Gorilla Tours
Africa Gorilla Tours
The Gorilla is one of Africa’s most treasured primates, just like other primates the gorillas leave in forested areas. There are two types of Gorillas being the Mountain and the lowland Gorillas. Uganda and Rwanda are home to the Mountain Gorillas while Congo and Gabon harbor the lowland Gorillas.
Gorillas are categorized as endangered species world wide, this is because of there small numbers. Uganda is blessed to have over 300 of the few hundreds of gorillas left world wide. In Uganda, the Gorillas are only found in two national parks. These are Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Western Uganda.
Gorillas are very fascinating creatures with tendencies like for humans. Like Humans, the gorillas share the same passion and grief like in humans. Gorillas know how to care for their young ones and one another. Like humans they react to situations like a loss of a loved one, though they can not shade tears but they become sad and act in their own way of showing sadness. Gorillas use a wide range of facial language to communicate with each other. They sometimes protrude the tongue forward, use various vocal sounds, slap their chest and even laugh when they are tickled. The way a gorilla may express his/her feelings maybe on the similar lines of a human; although they cannot actually use human speech to communicate.
Uganda being a sustainable tourism destination, gorilla tracking can only be done by 8 people per family per day. In this case there are 5 habituated families in Bwindi being Rushegura, Mubare, Habinyanja, Bitukura and newly introduced Nsongi. Mgahinga only has one habituated family called Nyakagyezi. In the Gorilla families just like in all other animals with dominant males, the Gorillas also have the silverback as the dominant male in their families. This male is called a silverback named for the distinctive patch of silver hair on his back. A silverback gorilla has large canine teeth that come with maturity. The Silverbacks are followed by Blackbacks which are mature males of about 11 years of age.
A female gorilla is of birth giving age by the time she turns 10-12 years old. While male Gorillas are ready to mate at the age of 12 or 15 years. Female Gorillas usually give birth to a single young gorilla, apart from some rare cases of twin births here and there like the ones borne in Bwindi in November 2009. Young Gorillas attain their independence when they turn 3 ½ years.
Gorilla tracking permits are booked a considerable amount of time prior to the safari because of their limited availability. Bwindi is a stunning forest and Mgahinga is also a stunning mountainous area therefore aside from the Gorilla tracking, one will enjoy other beautiful views/sceneries.
However, before you start fantasying about the Gorilla tracking you should know that this activity has rules like not visiting them if you have communicable diseases like flu, cough or diarrhea, avoid flash cameras, don’t eat or smoke within 200m, turn away in case you need to cough or sneeze, bury human feaces 30cm deep, don’t litter, age limit of 15 years, spit not in the park, don’t make noise, spend strictly 1 hour with the Gorillas, don’t move alone but in a group, keep a distance of 5m from the Gorillas and lastly please observe all the rules. If you understand all the above then you are ready to track the Gorillas.
Gorilla tracking is a once in a life time experience and if you have not tracked gorillas before you don’t know what you are missing. Early while stock lasts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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