Mucunguzi gorilla family in Rushaga sector- This is one of the mountain gorilla families located in the Rushaga gorilla trekking sector found in the southern region of the park. Mucunguzi is loosely translated as the savior and this was a sliver back originally from Bweza Group also situated in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park.

When Mucunguzi left the Bweza gorilla family, he formed his own gorilla family which we call now the Mucunguzi gorilla family in the Rushaga sector. Rushaga sector is located in the southern sector of the park with the highest number of habituated gorilla families and it is also where the gorilla habituation experience safaris in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park are conducted.

Origin of Mucugunzi gorilla family

Mucunguzi gorilla family group was formed by the solitary silverback called Mucunguzi hence the calling of the gorilla group Mucunguzi derived from its head. Mucunguzi decided to leave his original gorilla family called Bweza after a disagreement and heave fights that rocked the Bweza gorilla family group. In this gorilla family, Mucunguzi was 3rd in ranks, and eventually, he was chased away from the group and started living a solitary life.

After several years, Mucunguzi attached the Bikingi gorilla family group and opened fighting with the head or dominant silverback of biking and eventually he separated the group and took away some of the members of the Bikingi gorilla family. Most of the individual gorillas that he took were females and then formed his group called Mucunguzi.

As of now, the Mucunguzi gorilla group has got 8 gorilla members of which most are females and one can trek this gorilla family from the Rushaga gorilla trekking sector. Gorilla permits for trekking Mucunguzi can be booked from the Uganda Wildlife Authority and remember that each day only 8 gorilla permits are supposed to visit the gorilla family.

How can I trek the Mucunguzi gorilla family?

At Africa Adventure Vacations, we arrange all gorilla safari to all the sectors of Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park. Remember, that Bwindi impenetrable forest National park has got 4 sectors which include Rushaga, Buhoma, Ruhija, and Nkuringo.

Visitors who are interested in trekking the Mucunguzi gorilla group can book for our 3-day gorilla tours to Bwindi from Entebbe international airport in Uganda or a 3-day gorilla safari to Bwindi from Kigali international airport in Rwanda. Here, we shall book for you a gorilla tour that will take you to the Rushaga gorilla trekking sector where the Mucunguzi gorilla family is located.

However, one should know that gorilla trekking permits for the Rushaga gorilla trekking sector where the Mucunguzi gorilla family is located are booked based on the availability per sector. But you can book the gorilla trekking permits for the northern region of the park, southern region, and eastern region.

The moment you know the region where you want to do gorilla trekking from in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, then you will be able to ask the gorilla family that you would like to trek in each gorilla family provided. The gorilla family allocation in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park depends on the interest of the travel, time, and maybe the distance traveled by the gorilla family.

 In case you are interested in trekking the Mucunguzi gorilla group, what you will do is to inform the Uganda Wildlife Authority staff that your interest is to trek the gorilla group called Mucunguzi, and then they will be allocated to you among the eight people that will head to Rushaga gorilla trekking family to trek and see Mucunguzi Gorilla Family in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

How to book the Mucunguzi gorilla family?

Here at Africa Adventure Vacations, we book, reserve, and secure the gorilla trekking permits for both Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks all located in the southwestern part of Uganda. Our gorilla safari tours are inclusive of all the safari package services that include gorilla trekking permit, transport, and accommodation.

We shall book you the gorilla trekking permit provided you have decided to book with us your gorilla trekking safari to Bwindi for the Mucunguzi gorilla group. Once we have secured your permits, we shall send you the scanned copies of the permit and then you also peruse through. What you need to do is to let us know of your travel dates and then the arrangement when you need to goer for gorilla trekking safaris in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park.

After knowing your preferred dates of travel, Africa adventure vacations will check for the availability of the gorilla trekking permit on your preferred dates and then get back to you accordingly. We have access to the Uganda Wildlife Authority Online system and therefore once we have found the availability of permits on your day, then we shall let you reserve the permit on the system for 7 days as we invoice you to make payments.

After making payment through our bank account then we shall withdraw the monkey and go and pay UWA and then we secure your gorilla trekking permit. The moment we have secured the permit then, you will visit the gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

We have got several modes of payment at Africa adventure vacation but majorly we advise our clients to pay us through the bank accounts and credit card. Thus you will be able to pay using the mode of payment that is convenient for you. Please for more details of how to trek the Mucunguzi gorilla family and any other gorilla family in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park contact us at Africa adventure Vacations.