Gorilla Trekking Clothing – Dress Right – Protect your self from Stinging Nettles, thorns, biting insects and rain Fall while in Bwindi or Volcanoes Gorilla Park.
Having Good Gorilla Trekking Clothing for your Gorilla trek in either Rwanda Or Uganda is the start of a successful gorilla trekking experience – get your packing list right.
“Bwindi “ in the the local language means Impenetrable – so Bwindi in fact is doubly impenetrable meaning that one has to be prepared for the Gorilla Tracking Adventure you are about to embark on. Preparation means dressing right or as we say in Uganda – “Dressing Smart.”
Gorilla Trekking Clothing for Uganda – Rwanda; Getting dress for either Uganda or Rwanda gorilla Trekking experiences is quite similar – though the landscape is different the clothing needed for Gorilla Tracking in either countries is similar. The Gorilla trekking clothing you wear while on a Gorilla Trek is meant to protect you from stinging nettles, Thorns, Branches and even pesky mosquitoes.
Gorilla Trekking Clothing for treks in Uganda – Rwanda:
One of the biggest mistakes that people make when going gorilla tracking is not being dressed right, they wear sandals (one man wore Flip and Flops and it took two porters to help him) , wear shorts, wear just a T-Shirt, have no day-pack, no water.
Going gorilla tracking is not a trip to a park for a picnic – it takes some forethought and planning, especially when it comes as to what to wear and bring while going Gorilla Tracking.
While preparing – packing for your Gorilla Trekking experience, keep in mind that Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – Uganda or Volcanoes National Park – Rwanda is high up (altitude) and it gets cold here at night, it is a rain-forest. The mornings there are famous with mist made famous by the “Gorillas in the Mist” movie about Dian Fossey’s life with the gorillas.
You are not hiking on comfortable paths, but small trails or no trails at all, some of them freshly blazed by your party – you have to wear the right clothing – it means dressing for the occasion and the occasion is a Gorilla Trekking – a once in lifetime activity for most and it is best to wear the right clothing.
