Mountain Gorilla Trekking Being Offered at Half Price in Virunga National Park Discounts will be automatically applied to your total Costs of your Tour. A visit to a mountain gorilla family is a life experience, Mountain gorillas are highly intelligent, good nature, and fascinating to observe. The silver back’s powerful presence is awe-inspiring, yet his calm clearly earns him the title, People are equally struck by the tenderness and care that mothers show their young. And then of course there are the juveniles who spend most of their waking hour at play and never cease to make visitors smile. We believe your time with mountain gorillas in the Virunga mountains will leave you feeling changed.
Gorilla tracking is led by park rangers and usually depart from the Bukima ranger post, Tracking usually require 2-4 hours of hiking in each direction, depending on where the mountain gorillas spent the previous night and the difficulty of the terrain and rain forest.
Time with the gorillas is strictly limited to one hour, for all three countries where mountain gorillas are found. If you don’t feel well at the time of your scheduled trekking for example you have a cold, fever, diarrhea, or persistent sore throat please let your guide know your money will be refunded, Mountain gorillas are extremely susceptible to human illnesses, Gorillas have died after being exposed to human respiratory viruses and other common ailments, Mountain gorilla tracking permit costs $400 per person per day in Congo’s (DRC) Virunga national park
Currently, Mountain Gorillas are listed as critically endangered and can only be found within the three National Parks of Bwindi, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Mountain Gorilla Trekking Being Offered at Half Price in Virunga National Park Discounts