What are gorilla trekking procedures in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park? It is important to note that each gorilla trekking Destination Park like Bwindi in Uganda, has procedures that visitors must follow to experience the life-changing dream of trekking gorillas. In Bwindi impenetrable forest national park is the only park with half of the remaining world population of gorillas. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi takes place within four sectors which ate known as the Buhoma tracking sector, Nkuringo trekking sector, Ruhija trekking sector, and Rushaga trekking sector.

To trek any Gorilla family in each of the above sectors, you must, first of all, possess a valid driving permit and this should be the first procedure for any visitor before trekking gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Visitors intending to come and trek gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, you can directly book the gorilla permit from Uganda Wildlife Authority or obtain it from a recognized local tour operator to book permit from Uganda Wildlife Authority on your behalf.

The gorilla trekking permit is obtained at different prices depending on your country and residence status. For foreign nonresidents, you will pay 700 USD while foreign residents will get a gorilla permit at 600 USD.  Ugandan residents or those from the East African community (Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda) the price stand at 25,000 Uganda shillings.

All permits are allocated to a particular gorillas trekking sector with the specified dates for the tracking safari. Once you have got all the requirements for gorilla trekking permits then you can as well prepare to access the gorilla trekking park. Remembers that you need to arrange for other services such as transportation and accommodation sectors in addition to securing a gorilla trekking permit.

Alternatively, you can use the services of a well experienced local tour operator who can arrange for you everything and save you from challenges and hurdles involved in the process of booking a gorilla trekking safari. The tour operator will don everything from booking a gorilla permit, accommodation, and transportation to ensure that you come to Uganda to gorilla trekking and other interesting wildlife safaris such as safaris game drives, fishing safaris, cultural safaris and successfully return to your home country.

Once all is set you will alive at Bwindi Impenetrable National park on the specified date on your gorilla trekking permit. Here, before everything is done, you will be briefed on the rules and procedures to follow before you embark on jungle forest walks for searching for a specified gorilla group family. Once this is done, you will be assigned an armed ranger guide, guide, and the gorilla family to trek. Then the real action takes place you will move deep into the forests and search the gorillas and stop and watch the actions of the gorillas once the gorilla family is spotted.

Gorilla trekking activity takes between 30 minutes to go hours depending on the location of the gorilla family being trekked and the level of fitness of visitors. And once the gorilla family is spotted then you will be allocated only one hour of interactions with these endangered mountain gorilla species while you’re taking photos, learning their behaviors such as feeding, copulation, and can ask any question you feel like and get an explanation. However, you can extend your time of interacting with mountain gorillas by participating in the process of gorilla habituation in Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park where you will spend a maximum of 4hours with the gorillas.

After tracking the Gorillas you can as well decide to visit other destinations such as Queen Elizabeth National Park for tree-climbing lions, Kibale Forest National park for Chimpanzee trekking, Murchison Falls National Park for the views of the powerful falls, and many other destinations in Uganda before you back home. At Africa adventure Vacations we are reliable working 24 hours to guide your, book for you, and take you to your destination in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.