Gorillas and Chimpanzees Trekking-Uganda

These are unique animals – rare, gentle, and similar to humans yet different. Trekking gorillas is a unique experience; it leads you into a strange land to meet unusual creatures on their terms. This can be humbling and thrilling at the same time. Gorilla trekking is an intense experience that can take all day. The guide leads you through the gorilla’s world, explaining aspects of their ecology and behaviour along the way and will be able to give you current details
and basic facts about gorillas including the composition of Gorilla group changes as individuals are born, die, or transfer. The groups are named after the area in which they range. They are wild creatures with no fixed routine and finding them requires the skill and experience of your trackers and guides as well as luck! The guides and trackers have helped to habituate the gorilla groups and knew them intimately. They will take you to the area where they left the gorillas the day before and will, therefore, be able to suggest how long the hike might take. Feel free to stop and view the surrounding birds and flowers the guide will ensure that you don’t get left behind. Watch out for safari ants on the trail – they bite and hold on, and if you get in their way and they cover you, the only solution is to strip! The actual path that you will follow will depend on where the trackers left the group and what signs they find to indicate
where the group has moved to. Signs trackers look for include crushed vegetation, broken plants that the gorillas might eat and fresh dung. If you find the place where the group slept, you would see the gorilla’s nests, which they make fresh each night. They often range in the broken forest where vegetation is dense. Be patient and eventually they will come into view.