Silverback Gorilla trekking in Uganda- How you can see the silverback in the wild?
Silverback gorilla trekking in Uganda, is said that the world is remaining with approximately 1000 mountain Gorillas and half of these primates are found in Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park. This means Bwindi forest in Uganda is a home to Silver back mountain Gorillas.
Bwindi impenetrable National Park, has four Gorilla trekking sectors/regions where you can access silver back gorillas, ie Buhoma sector, Ruhija sector, Rushaga sector and Nkuringo sector. Each trekking sector has various mountain Gorilla group/families that are well habitude and ready for Gorilla trekking every day all year round. Each Gorilla family has a dominant, (for your information some have more than two dominant males) and a dominant male in a group is called a sliver back Gorilla, they are born with their backs whitish and they are dominant in each group.
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For all those travelers willing to do Silver back gorilla trekking Uganda, you need to secure yourself a Gorilla trekking permit for Bwindi impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga National Park at USD700 per person per trek . Gorilla permits are issued by a Government body known as Uganda Wildlife Authority that is responsible for wildlife conservation. All you need to secure a Gorilla permit are the details of dates when you would like to trek the silver back, full names, passport number, nationality and date of birth, I would advise to secure a Gorilla permit via a tour operator like Great Adventures Safaris to avoid the strenuous process.
Before you travel Uganda for Silver back Gorilla trekking, you need to consider things below, where to stay or accommodation, you must get accommodation that is close to your Gorilla trekking sector as Silver back trekking starts early in the morning, transportation to and from Biwind, you need transfers from the main cities to Bwindi impenetrable National Park and the drive time is approximately 8-9 hours’ drive, meaning that you need at least 3 Days for silver back Gorilla trekking, Day 1, transfer to Bwindi, Days 2 Silver Gorilla trekking, Days 3 Transfer back to the starting point. You need a vehicle, fuel and driver.
Great Adventures Uganda, we organize silver back Gorilla trekking from Uganda and Rwanda, and we arrange for all services plus securing Gorilla permits once clients confirm their gorilla trekking safaris with Great Adventure Safaris, contact us for more information about Gorilla trekking in Uganda
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