Mubare Group Gorilla trekking permits – Gorilla trekking safaris in Uganda – Gorilla trekking holidays in Bwindi – Booking Buhoma Gorilla permits
Mubare Group Gorilla trekking permits – The mubare gorilla family is the first and oldest gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and was habituated in 1993 when tourism had just been introduced to Bwindi. The name Mubare was derived from the famous Mubare Hills where the team of trackers first sited the group. After the habituation, the group was found to be made up of 12 members, headed by Ruhondeza, and over the years with raids and misfortune, the group was reduced to only five members. After the death of Ruhondeza who died at over 50 years and with new leadership from another silverback Kanyonyi, the group has managed to re-grow and currently has 9 members.
Are you planning and interested in trekking the Mubare gorilla family exclusively alone and you are wondering if it is possible to block permits and trek the Mubare gorilla family exclusively alone, yes this is very possible with Great Adventure Safaris. Trekking the Mubare gorilla family exclusively alone will allow you to see mountain gorilla members of this family privately that is a given travel group alone or as an individual. For you to block all permits and trek the Mubare gorilla family exclusively alone you can either pay 100%, in advance of the total of each permit. Each gorilla permit costs USD700 for Foreign non-residents, USD600 for Foreign residents, and 250,000 Uganda Shillings for East Africa Citizens and this allows spending one-hour encounters with the Mountain Gorillas. If you are planning to travel alone, you will need to block and pay for all the gorilla permits trekking that specific day for the Mubare gorilla family. Each gorilla permit costs USD700 and Mubare gorilla group has 8 permits available every day this means you will pay for the entire gorilla permit that is 8 permits ($5600 for foreign non-residents) to block them and this will allow you to trek this gorilla family exclusively alone in Buhoma sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Important things to consider when planning to book Mubare Group gorilla trekking permits
Booking and securing all the gorilla permits for the Mubare gorilla family in advance Mubare gorilla family has 8 gorilla permits available for sale every day. For you to trek the Mubare gorilla family exclusively alone you will need to block all these permits in advance so that no other tourists books in to trek in the same gorilla family on a given date. For you to block these permits you can pay 100% in advance the total of each permit. Each gorilla permit costs USD700 for Foreign non-residents, USD600 for Foreign residents, and 250,000 Uganda Shillings for East Africa Citizens and this allows spending one-hour encounters with the Mountain Gorillas of this family. We recommend you block the gorilla permits at least 3 to 4 months before your gorilla safari date. This is because during high season permits sell out in advance on a first come first serve basis. Contact us here for more details on how to book all gorilla permits for tracking the Mubare gorilla family in advance to enable you to trek gorillas exclusively alone.
Fully booking a given lodge in the Buhoma sector to stay in it exclusively alone. This is very important to consider when planning to trek the Mubare gorilla family exclusively alone. Buhoma has a variety of lodge options from which you can choose Luxury options including Buhoma Lodge, Bwindi Lodge, and Silverback Lodge among others.
Comfortable travel to Buhoma sector – You should consider traveling in 4×4 Land cruisers this will give you comfort on the road to Buhoma. From Entebbe or Kampala, there is also an option of flying to Kihihi Airstrip which is close to Buhoma, this will help cut the long drive from Entebbe/Kampala which is normally an 8-9 hours drive to only a 2-hour drive that you spend from Kihihi Airstrip to your lodge in Buhoma. Buhoma can also be accessed from Kigali via the Katuna border which is approximately 5-6 hours’ drive.
