Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi
Bwindi, a UNESCO World Heritage site with the highest number of habituated Mountain Gorilla groups in the world. Lying at an elevation of 1,160m- 2607m above sea-level. It is an awe-inspiring, misty & lush tropical rain forest. It has lots of beautiful autumn colors due to its diversity of both montane vegetation and native trees. Being a forest walk, the pursuit to most animals here entails trekking on well- maintained trails as opposed as opposed to having a game drive. This offers you a more intimate & personal ecounter with nature.
Gorilla Tracking in Mgahinga
It’s an understatement to describe the gorilla adventure here as a tremendous experience, it is phenomenal and intimate because the park isn’t crowded with tourists. This is partly because it has only one gorilla family, Nyakagezi group(comprising of 11 members belonging to different age brackets). It is pretty special to see them in the wild, sitting in the sunshine, happily munching leaves with high nutritional value. Having been habituated, they might not mind your presence. On the contrary, they will continue to eat and might even roll over on their back and take a brief nap as the food into stomach breaks down. Their babies play like minors of humans, always chasing each other and rolling down the hills. They always have a strong grip of branches.
Golden Monkey Tracking in Mgahinga
It’s an understatement to describe the gorilla adventure here as a tremendous experience, it is phenomenal and intimate because the park isn’t crowded with tourists. This is partly because it has only one gorilla family, Nyakagezi group(comprising of 11 members belonging to different age brackets). It is pretty special to see them in the wild, sitting in the sunshine, happily munching leaves with high nutritional value. Having been habituated, they might not mind your presence. On the contrary, they will continue to eat and might even roll over on their back and take a brief nap as the food into stomach breaks down. Their babies play like minors of humans, always chasing each other and rolling down the hills. They always have a strong grip of branches.
The Batwa Experience/ tour
Our lodge overlooks, a crater lake with a stunning beauty that nature has been beautifying for over 10,000 years now for you to enjoy. During this sightseeing tour, you will indulge, recharge and renew your positive energy. Best of all, you will discover the lake’s full beauty and its best kept secrets like thriving populations of Uganda’s national emblem, the grey crown crested crane. It flows with freshwater from a river system that is fed by lakes atop the 8 volcanoes that beautifully dot the border of Rwanda, Uganda and Congo.
Boat Canoeing on Lake Mulehe
It’s an understatement to describe the gorilla adventure here as a tremendous experience, it is phenomenal and intimate because the park isn’t crowded with tourists. This is partly because it has only one gorilla family, Nyakagezi group(comprising of 11 members belonging to different age brackets). It is pretty special to see them in the wild, sitting in the sunshine, happily munching leaves with high nutritional value. Having been habituated, they might not mind your presence. On the contrary, they will continue to eat and might even roll over on their back and take a brief nap as the food into stomach breaks down. Their babies play like minors of humans, always chasing each other and rolling down the hills. They always have a strong grip of branches.
The Community and Village walk
This will give u a chance to have a taste of the Ugandan lifestyle. You will meet with locals of many different generations and see the way of life in this developing country. The highlights of this cultural include visit to traditional healers or medicine man. A visit to homes for a demonstration of a variety of food making skills such as how bananas are used for a children’s drink, to make beer and also the local spirit. Get the chance to interact with the local community, they will show you how they incorporate every day activities into dance.
Cycling Experience Tour
If you are looking for a great way to stay fit while on a gorilla tour in Uganda, this cycling tour is absolutely fulfilling. It takes place at village neighboring our lodge. There is a wide selection of routes to choose from, some befitting for leisurely rides, others offer an adventurous way for one to shade off some weight, you could burn up to 80 calories, the faster the pace, the more excessive calories you will lose. The two hour activity unfolds at a slow but steady pace along the shores of Lake Mulehe and murrum road snaking through the village. You will have extensive chats with locals along the way, this will give you a local understanding of many things.
Gorilla Tracking in Rwanda
It is important to note that Uganda, Rwanda and the D.R. Congo share the Virunga range which is the home to the gorillas. Some of the gorilla families do cross boarders from time to time as they move in search of food. Our company conducts gorilla tracking packages in Uganda and Rwanda and occasionally to The D.R.Congo. The ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’, Rwanda is a small and impressively mountainous country in the heart of Africa. Lying between the ecosystems of the Congo Basin and the Great Rift Valley, it shares the natural riches of both – resulting in a country of exquisite beauty and unsurpassed biodiversity. Rwanda’s captivating natural features offer some great experiences of the mountain gorillas in the Parc National des Volcans.
Hiking or Mountain Climbing
The hike up Mgahinga’s three mountains is awe-inspiring as you go through a successsion of contrasting vegetation that cover their slopes. From bottom to up, there is a regenerating farmland, followed by denser montane woodland, bamboo forest, Hagenia-Hypercium forest and lastly a windswept moorland that boasts of giant lobellias and groundsel.
Duration of hike
Depending on your level of fitness, it will take you 8-13 hours to hike to and from the summit of each mountain. There is a rescue team always on standby to rescue you in case you get knocked out by altitude sickness.
Nature Walk
This is a unique activity in Uganda. Here you get an opportunity to experience wilderness and wildlife by exploring forests and Savannah grasslands conducted by trained guides. The walks take place in the national parks or wild game reserves or communities neighboring the parks.
Trails have been created and routes are made where there is danger of encountering predators. The trained guides are sometimes armed but some will not be armed. The guides have a lot of knowledge on different aspects of wildlife, plants and birds. They are very familiar with the behavior of animals like the chimpanzees and gorilla trekking as well as bush walks like those at Lake Mburo Park.
Bird Watching in Mgahinga & Bwindi
