Choosing Gorilla Group to trek
Choosing Gorilla Group,Tourists always ask that which is “the easiest gorilla family to trek?” and of course they deserve an answer. As gorilla permit prices increase in Rwanda From USD750 to USD1500.00 and Uganda considering increasing the price sometime in June next year to USD 800, tourists want to enjoy the experience of gorilla trekking by paying now and trying to look the easiest gorilla family to trek.
Easiest gorilla family to trek versus Gorilla family allocation
The issue of trying to book the easiest gorilla family to trek has been sorted by Uganda wildlife Authority new system. According to the new developments, gorilla family allocation is now based on the interests, age and physical abilities of individuals
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Some clients have been misled to think that in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, there some gorilla groups that are hard to trek while others are easier to trek. We have had instances where tourist go for a trek and within 15 minutes, they are with the gorillas while others will spend three quarters of the day in the forest looking for these creatures and by the time they find them, they are already exhausted.
Choosing Gorilla Group
When they go back, they post different feedback messages on their face book pages or trip advisor telling people not to track this or that group of gorillas. The truth of the fact is that
Gorillas are wild animals and you will never tell their movements all the time. Their movements depend on several factors which include search for food, fear more especially when they fight with another group and they have to travel for some long distances among others. A gorilla family that was nearer yesterday might be far away the next day so to say that so and so gorilla family is easier to trek is farfetched.
Rushegura Gorilla Family commonly known as R-Group has been accepted as an easier group due to the fact that the starting point is in Buhoma and its territory is in the same region. In most cases, it is true that tourists have had to trek it easier than other gorilla groups but in some seasons, This group can travel very far and becomes as hard as any other so called hard groups.
Therefore by booking permits for Rushegura does not guarantee that you will have an easier trek.
Other clients book gorilla permit in different region and book accommodation in another region. This then requires them to wake up very early to drive so that they reach at the starting point of trekking such gorilla families. In other words, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has four regions, namely Buhoma, Rushaga, Nkuringo and Ruhija.