Rushaga Gorilla Habituation Experience – Bwindi impenetrable forest park
Gorilla habituation Experience in Uganda is a new gorilla product that allows tourists to indulge in trekking through the impenetrable forest of bwindi searching for wild mountain gorillas. upon finding the mountain gorillas, you will enjoy a whole 4 hours viewing and taking photographs of these wild mountain gorillas. Gorilla habituation only permits 4 tourist to join in with a team of researchers that routinely visit a gorilla group in order to prepare it for visiting. The experience of being a part of the team that prepares a gorilla group for habituation is incomparable.
Gorilla habituation is currently being conducted in Nkuringo and Rushaga area. The groups in these areas are Bishaho (Nkuringo) and Bikingi (Rushaga).
How does Rushaga Gorilla Habituation Experience compare to gorilla trekking?
- You are 04 hours with the Mountain Gorillas instead of 01 hour. Your day starts at 7:00am at Rushaga Park Headquarters and you return in the late Afternoon. Your day begins with a briefing from the Uganda Wildlife Authority Staff and the Research – Habituation Team.
- There are only two Groups being habituated in 2016 and they are the Biking and Bushaho Gorilla Families.
- The number of Visitors allowed per day is limited to 4 participants per group compared with 8 for normal Gorilla Trekking Visit in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- 4 hours with a Gorilla Family being habituated instead of 1 hour. The four hours does not include the time it takes hiking in and out from the Gorilla Group being habituated making it an all-day experience.
- The same Requirement – Rules and Etiquette apply to the Gorilla Habituation Experience as it does to the Gorilla Trekking.
- In regards as to what to wear on a Gorilla Habituation Experience – the same suggestions apply as for Gorilla Trekking.
- Price for Habituation Permit is US$1500 per person for 4 hours with the Mountain Gorillas compared to US$600 for a Gorilla Trek Permit.
How do i book my Rushaga gorilla Habituation Experience Permit?
- A minimum Age of 15 years applies as it does for normal Gorilla Trekking in Uganda.
- We will book your Gorilla Habituation Experience permit(s) – Rushaga Area – Bwindi Forest for you in your name at US$1,500 per person through Uganda Wildlife Authority and the warden of the Rushaga; We will let you know within one working day as to availability of the Mountain Gorilla Habituation permit.
- Bookings for Rushaga Gorilla Habituation Experience permits must be done well in advance due to the limited number or participants allowed each day ( only 4 persons) and the interest in the activity by Visitors to Uganda.
- Passport information is required for permit as it is for Gorilla Trekking
- The permit cost includes the park entrance fees for the day.
Where do i stay while doing Rushaga gorilla habituation experience?
We recommend that you stay in Rushaga area to save you waking up 01 (one) hour ahead of your schedule just to drive to Rushaga for gorilla habituation and again back to your lodge after your full day gorilla habituation experience.
Options include;
- Upmarket – Gorilla Safari Lodge – from US$200 pp sharing – Full Board – large rooms facing the forest.
- Affordable mid range to Budget – Rushaga Gorilla Camp – US$200 pp Full Board – Virunga Terrace rooms.
Getting to Rushaga for my Gorilla Habituation Experience.
- 9 to 10 hours drive-time from Kampala or Entebbe – the drive times will be reduced if you take a safari longer than three (03)days that includes other enroute parks in Uganda.
- Fly-In Safari – we can arrange a flight for you from Entebbe to Kisoro which is a short distance from Rushaga.
- Fly into Kigali Rwanda and you are 5 hours from the Rushaga Area of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park in Uganda.
RECOMMENDED RUSHAGA GORILLA HABITUATION EXPERIENCE SAFARI OFFERS
This 3 Days Budget Gorilla Rushaga Gorilla Habituation Experience Safari , takes you to the Rushaga sector of southern Bwindi impenetrable forest National park for a Full Day Gorilla habituation experience whilst staying at the Rushaga Gorilla Camp.
Gorilla habituation in Bwindi is only done in Rushaga and Nkuringo area – Nowhere else in Uganda or the world – making this 3 Days Rushaga Gorilla Habituation Experience Safari – the most affordable gorilla habituation experience.
The highlight of this 3 Days Rushaga Gorilla Habituation Experience Safari Uganda is spending a full day in the natural habitat of the mountain gorilla and having up-to 4 hours with the gorillas in what we call the small group gorilla Habituation affair.
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