Top-Selling Gorilla and Wildlife Safaris for 2024 – 2025
Where is the best place to go for Gorilla trekking in 2024 – 2025
Mountain gorillas In Africa can be found in three (03) locations; Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo. However, as of now, only Uganda & Rwanda qualify as the safest places to go for gorilla tracking. Wondering why Not Congo? Read our blog: Reasons why Congo is considered unsafe for Gorilla Trekking.
Ok. We are sure you know that you have to choose from the two (Uganda or Rwanda), which must be confusing for you. However, we will guide you to a point where you can make an informed decision on where to go gorilla trekking in 2024 – 2025 & beyond.
Uganda or Rwanda, Which is the best place to see Gorillas in 2024 – 2025
As mentioned earlier, both Rwanda and Uganda are safe places for gorilla trekking in 2024 – 2025 & beyond. However, each of them has an advantage over the other. we will explain and let you choose where to go gorilla trekking for you in 2024 – 2025.
The outstanding advantage Uganda has over Rwanda is the price of gorilla permits. Gorilla permits in Rwanda cost $1,500 per person to trek and spend 01-hour with a group of habituated mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park while Gorilla Permits in Uganda cost a lot less – $800 per person/permit. This price difference has seen many travellers opt for Uganda except for the luxury travellers who prefer trekking gorillas in Rwanda.
Related: Why are Gorilla permits in Rwanda so expensive?
On the other, Rwanda might appeal better to wealthy travellers who might not be so bothered by the price of the gorilla Permits but are rather keen to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience staying at very opulent safari lodges like Wilderness Safaris’ Bisate Eco Lodge or the newly opened Kwitonda Lodge by Singita. These sorts of travellers will choose Rwanda as the best place to go gorilla trekking in 2024 -2025.
Besides just enjoying the luxury safari experience Rwanda has to offer, Rwanda combines easily with a Kenya or Tanzania safari as a two- or three-day add-on. There are daily flights in & out of Nairobi and parts of the Serengeti, and it is only a 2.5-hour drive to get to the Volcanoes rainforest for gorilla trekking. For those pressed for time, you can also hire a private helicopter from Kigali.
Hopefully from the writeup above, you can now decide on whether to go to Rwanda or Uganda.
