GORILLA HABITUATION VS NORMAL GORILLA TREKKING
GORILLA HABITUATION VS NORMAL GORILLA TREKKING
Are you ready to embark on a journey of a lifetime in Uganda , Rwanda and Democratic of Congo for either gorilla trekking or habituation practice? Gorilla trekking is the normal walk that involves spending in the bush for one or two hours while habituation goes beyond these hours as the park officials together with researchers are making the amazing gorillas get used to human presence, some tourists may be scared to participate in habituation process pausing it as a dangerous activity but it is not as armed rangers accompany the journey and in most cases some wild species can not attack if you do not provoke them. Avoid mimicking their language , when taking pictures ensure that the flashlight is off as it can scare away the gorillas , do not pluck any leaves and flowers as they are food to these species with some possessing as poison to human body , during the search for these species make sure to keep your voices low in order to avoid scaring away the gorillas.
Habituation is kinda expensive compared to the normal trekking as a tourists spends more time in the jungle but during the start of both experiences you will be briefed on what to do and what to avoid in the jungle , the list of things you can go with for both experiences sums up a pair of binoculars , daypack , camera with extra batteries , hiking gloves , long sleeved tshirts , bottled water , snacks , first aid kit , sunglasses to mention but a few. When heading for both activities road and air transport can be used with road transport mostly used because it is cheap and flexible , uncovering the best time to engage in both activities in either Bwindi impenetrable national park , Mgahinga national park , volcanoes national park and the virunga national park is probably dry season which covers the months of January , February , September and December .Wet season on another hand is cheap but makes trekking or habituation difficult especially during months with long rain pours making visitors in come in small numbers . A normal gorilla trekking allows tourists to track and observe an already habituated gorilla family in bush while the habituation experience involves tracking and seeing a semi-habituated gorilla family as it is visited for some good time approximately two years before it is set off to be trekked and note that gorilla habituation in Uganda is only done in Bwindi impenetrable national park mainly in the Rushaga region permitting four visitors while for the normal gorilla trekking is eight and additional to that habituation sets of at 6:30 am while the normal trekking sets off at 8:00 am charged at USD800 for foreign non residents , east African community are charged shillings 300, 000 and for habituation foreign non residents are charged USD 1500, foreign residents USD 1000 and East African community citizens are charged shillings 750, 000.
We wish you mercy journeys on either gorilla trekking or habituation adventure.
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