Stay at Mutanda and Trek Golden Monkeys – Golden monkey habituation experience – Golden monkey tracking in Mgahinga gorilla national park
Stay at Mutanda and Trek Golden Monkeys – Are you planning to trek gorillas in Bwindi and golden monkeys in Mgahinga and you are interested in staying at a luxury lodge, the best option is to Stay at Mutanda Lake Resort & Trek Golden Monkeys in Mgahinga, this is the best choice. Mutanda Lake Resort is perched on a Lake Mutanda peninsula in the shadow of the Virunga Mountains, the resort offers comfortable accommodation combined with the most beautiful views on planet earth. It is a perfect base for gorilla trackers, lake loungers, volcano hikers and bird lovers as well as those looking for a mystical place in nature.
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is Uganda’s smallest national park which is boarded by Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park has the three volcanoes namely Mountain Gahinga, Mountain Sabyinyo and Mountain Muhabura all of which are part of the six Virunga Mountains. Mgahinga National Park harbors the endangered mountain gorilla and the Golden Monkeys. The park is a tropical rain forest comprised of lowland equatorial evergreen forest, tropical seasonal forest, montane rain forests and mountain Bamboo.
Stay at Mutanda Lake Resort & Trek Golden Monkeys in Mgahinga. The Lodge is also 1-2 hours’ drive to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park where Golden Monkey trekking is done.
Mutanda Lake Resort was set on a Lake Mutanda peninsula in the shadow of the Virunga Mountain. However, the resort offers excellent comfortable accommodation combined with great views. It is an excellent base for gorilla trackers, golden monkey trackers, lake loungers, volcano hikers and bird lovers as well as looking for a mystical place in nature.
The resort was furnished with 13 perfect en-suite cottage that come in single, double/twin, and triple/family rooms with comfortable beds and mosquito nets. Each cottage is perched in a wooden platform and overlooking private veranda and en-suite bathroom.
This is relaxed Dutch-owned resort having excellent luxury tents raised on wooden platforms with lovely porches and polished wooden floorboards. Its location is more favorable to guests going for gorilla trekking especially visiting; Nkuringo, Rushaga sector of Bwindi and Mgahinga.
During your stay at the resort, you can enjoy a stupendous southerly outlook of island-studded waters towards the Virunga Mountains.
About Golden monkeys in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is Uganda’s smallest national park home to endangered mountain gorillas and Golden monkeys, other species including birds, reptiles and forest mammals can be sighted during your visit at this park. It is one of the national parks that make the great Virunga ranges with others including Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Virunga National Park in Congo. Is golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park worth the money? Golden monkey trekking is one the main activities to do in Mgahinga National Park and many who have done it have had an experience worth the money spent and time.
How much is Golden Monkey Trekking in Uganda. Golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is worth the money, it is one of the unique activities to do in Mgahinga National Park for any traveler visiting Uganda and is interested in seeing golden monkeys in their natural habitat. Golden monkey trekking is only done in this park, this takes 3 to 4 hours, half day or full day depending on the movement of the monkeys in the forest, once they are found you will stay for one hour with these amazing shy monkeys to watch them eating, resting and playing which is a great experience and worth the money.
How is golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park worth the money?
Golden Monkey trekking is one of the major activities mostly booked by travelers visiting Mgahinga National Park and many have reviewed the experience as unforgettable, magical and life-changing worth the money spent.
What you pay for golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park that is $60 for the golden monkey permit and $40 for park entrance fees, this gives you an opportunity to learn more about how the endangered habituated golden monkeys that are still surviving in Mgahinga National Park as this gives you a great travel and learning experience. The money paid also helps in conservation of the only remaining golden monkeys in Uganda and their natural habitat Mgahinga National Park. If there was no golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park, Gahinga bamboo forest would be all destroyed by now through encroachments from the local communities but with the existence of this activity which also brings in foreign exchange to the country and the local communities around the forest when you visit and pay the entrance fees this has encouraged the local communities and the government of Uganda through Uganda Wildlife Authority to protect the original home of these golden monkeys which has in turn promoted environmental conservation in Uganda, this makes the money spent on golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park worth.
Money spent on golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park through your golden monkey trekking permit and park entrance fees also helps to benefit the local communities that leave around Mgahinga National Park, this in turn encourages the local communities to conserve and protect these golden monkeys since their importance is known by the local communities through the 20% money they receive every year off the permit and park entrance fees paid by tourists who do golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park. This money goes directly through payment of the local communities who are on the lead committees and indirectly through infrastructure and projects that help contribute to a better life of the local communities through construction of schools, hospitals and practicing agriculture, this thus also makes the money spent on golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park worth.
How to book golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
You will need to have your golden monkey trekking permit secured in advanced to confirm that you are booked for golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park. Once you have your planned dates of travel confirmed we will need you to send us an email here so that we check for availability of golden monkey trekking permits online with the Uganda Wildlife Authority once we confirm permits are available for your planned dates we will let you know so that we can send you an invoice for you to make payment for the permits. Once the payment is done and we have received it on our account we will go ahead and purchase your golden monkey permits immediately and send you a scanned copy of the permits for your records and perusal, this will confirm you are booked for golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park. It is advised to book your permits in advance at least 2-3 months prior your visit given the fact these sell out very quickly on first come first serve basis.
Best time to do golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
The best time to do golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is during the months of June to October and December to March during this time it is a dry season in Uganda with mild rainfall making it easy for the treks in the Forests, as well as during this time the vegetation is not fully grown and it is easy for viewing the golden monkeys offering great sights for photographs. During the other months of April, May and November which is normally a wet season this makes the vegetation grow high making the sightings unclear and it is muddy and slippery in the forest however during this time the treks tend to be shorter given the fact golden monkeys don’t move further distances looking for food, food is readily available in the forest compared to the dry seasons. Golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park is a very well organized activity and you have 99% chance of seeing golden monkeys in Mgahinga National Park anytime of the year.
How to get to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
By Road; Mgahinga Gorilla National Park can be accessed through the main high-way road from Entebbe/Kampala which approximately 8-9 hours’ drive. You will pass through Kabale town and proceed to Kisoro town from Kisoro town you will drive toward your lodge which is close to the park for overnight. The Park can also be accessed from Kigali, Rwanda which is approximately 2-3 hours’ drive.
By Air; You can fly from Entebbe International Airport or Kampala’s Kajjansi airfield to Kisoro airstrip to access Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Scheduled and chartered flights are available and operated by domestic airline operators of Aero Link and Fly Uganda. You will need to plan with your tour operator for a transfer from the airstrip to your Lodge that you are booked for your stay.