Our 3 Days gorilla habituation experience Bwindi tour to Rushaga sector Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park offers you a chance to spend ample time with Superfine Safaris. Gorilla habituation experience is an act of training wild mountain gorillas to make them familiar with people before they are open for trekking. The experimental nativity only takes place in the Rushaga sector in the southern region of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Unlike in the normal 2 Days Uganda gorilla trek where travelers spend strictly an hour with gorillas, habituation experience allow travelers to spend four hours with the endangered gorillas. Also, the number of people allowed in gorilla habituation experience is 4 people compared to 8 people allowed in trekking. Apparently Bushaho and Bikingi gorilla families are undergoing habituation hence only 8 permits available
You are required to have a gorilla habituation permit costing $1500 each.
This trip starts in Uganda ending in Kigali Rwanda.
Trip Summary
Day 1: Pick up & transfer to Bwindi Forest
Day 2: Gorilla Habituation
Day 3: Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up & transfer to Bwindi Forest
In the early morning, our driver-guide will pick you up from Entebbe international airport or your hotel in Kampala and drive south-westwards to Bwindi Forest in Kabale. Stop at Uganda equator for picnic photos and have a lunch stop in Mbarara at Igongo Cultural Centre. This full day’s scenic drive offers you the best views of Ankole plains, farms and the kigezi rolling hills making your pre trekking experience wonderful. Dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Ichumbi Lodge/ Gorilla Valley Lodge.
Day 2: Gorilla Habituation
Gorilla Habituation experience
Today you wake up early, have breakfast and with your packed lunch transfer to Rushaga park headquarters for registration and briefing about the dos and don’t of gorilla habituation experience. You will be put in groups of four and allocated a gorilla family to visit. Trekking starts at 8:00 am with a hike into the jungle in search of wild gorillas.
On meeting them, breathe in, keep calm and enjoy four hours in the company of gorillas. Take pictures, imitate their behaviors, capture live videos and enjoy this lifetime experience. The trekking time may last between 30 minutes to a full day depending on where gorillas will be that day. Dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Ichumbi Lodge/ Gorilla Valley Lodge.
Day 3: Departure
After breakfast, check out and cross Cyanika border to Kigali Rwanda for our connecting flight.
End of the tour
Tour Inclusions
• Full-time English speaking guide
• Gorilla Habituation permit
• Ground transport
• Accommodation and meals
• Bottled drinking water
• All activities included in the itinerary
• Miscellaneous
Tour Exclusions
• Alcoholic beverages
• Personal expenses
• International flights
• Visa fees
• Tips
• Extra activities not in the itinerary
Superfine Safaris is your trusted agency for this 3 Days gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park. Contact us for booking and more information.
More about gorilla habituation experience
People have continued to ask more about mountain gorilla habituation experience. Extensive knowledge about this experimental adventure is surely needed by anyone planning to book a gorilla habituation experience safari. Among the frequently asked questions about gorilla habituation experience include:
What is a gorilla habituation experience?
Gorilla habituation is an act of training or taming wild mountain gorillas to make them familiar with people. The 2-3 years training make the endangered gorillas get used to people hence creating a peaceful encounter during gorilla trekking experience. Habituation is the first step that wild gorillas undergo before they are declared free for trekking.
What is the difference between gorilla trekking & gorilla habituation experience?
Gorilla trekking entail meeting and interacting with fully habituated mountain gorillas. The experience allows one to send an hour with the gorillas. Gorilla trekking is done in four national parks which are Bwindi Forest/Mgahinga Gorilla Park in Uganda, Volcanoes National park in Rwanda and Virunga National park in Congo. On the other hand, gorilla habituation entail meeting still wild gorillas which are being trained to get them ready for trekking. The experience is only done in Rushaga sector in Bwindi Forest and travelers are allowed four hours with the wild gorillas.
What is a gorilla habituation permit in Uganda?
A gorilla habituation permit is a pass that allows one to take part in the habituation experience. The pass is issued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority at $1500 each. Superfine Safaris Limited can help you book and reserve a gorilla habituation permit in Rushaga Bwindi.
What does it mean to graduate the gorillas?
To habituate gorillas means to train gorillas getting ready ready for trekking. Its an act of coming closer to wild gorillas, imitating their behaviors such as eating vegetation and walking on arms just like them. Through this act, endangered gorillas get used to people which ease trekking when they are finally opened for travelers to visit.
How to book gorilla habituation experience?
You can book for gorilla habituation experience directly with Uganda wildlife Authority or through us at Superfine Safaris Limited.
