Gorilla Trekking Mgahinga National Park

Visit Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and enjoy the most interesting activity known as the gorilla trekking where you experience the all wildlife of this park. The park is located in the south western part of Uganda and is a home of over 300 endangered mountain gorillas. It’s also a habitat for the endangered golden monkeys.

While in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park I discovered many tourist attraction activities like birding, cultural encounters, gorilla trekking safaris, nature walks, mountain climbing and others. Day one is for arriving at Entebbe international airport and you will be welcomed by our guide and company representative and great each other and thereafter you will be directed up to your hotel of residence for some resting as you prepare for tomorrow’s journey. Then next day continue your journey from Kampala to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and you will start from Kampala and pass via Masaka – Mbarara highway  up to Kabale and then to Kisoro up to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

After reaching Mgahinga very early in the morning after your breakfast you will head to the park offices with your guide for briefing about the gorilla trekking rules, dos and don’ts and thereafter you will enter the jungle for the trekking activity with a trained and experienced park ranger. In the course of the trekking you will be able to sight other species like birds, insects, golden monkeys, trees and other animals like elephants, buffaloes, antelopes and others.

After discovering the swinging mountain gorillas in the tree branches you will be allowed to stay around them for one hour while their plays, behaviors ,way of acting and taking some photographs ,then after your moment of enjoying you will head back to park offices for certificate awarding and after there you will go for some resting . You will have your dinner and overnight in your hotel of residence. Next day you can end up your safari by visiting the local people in the community and experience their cultural norms, life styles, their ways of behaving, tools used, cultural dances and others.

After your great experience you will be leaving Mgahinga Gorilla National Park back to Kampala after your breakfast you will start your journey back to Kampala and you will pass via Kisoro to Kabale and then use Masaka – Mbarara highway with en-route and then proceed with the journey up to Kampala for your return flight from Entebbe international Airport back home with a great memories from the gorilla trekking experience in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

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