Gorillas In Rwanda

Gorilla trekking safaris in rwanda uganda and drc congo promotes the conservation efforts and devote those high fees in principle to monitoring and protecting the species made famous by dian fossey s gorillas in the mist and movies like king kong.

Gorillas in rwanda. There is also this belief that gorilla safaris in rwanda is managed in a more professional manner. I attempt a fossey inspired brief and deferential glance at the still advancing gorilla. Gorilla tours in congo stand out because it is the only country where you can spot both mountain and eastern lowland gorillas. As 2020 comes to an end there is a lot that has changed and will continue to influence gorilla tracking in 2021 and 2022.

A gorilla tracking permit costs up to 600 in uganda and thousands of tourists pay each year. With over 10 years experience in organizing day trips to the mountain gorillas in volcanoes national park a trek with us is the most memorable adventure trip you can take into the wild of africa. In rwanda these primates can be seen in the volcanoes national park parc nationale des volcans as of 2016 there are 7 mountain gorilla groups habituated making it 56 gorilla permits for visitors to rwanda available every single day. Before heading to this part of rwanda i read about the work of dian fossey the american zoologist who spent 18 years studying the behaviour of mountain gorillas here in the volcanoes national park.

We are able to offer you unbeatable prices and unparalleled value on all our excursions. In the whole world you can only see the mountain gorillas gorilla berengei berengei in uganda rwanda and congo. Around 1 000 mountain gorillas live in protected areas in congo uganda and rwanda serving as a critical source of tourism revenue for those countries. Gorilla tours in rwanda are popular because the volcanoes national park is very close to capital kigali.

Gorilla trekking safaris in rwanda the virunga mountains that straddle the borders of rwanda uganda and the democratic republic of congo are home to around 480 mountain gorillas more than half of the world s entire population the rest live in bwindi impenetrable forest in uganda. Respective governments have deployed tourism police in all gorilla parks to ensure safety of endangered mountain gorillas and travelers in bwindi mgahinga volcanoes and virunga national parks. Early bird gorilla tracking rwanda 2021 2022. Our efforts in rwanda to protect the gorillas in the mist made famous by our founder and namesake dian fossey have contributed to a rare conservation success story.