Gorilla Habituation from Kigali

Do you wish to enjoy gorilla habituation from Kigali at a fair budget price, look no further than booking our favorable packages where you can fly to Kigali-Rwanda and explore mountain gorilla habituation exercise from Bwindi impenetrable forest national park where the activity is being experimented?

Enjoy 3 days safari for your gorilla habituation from Kigali which will proceed with a pick up from Kigali international airport or your hotel in Kigali and drive through Kigali crossing to Uganda. You will cross through the Cyanika border in Kisoro district, which easily connects to the Rushaga sector, the center for gorilla habituation experience. On the second day, you will be picked by your driver-guide and proceed to the headquarters for the briefing before you set off for the trail until you meet the gorillas in their habitat and spend an hour if you reach them thereafter you will hike down, meet your driver-guide and drive back to Kigali for either a picnic or to catch up with your connecting flight.

Gorilla habituation refers to the process of harnessing mountain gorillas in the jungle to getting used to ways of relating to human beings in a free and friendly environment without creating any harm. The activity is done under the supervision of a researcher, ranger guide who teaches visitors on the entire process, and thus 4 visitors are allowed to spend 4 hours with the family which is undergoing habituation per day. Apparently habituation process is only done in Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park in the southern sector of Rushaga.

Gorilla Families undergoing habituation

The two gorilla families which are undergoing the 2-3 year habituation experiment are Bikyingi and Bushaho and thus open to a restricted number of visitors per day.4 people per day per group.

How much gorilla habituation process cost

Unlike gorilla tracking which costs $600 for an hour experience, gorillhttps://www.ugandarwanda-safaris.com/destinations/a habituation process cost $1500 per person per trek where you are allocated four hours with the primates assisted with a researcher and ranger guide. Habituation permits are issued by Uganda Wildlife Authority and thus you can access them through either online or through a trusted local tour operator. At Safari vacations & travel services Ltd we help you acquire your exploration permits once you book with us and send us your dates, month, and year you would like to adventure since we understand the entire process giving you leverage from the bureaucracy of online application and time-consuming.

What to carry on your gorilla habituation trek;

• Pair of long-sleeved shirts and pants
• Gardening gloves
• Lightweight boots
• Camera
• Rain jacket
• Insect repellant
• Hat
• First aid kit for emergency
• Sunglasses

When you are with the gorillas

• Do not eat, drink or smoke when you’re near the gorillas
• Always keep your voices down when you’re with the gorillas
• Follow the guide whenever the gorillas charge and wait for instructions
• Flash photography is not allowed while taking pictures
• Do not touch the gorillas
• Keep a distance of 7-8 meters away from gorillas
• keep your voices down for a distance of 200 meters when you’re hiking down from the trek
• If you need to go to the toilet while in the forest, please ask the guide to dig you a hole with his panga which is approximately 30 cm deep
• Do not litter in the forest, carry all that you have back to the headquarters for extraction
• You are allowed to spend one hour/ fours for habituation with gorillas but this can be reduced once the gorilla’s charge and the ranger will instruct you accordingly on what to do.

The above will enhance your gorilla tracking experience in the jungle as you encounter them in their natural habitat.

Make your booking with us for this wonderful memorable experience.