Gorilla Tracking is the act of finding the gorillas, which is done by a team of highly qualified trackers. In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, these trackers head for the hills very early in the morning to find the gorillas before the tourists start their trek. They will return to where they left the gorillas the day before, and then they will stay with them all day until the gorillas make their nest for the evening. Only then do these trackers come home.
Meanwhile, tourists will follow their guide to the location of the trackers. So before you even set off in the morning, the guides already know where the gorillas are, as the trackers will have told them as much. Because of this, the chances of spotting wild gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest are very high. Safari companies will say there is a 99% chance of seeing them. During the briefing, they will say 80%. Either or, considering you are tracking wild animals, there is a very high probability that you will get lucky. The most likely reason for you not seeing them is that you find the hike too challenging and decide to turn around. The other reason is if those gorillas get spooked.
| Gorilla Safaris in Uganda take you in the tropical rain forests in search of the endangered Mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat and the experience of meeting the giant apes face to face is of a lifetime. Uganda is the best country for Mountain Gorilla holidays as it has half (50%) of the world’s surviving endangered Mountain Gorillas which is around 1,063 individuals. |
Among this highest number of Gorillas in Uganda, most of them are habituated for human seeing & presence and others are still wild. Gorillas in Uganda are only found in two Uganda National Parks that is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park which has only 1 Gorilla family. Tourists can also find Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and Virunga National Park of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
