Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda vs Uganda
Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda vs Uganda: Gorilla trekking is one of the most rewarding activities that you can participate in when you take park in both your Uganda safari and Rwanda safari for rewarding experience. The gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda is quite different from that of Rwanda but they will all give you an amazing time understanding more about the endangered primate species. However interesting about gorilla trekking in Rwanda and Uganda there are number of differences when it comes to gorilla trekking in either of the countries that will cater for the different tastes and preferences of tourists interested in visiting Uganda and Rwanda which may range from the price of the activity, the ease to access the national park, the added benefits of the activities for an amazing time during the activity in either Uganda or Rwanda.
WHERE TO CARRY OUT THE ACTIVITY
Interesting about gorilla trekking in Uganda is the fact that you can take part in the activities in two national parks that is Bwindi impenetrable national park where you will access the habituated gorilla families by trekking through the impenetrable forests and in mgahinga national park, you can access the habituated gorilla families in the park by hiking the virunga mountains namely; Mount Sabyinyo, Mount Gahinga and Mount Muhabura for a rewarding experience during your gorilla trekking experience in Uganda which is differs from gorilla trekking in Rwanda where gorilla trekking can be carried out in only volcanoes national park where you can access the mountain gorillas by hiking five of the virunga mountains in Rwanda that is Mount Muhabura, mount, Gahinga, Mount Bisoke, mount karisimbi and Mount Sabyinyo to access the habituated gorilla families.
PRICE
For tourists interested in taking part in gorilla trekking in Uganda will have the chance to participate in the activity for a price of 700USD and the permits can be accessed from Uganda wildlife authority or Uganda Tourism board the tourism board of Uganda or a trusted tour company in the country. And if you’re interested in taking part in gorilla trekking in Rwanda, you can access the activity by purchasing the gorilla trekking permit from Rwanda development board, the tourism board in Rwanda or a trusted tour company in Rwanda.
EASE FOR ACCESSIBILITY
For tourists interested in taking part in gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park and mgahinga national park, from Kampala city the capital city of Uganda, you will take approximately 8- 9 hours which can be hectic as compared to gorilla trekking in Rwanda where you will take approximately two hours to reach the volcanoes national park from Kigali city in order to take part in gorilla trekking in Rwanda. For tourists interested in reaching gorilla trekking destinations at the shortest time then gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park should be opted for. However it should be noted that even if it takes a long time to access mgahinga and Bwindi impenetrable national park you will have an amazing time exploring and observing how the people of Uganda carry out their daily activities as you have different stopovers in different villages in the country where you will observe their different activities.
GORILLA HABITUATION
Interesting about the gorilla trekking experience in Uganda and Rwanda, you will have the chance to take part in gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable Forest and mgahinga national park which involves observing the habituated gorilla families in the parks carrying out their daily activities like their grooming patterns, how they co-exist with one another, their feeding patterns where you can see them feeding on a number of fruits edible roots, small insects and so on. Interesting about the gorilla trekking experience in Uganda, you can also choose to take part in gorilla habituation in Bwindi impenetrable national park which will give you the chance to take part in training gorillas to get accustomed to human presence while taking part in gorilla trekking. However in Rwanda, you can only take part in gorilla trekking since there are no programmes from gorilla habituation in volcanoes national park therefore Uganda will give a wider range of activities during your gorilla trekking experience as compared to Rwanda.