera and Lake Ruhondo where you can take part in a number of activities like fishing as you mingle with the local people. You can also participate in the boat cruise on Lake Ihema which will give you the chance to watch a number of numerous bird species like; the endangered shoe bill stork, you will get to watch the sunset to make your stay in Akagera national park quite magical. While you’re in Akagera national park you should not miss out on tracking the big five animals in Rwanda to make the activity quite memorable for rewarding Rwanda safaris.
